U.S. President Donald Trump last week doubled down on his plan to force Jordan and Egypt to accept Gazan refugees due to the extensive damage inside the enclave that Israel has bombed to ruins.
Category: 4 February 2025
FOREVERLAND: TECH CAN’T MATCH THE BEST LONGEVITY BOOSTER
Bio hackers and gurus spending and investing on venture capital projects to produce radical tech-based life extension, are indeed becoming commonplace news in 2025, as we had forecast in our 2025 Top Trend, “WELCOME TO FOREVERLAND” (2 Jan 2025).
IRAN WARNS ISRAEL, U.S. AGAINST TARGETING ITS NUCLEAR SITES, SAYS IT WOULD LEAD TO ‘ALL-OUT WAR’
A top Iranian said Friday that an attack by Israel or the U.S. on one of its nuclear sites would lead to an “all-out” war and would be “one of the biggest historical mistakes” that Washington could make.
AS FORECAST: “INTERACTIVE U” IS THE EDUCATION TREND OF THE FUTURE
The popularity of online coursework in Europe has increased over the past year—hitting the highest level recorded.
TOP TREND 2023: OFFICE BUILDING BUST
Investors began to return to commercial properties in the latter part of 2024 but are still avoiding office buildings as a category, the Financial Times reported.
TRUMP’S ‘IRON DOME FOR AMERICA’ WOULD BE WINDFALL FOR MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
President Donald Trump said the U.S. needs to have a missile defense system like Israel’s Iron Dome that can protect the mainland from the most advanced missiles and drones, which analysts doubt is possible and warn that it would do nothing but create a new arms race.
ISRAELI SPYWARE COMPANY TARGETS WHATSAPP USERS IN TWO DOZEN COUNTRIES: REPORT
An Israeli spyware company was used in a hacking campaign on Meta’s WhatsApp messenger that involved the general public and accounts belonging to journalists in several countries—raising new questions about internet security in the face of new threats.
IS SYRIA’S ‘MILITANT’ COMMANDER TAPPED AS COUNTRY’S TRANSITIONAL PRESIDENT BETTER THAN ASSAD?
Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the commander of Al Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), was named Syria’s transitional president last week after his group and others carried out an offensive late last year that resulted in the ouster of Bashar al-Assad.
AS FORECAST: UKRAINE INTENSIFIES ATTACKS ON RUSSIAN ENERGY FACILITIES TO KEEP U.S. SUPPORT GOING
The Ukrainian military last week carried out major separate attacks on Russian energy infrastructure to try and compel the new Trump administration in Washington to keep funding its losing effort against the Russians.
NEW MILLENNIUM WARFARE: CHINESE AND IRANIANS EMPLOY AI IN REVAMPED HACKING ATTACKS
The U.S. has been dealing with a new breed of hackers tied to adversarial countries like China and Iran who have been employing generative AI to carry out high-tech cyberattacks, according to a report.