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WORLD
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.
EUROPE
Fireworks and Drones in Dutch Skies: Tradition Under Negotiation
As Dutch cities restrict fireworks and test drone shows, a familiar question returns: how far should public rituals bend for noise-sensitive neighbours and animals?
BUSINESS
Lifelines as Targets: Moscow’s Playbook for Strangling Ukraine
From Polish railways to Black Sea tankers, Russia is waging a covert war of sabotage across Europe, aiming to strangle the essential lifelines sustaining Ukraine.
BUSINESS
A Corridor of Speed ​​and Defense: New Connection Between Poland and the Baltics
Via Baltica opens from Warsaw to Tallinn, boosting Baltic defense, economic links, and NATO readiness amid Kaliningrad tensions.
BUSINESS
Re-Alignment in the Red Sea: Russia & Iran
Russia and Iran recalibrate influence from Syria to Sudan, leveraging Red Sea conflicts and deepening military ties in shifting alliances.
Popular
LVMH, War and the Luxury of Trees
As war dents luxury sales and Europe's tree cover grows more unequal, an old truth is returning: comfort is becoming easier to buy than to share.
UAE Quits OPEC to Define New Energy Order
After missile strikes on Gulf ports and thousands of flight cancellations, the UAE's exit from OPEC shatters the old oil order, exposing a ruthless energy future.
After the Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting, Trump Changes Tone
After gunfire erupted at the White House Correspondents' Dinner this weekend, Donald Trump responded with less fury than after earlier political attacks, and that change matters.
West Overlooks Russian Grain and Borders in Ukraine
As stolen grain enters Israeli docks and Berlin hints at regional trade-offs, a quiet consensus forms around the permanence of Russia's seized Ukrainian areas.
Deraa First Trial Puts Syrian Justice on the Stand
This week's public trial of Atef Najib returned Deraa to the centre of Syrian politics, with the first courtroom reckoning for the crackdown that helped ignite the uprising.
