International

Citizenship, once anchored to birthplace and paperwork, is being re-engineered by city startups for a workforce that lives in Slack, books flights on Tuesday, and changes time zones on Friday. From Dubai to Lisbon, founders are treating passports, residency and corporate setup as modular products, pushed through onboarding flows, compliance engines and concierge logistics. The pitch is not ideology but flexibility, and the stakes are rising as governments digitize borders, tax rules tighten, and remote workers ask the same question: where do I legally belong when I work everywhere? From paper queues to product onboarding Who said citizenship had to feel like a waiting room? In the last five years, a new wave of “city startups” has emerged, often headquartered in global hubs with dense...

The inaugural canal is 145 years old and is the main source of income in Egypt. As a result, its recent expansion has spilled into ecological chaos in the Mediterranean region, preceding scientists. Egypt plans to build a new capital The works, completed in just 11 months, add an additional 37 km route in the part of the sea channel that connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean. In addition, the main passage has been widened and deepened. Opened in 1869, the Suez Canal is the main source of foreign exchange for the country, whose economy is slowly recovering from the economic impact resulting from the political turmoil of the “Arab Spring” of 2011 and the security crisis in the region. The new section cost 7.9 billion euros, fully funded by Egyptian investors. It will shorten the...