Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) has released its pre-season forecast for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season today and has raised its figures for the number of storms and hurricanes it predicts, also raising the number of landfalling US hurricanes in its forecast to 3, while joining calls for an above-average level of activity.Back in December 2024, … Read more
With warmer than normal ocean waters, forecasters are expecting yet another unusually busy hurricane season for the Atlantic. But they don’t think it will be as chaotic as 2024, the third-costliest season on record as it spawned killer storms Beryl, Helene and Milton. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday unveiled its outlook for … Read more
US Antitrust Case Targets Meta’s Acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp At a time when Europeans are eagerly awaiting the European Commission’s rigorous enforcement of the new tech rules designed to tackle digital platform power, this week’s developments across the Atlantic reminded us that big tech scrutiny has not only been on the European agenda in … Read more
US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz speaks during a meeting with President Donald Trump and US Ambassadors in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2025. MANDEL NGAN / AFP The Atlantic magazine on Wednesday, March 26, published what it said was the full text of a chat group … Read more
In the space of a few weeks, Donald Trump has torpedoed the Atlantic Alliance. He has politically demolished the collective defense pact that has united Americans and Europeans since 1949. The US no longer intends to support its allies in the defense of Ukraine. In the face of aggression, they are calling it quits, making … Read more