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EUROPE
Italian Banks Brace For Pressure as Election Nears
Matteo Salvini wants Italy's ten largest banks to hand over billions again, reviving a fight that once shook Rome's coalition and unsettled financial markets.
BUSINESS
Swiss Tracks Turn Sunlight Into Power
As punishing heatwaves push European power grids toward their limits, a small Swiss railway trial hints that ordinary tracks could double as solar farms.
EUROPE
Pope Leo Declares Schism as SSPX Defies Rome
Pope Leo's clash with the Society of St Pius X is not only a church disciplinary dispute; it is a test of whether Rome can still contain rebellion when part of Catholic traditionalism no longer wants containment at all.
EUROPE
An Evangelical War: Rome Takes on Washington
As a Cardinal is turned away in Jerusalem, a defiant Pope Leo XIV in Rome denounces the holy war rhetoric currently steering Washington's foreign policy.
EUROPE
Roman Angel Resembling Meloni Painted Over
An angel's face resembled the prime minister. Days later, it vanished.
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Western Split Over Putin Could Sink Abu Dhabi Talks
Prisoner exchanges and Nordic diplomacy revived negotiations. Could coordinated European leverage turn momentum into enduring peace?
Glaciers Cough Up Relics but Take Back Far More
Slovenia’s Triglav glacier has disappeared after a record hot...
Ottawa is ‘Building Big’ Partnerships Over Holdouts
Canada's Emirati trade pact and Britain's defence bank refusal give dependable partners a considerable advantage over Washington's unpredictable moods.
Gen Z Organised: From ‘Be Water’ to October 17 Movement
Gen Z protests start as memes, yet the ones that change things need unions, organisers and a plan.
Political Violence Now Reaches Politicians’ Families and Homes
Politicians have bodyguards, but their parents and spouses do not, and that gap is getting harder to ignore.
