Source (Alameda Post): "Obama offered no alternative to the two known candidates for mayor."
Why was Spain able to retain control of some of its historical North Africa holdings (I.e. Ceuta y Melilla), whereas France lost control of all of its historical North Africa holdings (e.g. Algiers)? Didn’t France have a stronger army than Spain in the decolonization era, to prevent colonial losses?
Why was Spain able to retain control of some of its historical North Africa holdings (I.e. Ceuta y Melilla), whereas France lost control of all of its historical North Africa holdings (e.g. Algiers)? Didn’t France have a stronger army than Spain in the decolonization era, to prevent colonial losses?
And to expand on this question: why does this pattern not exist in southern Europe? If anything, southern Europe inverts the pattern seen in northern Europe: for example, southern Italy is famously poorer than northern Italy.
Sorry for the long list of questions, but this seems to be a very complex topic in economic history, from what little I know about it.
And to expand on this question: why does this pattern not exist in southern Europe? If anything, southern Europe inverts the pattern seen in northern Europe: for example, southern Italy is famously poorer than northern Italy.
Sorry for the long list of questions, but this seems to be a very complex topic in economic history, from what little I know about it.
What happens next? How does this affect The Troubles, the (still yet to come) Good Friday Agreement, Ireland, and the Irish Republican Army? How do the US government and the US public react?
What happens next? How does this affect The Troubles, the (still yet to come) Good Friday Agreement, Ireland, and the Irish Republican Army? How do the US government and the US public react?
Per Tech Times: “More U.S. businesses paid for Anthropic's Claude than for OpenAI's ChatGPT in April 2026 — the first time in the AI industry's short history […] Anthropic's annualised revenue run rate crossed $30 billion in early April 2026, up from roughly $9 billion at the end of 2025, placing it above the approximately $24 to $25 billion annualised figure OpenAI reported at the same time. More than 1,000 enterprise customers now spend over $1 million annually on Anthropic products — a number that doubled in under two months after the company's $30 billion Series G raise in February 2026. Eight of the Fortune 10 are now Claude customers, according to Anthropic.”
Per Tech Times: “More U.S. businesses paid for Anthropic's Claude than for OpenAI's ChatGPT in April 2026 — the first time in the AI industry's short history […] Anthropic's annualised revenue run rate crossed $30 billion in early April 2026, up from roughly $9 billion at the end of 2025, placing it above the approximately $24 to $25 billion annualised figure OpenAI reported at the same time. More than 1,000 enterprise customers now spend over $1 million annually on Anthropic products — a number that doubled in under two months after the company's $30 billion Series G raise in February 2026. Eight of the Fortune 10 are now Claude customers, according to Anthropic.”
Even the US used to drink more tea than coffee, though of course, the US eventually flipped to coffee. Is the heavy coffee consumption in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand tied to US cultural and economic influence? Or is there another, less obvious explanation? When did the tea ➜ coffee flip happen in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand?