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EU Weighs Hormuz Mine-Clearing Role as Maritime Crisis Tests European Naval Capacity
The European Union is considering whether its naval mission in the Red Sea should take a leading role in clearing mines from the Strait of...
Energy
Gulf hostilities push oil higher as Europe faces renewed energy-security pressure
Oil prices rose sharply on Wednesday as renewed hostilities...
Digital Economy
UK forces Google to give publishers AI-search opt-out as media bargaining fight widens
Britain’s competition regulator has imposed new rules on Google’s...
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Nigel Farage and the Perils of Anti-Establishment Politics
For more than three decades, Nigel Farage has occupied...
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Trump Family Crypto Links Cast Long Shadow Over Global Oil Markets
The overlap between the Trump family’s fast-expanding crypto empire...
Opinion
Keir Starmer Clings On as Britain Prepares to Tune Him Out
There are political leaders who cling to office out...
Health Tech
Digital-Driven Healthcare Transformation: A New Chapter of Holistic Care in Taiwan, by Dr. Chung-Liang Shih Minister of Health and Welfare Taiwan
As the world confronts the challenges of population aging...
Opinion
The Verdict Is In: Britain Has Stopped Listening to Keir Starmer
There are election defeats, there are humiliations, and then...
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Gulf hostilities push oil higher as Europe faces renewed energy-security pressure
Oil prices rose sharply on Wednesday as renewed hostilities...
UK forces Google to give publishers AI-search opt-out as media bargaining fight widens
Britain’s competition regulator has imposed new rules on Google’s...
France-Israel Defence Show Dispute Turns Eurosatory Into Diplomatic Test
France’s decision to restrict Israel’s official participation at Eurosatory...
Brussels Weighs Energy Spending Flexibility as Italy Presses EU Fiscal Rules
The European Commission is weighing whether to grant member...
US-Iran strikes put Europe’s energy security back under pressure
The latest exchange of strikes between the United States...
China factory data adds pressure to Europe’s trade debate
China’s manufacturing sector stalled in May as export orders...
Human Rights and Social Issues
ECHR Exit Debate Becomes a Security Question for Britain and Europe
Senior Conservatives have warned that leaving the European Convention...
France’s Public Education System Engulfed by Child Abuse Allegations
France is confronting what campaigners are calling one of...
China Coal Blast Leaves 90 Dead as Questions Mount Over Mine Safety
The death toll from a gas explosion at a...
Nursery Schools, Hate Crimes and the Madness of Modern Britain
What likely began as a worthy attempt to tackle...
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Kyrgyzstan and China’s lending boom: how Bishkek became exposed to Beijing’s balance sheet
For much of the post-war period, the International Monetary Fund and the United States set the tone for sovereign lending and crisis support.
Over the past...
Defence & Security
From Mass Repression to Nuclear Ambition: The Real Risk of Iran’s Regime, writes Hossein Amjadi
For decades, international debates about Iran’s nuclear ambitions have...
Arts
Voices of Friends 2025 Burabay, Kazakhstan November 29 – December 2, 2025
The fifth anniversary festival Voices of Friends Poetry &...
Culture & Society
Brussels Hosts Belgium’s First Ever Indian Film Festival
The Embassy of India in Belgium successfully organised the...
Americas
From Back Channels to Hard Leverage: The Strategy the US Now Needs on Russia
Washington’s current handling of negotiations with Moscow over Ukraine...
Environment & ClimateSustainability
The Weather: Britain’s Favourite Topic Turns Serious as Drought Bites
Britain’s weather has always occupied a curious place in the national psyche. It is a country where conversations about sunshine, drizzle, frost and heatwaves...
Drone strike on Ryazan refinery leaves city facing civilian and pollution risks
Regional authorities said three people were killed and 12...
440 ppm: Our Atmosphere Has Now Entered Unknown Territory
For decades, climate scientists warned that atmospheric carbon dioxide...
Fossil fuel dependence moves from climate issue to security question at Santa Marta summit
The Santa Marta conference in Colombia has placed fossil...
EU and Central Asian states renew water, energy and climate cooperation in Astana
Representatives of the European Union, Central Asian states and...
The Economics of Thirst: Can Water Forward avert a deepening global imbalance?
The announcement of the World Bank’s new “Water Forward”...
Greenpeace warns of rising collapse risk at Chornobyl sarcophagus after drone damage
Greenpeace Ukraine has warned that the sarcophagus enclosing the...
The hidden cost of AI: the data centres reshaping energy, water and geography
Artificial intelligence is often presented as a digital revolution...
Wings of Hope: Endangered Saker Falcons Take Flight Again in Kazakhstan
In the vast, wind-swept landscapes of Kazakhstan, a quiet...
Magnitude 6 Earthquake Hits Cuba as Seismic Activity Intensifies
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Cuba on Tuesday, the...
Science & Technology
France-Israel Defence Show Dispute Turns Eurosatory Into Diplomatic Test
France’s decision to restrict Israel’s official participation at Eurosatory...
Blue Origin explosion strengthens SpaceX’s hand in tightening launch market
The destruction of a New Glenn rocket during a...
Europe Weighs Tougher Curbs on US Tech Giants Amid Strategic Anxiety
Europe’s campaign to loosen the grip of American technology...
Ferrari risks identity crisis with £474,000 electric “Luce”
For decades, the very mention of a Ferrari conjured...
Pope Leo’s AI Encyclical Puts Warfare and Labour Rights Into Global Technology Debate
The Vatican’s intervention on artificial intelligence comes as governments,...
