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Sweden and Finland Champion Bioenergy: New Measures Amid Climate Pressures

Sweden and Finland boost bioenergy with €3B CO₂ capture, biofuel targets and forest safeguards despite strict EU climate rules.

Putting Out the Fires in Europe: Climate’s North-South Gap

Fires engulf forests from Greece to Spain with a important signal for Europe splitting along climate lines.

Neocolonialism in the Twenty-First Century, EU Climate Policy

EU’s carbon border tax sparks backlash in Africa, with critics calling it climate colonialism that threatens $25B in exports by 2030.

Forecast: Tech Trends in 2025

Explore 2025's top tech trends: Agent AI, post-quantum security, biometrics, and zero-carbon innovation reshaping industries and society.

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New Hunting Grounds: Dutch Cash Crime Migration

ATM rigging points to a hidden cost of one of Europe's greatest achievements: the euro.

The Sahara Vote: A Key to Regional Reconciliation?

UN backs Morocco’s autonomy plan, marking a historic shift in Western Sahara diplomacy and boosting Rabat’s global influence.

Letters of Power: Turkey’s Alphabet and the New Map of Connection

Language, more than borders, shapes how we identify ourselves. The alphabet we learn as children tells us who we are. For Turkey, redefining those letters is an act not of nostalgia but of future-making.

NEOM Revisited: The Blueprint for Instant City Ventures

Big city dreams cooked up by consultants often turn into very expensive ghost towns before anyone even moves in as with the case in Saudi's NEOM.

Troubled Waters: Return of Piracy and Somalia’s Governance

With fishing nets coming up empty and governments in conflict, the line between Somali fishermen and pirates is once again dissolving into the sea.