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EUROPE
Roman Angel Resembling Meloni Painted Over
An angel's face resembled the prime minister. Days later, it vanished.
BUSINESS
Roman Roads Remapped: Europe Finds Old Connections in New Lines
New digital maps of Roman roads show how closely Europe, North Africa and the Middle East were once connected, challenging modern ideas of borders and distance.
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Europe’s Nuclear Turn Carries a French Accent
Finland's vote to allow nuclear weapons and Switzerland's push for new reactors both trace back to a familiar French ambition to lead Europe's atomic future.
Iran is Splitting the West Like Ukraine Did
Iran's US-brokered peace deal is laying bare severe fractures across Western diplomacy, as America's transactional alliance calculus finds its second major victim.
Russia Still Wants a Red Sea Anchor
Russia's quest for a Red Sea naval base has fallen silent again, the pause manifesting Sudan's bargaining instincts and Moscow's enduring strategic patience alike.
War Killed Mona Khalil and Erased Decades of Conservation
When a conservationist dies in a conflict zone, the loss is ecological as well as human, and the species she protected have no replacement for her.
What Starmer’s Exit Means for Europe and the Middle East
Keir Starmer's resignation hands Andy Burnham a fragile inheritance, as Britain's standing in Brussels and across the Gulf hinges on what changes next.
