(2025-12-29). Projected population in 2100: Northern Europe. strategic-culture.su The story of Northern Europe's future population is one of stark regional contrast. This infographic reveals how countries like Sweden and Norway are projected to maintain steady growth, sustained by high living standards and strong immigration. Meanwhile, the Baltic states face a far more severe fate. Despite EU membership, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are projected to experience some of the world's steepest population declines, as they remain unable to match the economic and social magnetism of their older Nordic peers, leading to sustained outmigration and plummeting numbers.
(2025-12-29). FO ∞ Podcasts: The Forbidden C-word, Class in America. fairobserver.com 
Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and Kent Jenkins Jr., a former political reporter from The Washington Post turned communications consultant, discuss America's "forbidden C-word: " class. They argue that class shapes opportunity, identity and political behavior, even as Americans prefer a national story of rugged individualism. Jenkins frames himself as a class migrant — someone who grows up…
(2025-12-29). Alaa Abd el-Fattah: Apologies and Controversy in Britain. devdiscourse.com Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the activist recently released from Egyptian prison, has issued an apology for his past social media posts that have led to calls for his deportation from the UK.
(2025-12-29). These Apps Let You Bet on Deportations and Famine. Mainstream Media Is Eating It Up. theintercept.com 
Tarek Mansour, co-founder of Kalshi, during a joint SEC-CFTC roundtable at SEC headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 29, 2025. Photo: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images | How many people will the Trump administration They're also betting propositions that two…
(2025-12-29). Monday 12/29: No Monarchs Monday: Protest at Tesla in San Francisco. indybay.org At the Tesla Dealership, 999 Van Ness (corner of Van Ness and O'Farrell), San Francisco…
(2025-12-29). Syrian Alawites Begin Mass Protests Against Government Violence. popularresistance.org Syrian citizens of the Alawite minority sect took to the streets on 28 December to protest against government violence and sectarian persecution, in line with a call made by the community's religious leader a day earlier. | Members of the minority sect protested in the Alawite neighborhoods of the central governorate of Homs, and in several towns and cities on the country's coast, including Tartous, Jableh, and Latakia. | Protests also erupted in Hama governorate, including in the city of Masyaf. | Alawite Syrians held up banners reading "Federalism is the solution" and "the blood of Alawites is not cheap," among…
(2025-12-29). To Live Without Fear: Brazilian Protests Denounce Rise in Gender-Based Violence. fairobserver.com On December 7, the eve of the Feast of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, the Catholic representation of the sinless Virgin Mary, thousands of protesters gathered in over 20 Brazilian cities to petition a wave of unbridled violence against women. In Sao Paulo, the country's largest city and the epicenter of gruesome events, almost…
(2025-12-29). Polls: Guinea junta chief headed for victory. tribune.com.pk 
Guineans voted in a presidential election Sunday with Mamady Doumbouya, a general who led the junta that seized power four years ago, the clear favourite, and the main opposition leaders barred from standing. | By running, the strongman reneged on a pledge not to stand for office and to hand the west African country back to civilian rule by the end of 2024. | Since seizing power in 2021, Doumbouya has cracked down on civil liberties, and protests have been banned while opponents have been arrested, put on trial or driven into exile. | Some 6.8 million people were eligible to choose between the nine approved ca…
(2025-12-29). Israel Police chief to promote officer who ordered arrest of Gaza hostage protesters in synagogue. haaretz.com Despite an official reprimand for ordering the arrest of women distributing flyers at a synagogue, Chief Superintendent Yaniv Volvovic is set for promotion to deputy commander of the Jerusalem District. His advancement was approved by Minister Ben-Gvir, sources said…
(2025-12-29). Nepal Rapper-Turned Mayor to Run for PM After Youth Protests. moderndiplomacy.eu Nepal's political landscape is shifting ahead of March 5 parliamentary elections as rapper-turned Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah, widely known as Balen, teams up with the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). Under the alliance, Balen will be prime minister if the RSP wins, while party founder Rabi Lamichhane remains chief. The pact follows deadly Gen Z—led protests …
(2025-12-29). Nepal's former rapper to run for PM in key vote after Gen Z protests. geo.tv 
Balendra Shah, 35, a former rapper and composer who currently serves as the mayor of Kathmandu, popularly known as "Balen", attends the Indra Jatra festival at Kathmandu Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 6, 2025. — ReutersTwo popular leaders have formed an alliance ahead…
(2025-12-29). Baltimore, December 29, 2025: ICE Out of Maryland! ICE Out of Everywhere! wibailoutpeople.org 
Protest ICE ShootingICE out of Maryland!ICE out of EVERYWHERE! Monday, December 29, 20254: 30 — 6: 00 pmCorner of Hopkins Pl. & W. Baltimore St, Baltimore MD 21201 ————————— The Baltimore People's Power Assembly strongly condemns ICE's brutal shooting of a landscape worker and his family member in Glen Burnie, Maryland. ICE officers fired multiple rounds into …
(2025-12-29). London protest: government to take action against individuals, not PTI. tribune.com.pk 
The federal government would not move against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf UK as an organisation but would pursue legal action against specific individuals involved in incitement and threats, if necessary, under UK law, according to the minister of state for interior. | "We will not go after PTI [Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf] UK, but we will target the individuals involved," Talal Chaudhry told The Express Tribune here, clarifying the government's position while responding to questions about possible legal steps in the United Kingdom. | The controversy arose after the now-deleted clip, uploaded from PTI UK's verified…
(2025-12-29). Protests, strikes after Iran's economic situation rapidly deteriorates. aljazeera.com Iranians are further squeezed every day amid a tanking economy, an energy crisis, water bankruptcy and lethal pollution.