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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.

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Germany’s Energy Transition Hits a Financial Paradox

Building enough clean power turns out to be the easy part of Germany's energy transition; making that power cheap, stable and financially viable is the harder one.

Bahrain Charts Its Own Course Through Gulf Recovery

Washington offers $5 billion for Gulf energy repairs and Bahrain builds European trade through EuroCham, giving post-war commerce two separate foundations.

Europe Wades into Another Embattled Chokepoint

Houthi gains, Ethiopian turmoil and Italian warships have turned Bab al-Mandeb into Europe's second chokepoint crisis, with refugees and diesel bills at stake.

Fico and Stubb: War Fatigue Finds a Political Voice

Russia's war in Ukraine keeps unsettling budgets, alliances and tempers across Europe, confirming how unevenly the continent shares its collective fear.

Maldives Draw Gulf Billions Into Urban Expansion

A city built partly to solve a housing shortage is now being sold to the world as a luxury destination too, and both promises have to hold at once.