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BUSINESS
Home Truths: Why London is Leaning on Brussels
A decade after Brexit tore the UK from European orbit, geography is reasserting itself, and a Middle Eastern war is doing the work that no politician dared to.
LIFESTYLE
Europe Drops the Passport Stamp for Good
Schengen passport stamps end next month, replaced by fingerprints and facial scans for more than 60 nationalities including the UK, US, and Australia.
EUROPE
Defying Brussels: The Budapest Shelter for Polish OfficialsÂ
As former Polish ministers find refuge in Budapest, the spectacle betrays a European Union unable to enforce its own legal standards against a defiant member.
BUSINESS
Bulgaria Caught Between Moscow’s Grip and Brussels’ Promises
Bulgaria adopts the euro tomorrow amidst street rage and fraud as external forces orchestrate local life while citizens watch their sovereignty slip away.
EUROPE
Transparency or Tyranny? EU Fines X, Musk Calls It Bureaucratic Overreach
EU fines X €120M under Digital Services Act, sparking US-EU clash over tech regulation, sovereignty, and global digital dominance.
Popular
Paramedics Last Shift: Lebanese Healthcare in Peril
The paramedic's red crescent, once a universal guarantee of safe passage, has become a kill-zone beacon across a broadening regional conflict.
Oil and Troubled Waters: Moscow’s Luck Holds
Volodymyr Zelensky called Russia's oil windfall 'money for the war' after JD Vance named cutting Ukraine aid his proudest government achievement.
Sex in Parliament: Westminster Reaches for the Punchline
Kemi Badenoch accused Labour of "fiddling while Rome burns" at PMQs this week, after a backbencher announced a campaign to make 2026 a "summer of sex."
Populists Collide: Behind the Meloni-Trump Feud
From golden praise to bitter fury, Meloni's rebuke of Trump's papal attack over Iran ends their special bond.
The Islamabad Opening: Riyadh’s Proxy Peace
As Iranian fire threatens the Kingdom's immense economic plans, Saudi Arabia is backing Islamabad and its peace effort to bypass its own diplomatic deadlocks.
