Cast your mind far, far back, to November 2024. Donald Trump had just been elected. Americans were divided and unsteady. But the stock market wasn’t: It was thrilled. Stocks hit all-time highs on the news, and the value of the dollar surged.
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Is Europe marching — or crawling — toward economic independence?
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said in a recent Radio France interview that the current economic and geopolitical situation marks “the beginning of a march towards independence” for Europe. With the increase in U.S….
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Trump’s US doesn’t just think Europe is obsolete – it wants to see it dead | Nathalie Tocci
The “Signalgate” scandal confirmed what Europeans already knew. The Trump administration’s disdain for Europe is deep and the transatlantic fracture is structural. While our leaders publicly play down the significance of the unravelling…
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WHO Country Office in Ukraine annual report 2024
Overview
This report provides an overview of the operations and activities of the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in Ukraine during 2024. Despite the ongoing war in Ukraine, the Country Office continued its work…
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The EU Must Defend Its Digital Sovereignty
Europe is under siege—not by armies but by supply chains and algorithms. Rare-earth minerals, advanced semiconductors, and critical artificial intelligence systems all increasingly lie in foreign hands. As the U.S.-China tech cold war…
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What Britons and Europeans really think about immigration – new analysis
When we hear about immigration from politicians and media across Europe, the story is almost always negative. In some countries, this is old news. The UK tabloid press has printed thousands of anti-migrant articles over the last two decades….
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Forty-nine Russian drones spotted in airspace over Kyiv overnight Monday
Last night, 49 Russian drones were detected in the airspace over Kyiv and on the capital’s outskirts.
That’s according to the Kyiv Municipal Military Administration, Ukrinform reports.
The air raid alert went off in the capital from 22:29 to 03:10 and from 04:14…
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Zelenskyy on use of drones to protect cities: There are good results
Drones have shown good results in protecting Ukrainian cities and have become an effective means of countering Russian attacks, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
“Our soldiers have good results in using some types of drones to…
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Greenland's new PM rejects Trump's latest threat to take over island
Newly sworn in Jens-Frederik Nielsen said of Trump’s overtures: ‘Let me clear. The US won’t get that.’
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Your Vehicle’s Secret Code Decoded
Ever wondered what stories your car could tell if it could speak? Hidden in plain sight—stamped on the dashboard or tucked under the hood—lies a 17-character code that knows it all: the Vehicle Identification Number, or VIN. This isn’t just a random string of letters and…