All signal, no noise, these are the smart reads, talking points and weird gems to look out for in the coming year.

Opportunistic imperialism. Personalist dictatorship. There are myriad phrases to describe what’s emerging in the United States, and they’re not flattering.

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Standing tall among the 39 films enjoying market premieres (out of the 71 feature films jostling on the agenda) is Charades ’ ...

Ukraine’s largest grain producer and exporter, agricultural holding Kernel, has agreed to acquire Agro Region, a farming group partly owned by former Ukrainian economy minister and Lithuanian national ...