South Korea deepens Central Asia ties over critical minerals
South Korea is strengthening its economic engagement with Central Asia, placing critical minerals, energy and supply chain cooperation at the centre of its strategy...
EU warns China trade imbalance must be addressed
The European Union is preparing to use a broader range of economic measures to reduce what European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described...
Can Canada and Europe build closer ties as Trump trade tensions grow?
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to Strasbourg on Wednesday as Ottawa seeks to strengthen its economic and strategic ties with Europe amid...
Could Trump’s $5,000 checks complicate Warsh’s Fed strategy?
President Donald Trump’s proposal to give Americans $5,000 payments is raising questions about how the plan could affect U.S. monetary policy, particularly as Federal...
France Offered Europe a Nuclear Umbrella. Nobody Has Checked What’s Actually Under It
When Emmanuel Macron stepped up at the Île Longue submarine base on 2 March 2026, he was not simply updating French defense doctrine. He...
Could AI Self Improvement Turn Today’s Chatbots Into an Existential Risk?
Artificial intelligence has moved rapidly from chatbots that sometimes produce basic factual errors to increasingly autonomous systems capable of writing software, operating digital tools...
Could Gaza’s Uncovered Remains Lead to New War Crimes Investigations?
The recovery of hundreds of bodies from beneath buildings destroyed during Israel’s military campaign in Gaza has raised renewed concerns over possible war crimes,...
How Belarus Is Using Courts to Crack Down on Lukashenko’s Critics
Belarusian state institutions have worked together to suppress critics of President Alexander Lukashenko’s government through almost every stage of the justice system since 2020,...
How Russia’s Jet Drones Are Challenging Ukraine’s Air Defenses
Ukraine is facing a new challenge in its air war with Russia as Moscow rapidly expands its use of faster, jet powered attack drones.
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Why Trump’s Ukraine Energy Truce May Not Fix the Global Diesel Crunch
U.S. President Donald Trump's effort to broker an energy infrastructure truce between Russia and Ukraine could remove one immediate threat to global fuel markets,...