Neither Expensive Oil Nor Rising Inflation Can Halt the Markets
With oil above $100 per barrel and inflation rising, Wall Street is betting on continued growth even as geopolitical risks mount.
Trump and Xi Seek to Preserve Trade Truce as Taiwan Warning Looms
Trump and Xi closed their Beijing summit with promises of trade progress and warmer ties, but the visit produced fewer concrete br…
Fears Grow EU Set to Clamp Down on VPNs
The EU is considering regulation on VPNs as part of its age-verification push, but tech experts warn it is a “slippery slope” towa…
Xi Warns Trump Over Taiwan as Beijing Summit Opens on a Friendly Note
Chinese President Xi Jinping praised progress in trade talks with the United States on Thursday as he opened a two-day summit with…
Russia Strikes Kyiv in Fresh Wave of Drone Attacks
The Russian attack on Kyiv injured several people and damaged residential buildings across the city. A day earlier, Ukraine had fa…
Europe Wants Age Checks but Has Not Checked the Basics
The European Commission wants to standardize age verification online, but has so far offered only a flawed app, security gaps and …
Spain Calls for European Army to Keep Europe “Free from Coercion”
Europe needs a common military force to ensure it remains “free from coercion”, Spain’s foreign minister has said, doubling down o…
Bilateral: A Different Central Europe
Central Europe needs a regional format suited to a multipolar world. Visegrad is too small, the Three Seas Initiative too ideologi…
Switzerland Weighs Cap on Population Growth
A new initiative would stop Switzerland’s population from rising above 10 million, casting immigration, infrastructure and relatio…
Inheritance and gift taxes hurt economic growth
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Oil prices could double within just a few weeks
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Developing countries are growing old before they grow rich
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Mass migration is only a leaky patch for demographic decline
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War doesn’t hurt Putin’s popularity – restricting Telegram does
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Three conflicts, one common thread – what links Venezuela, Iran and Greenland?
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Wall Street is a magnet for money, and that’s what keeps the dollar afloat
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If China wants to become a hegemon, it has to grow rich before it grows old
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Donnyland: Kyiv Tries to Catch Trump’s Attention
The age of robotic animals arrives on modern battlefields
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Trump is unsettled by the Pope’s authority – one that does not depend on political power
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Leo XIV builds bridges with quiet strength and reinforces the authority of the Church
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The Iran conflict is set to drive up car prices across Europe
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Not climate change, but expensive and scarce fertilizers are driving food shortages
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Transition or suicide – according to a Finnish study, that is a false dilemma.
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Who is Peter Magyar, Hungary’s new leader?
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The bill for Orban is coming due. And for Hungary, it won’t be painless
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Trump cannot get over pope’s criticism of his war: “If I wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican”
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Who will take the lead of NATO’s European pillar?
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The era of Viktor Orban is coming to an end. But he doesn't want to rest.
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Mixed-Sex Toilets Become Standard in New Irish Schools
Parents and students have voiced anger over new school buildings without private, single-sex toilet facilities, as a lawmaker says…
Moscow’s Victory Celebration: A Short Guest List and a Sombre Look Back
After several Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow, Russia’s celebrations marking the end of World War II appeared in doubt this year…
Labour Revolt Pushes Starmer Toward the Brink
Keir Starmer is facing the first serious challenge to his premiership and even a possible departure from Westminster after Labour’…
Historic Win for Right-Wing Party in Australian Election
An anti-establishment right-wing party scored a major electoral success in Australia that commentators say threatens the tradition…
California Hospice Fraud Puts Newsom’s Record Under Scrutiny
A major hospice fraud case in California has raised questions about oversight of public health spending in the country’s most popu…
Artificial Intelligence Is Rewriting the Rules of the Job Market
Investors are still betting on the AI boom despite rising oil prices and geopolitical risk. But in the US labor market, the first …
Old Before Rich: When Factories Run Out of Workers
For decades, cheap labor helped turn emerging markets into winners of globalization. Now falling birth rates are beginning to unde…
The Silent Crisis: When the State Works but Society Weakens
Falling birth rates mask a deeper crisis. From South Korea to Uruguay, states may appear to function, but high suicide rates point…
Religion as a Cure for the Demographic Crisis?
Birth rates are falling worldwide. The decline is often linked to weakening social cohesion, but shared religious life may help co…
Demography in the Shadow of War: How Russia and Ukraine Are Losing Children
Deaths at the front and behind the lines, psychological devastation, mass emigration, poverty, constant fear and the prospect of a…
Migration Will Not Solve Europe’s Demographic Crisis
Germany shows that migration neither reverses falling birth rates nor stops society from aging. It can ease specific labor shortag…
Where There Are Too Many Young Men, There Is War
The West worries about having too few children. Yet Europe is already facing the consequences of the opposite problem: a surplus o…
EU Faces Calls to Tighten Enforcement of Digital Markets Rules
The EU has received calls to strengthen enforcement and expand its tech rules on fair competition in a review of the Digital Marke…
France’s Fight Over Encrypted Chats Flares Up Again
France wants access to encrypted chats, putting the security and privacy of citizens and companies at risk. The threat extends bey…
Hostility to Christians Rising in India
Anti-Christian activists in India pursue KKK-style tactics to incite clashes and victimize Catholics and other religious minoritie…
Amadeus Promises a Brave New Biometric Travel World
A scanned face could soon be enough to board a flight, enter a taxi or check into a hotel. That is how the technology group Amadeu…
Putin Sees Ukraine War Nearing Its End
The Russian president said the war in Ukraine was drawing to a close and raised the prospect of a European security dialogue, only…
A New View of the Moon: Artemis II Images Show the Far Side Up Close
New photographs from NASA's Artemis II mission, which completed a flyby of the Moon in early April, show close-up details of the l…
The Faith That Made Us Rich: Christianity and the European Miracle
Europe grew vastly wealthier, added four decades to life expectancy and became the most successful civilization in history. In the…
Brussels Finds No Serious Breach in Hungary-Russia Leak Inquiry
The European Commission has closed its investigation into alleged leaks of EU information from Hungary to Russia without uncoverin…
Putin Welcomes Fico to Kremlin on Victory Day
Russian President Vladimir Putin received Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Moscow during Victory Day commemorations marked by …
Australia’s Social Media Law Collides With Reality
Four months after Australia introduced the world’s first social media ban for under-16s, most teenagers are still finding easy way…
Trump’s Car Tariffs Put Europe’s Small Export Economies Under Pressure
The new US tariffs on European cars are not only a problem for Brussels, Berlin or Paris. In small, export-driven economies such a…
