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NASA ISS astronaut photograph of the Hambach lignite open-pit coal mine in Germany

Brussels Built a Safety Valve Into Its Next Carbon Market. The Goal Is to Keep the Yellow Vests Away.

EU member states and the European Parliament agreed early Thursday to double the size of the price-control reserve in the next carbon market before it starts pricing heating and driving fuels in

June 13, 2026

Climate·News·Technology

Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa arrives at the EU-Western Balkans summit in Tivat, Montenegro

Slovenia’s New Right-Wing Government Scraps Its Sanctions on Israel and Lifts Netanyahu Entry Ban

Janez Jansa's government revoked the entry bans on Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, ended an arms embargo and reopened settlement trade, unwinding nearly every Gaza-era measure imposed by its center-left predecessor.

June 13, 2026

News

John Swinney, Scotland's First Minister, who France's Viginum says was targeted by the Israeli firm BlackCore

France Says an Israeli Firm Ran Fake Accounts Against Gaza Critics, From Swinney to Mamdani

France's disinformation watchdog Viginum says the Israeli firm BlackCore ran coordinated fake-account campaigns against politicians critical of Israel's war in Gaza, naming Scotland's John Swinney, New York's Zohran Mamdani and French left

June 13, 2026

Government and Politics·News

A line of Syrian refugees crossing a European border, the kind of asylum seekers the new EU pact governs

Fortress Europe Becomes Law: The EU’s Asylum Pact Takes Effect, and the Database Crashes by Lunchtime

The EU's Migration and Asylum Pact took full legal effect on Friday, building border screening, fast-track rejections and return hubs outside the bloc into law. Human Rights Watch says it takes a

June 13, 2026

Government and Politics·News

IMF headquarters building Washington DC Ukraine lending program

IMF Approves $690M for Ukraine Despite Missed Q1 Reform Benchmark

The IMF approved a $690 million tranche for Ukraine on Friday despite the country missing one structural benchmark and delaying two others from the first quarter of 2026, a disclosure that tests

June 13, 2026

Business·Economy·News

Delegates walk through the atrium at the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington DC, April 14, 2026

IMF Cuts Ukraine GDP Forecast to 1–1.6% as Two Wars Erode What Recovery Was Left

The IMF has slashed its Ukraine growth forecast to 1.0–1.6%, a sharp reversal from its own April projection of 2%, as Russian attacks on energy infrastructure and spillovers from the war in

June 13, 2026

Business·Economy·News

DNI Tulsi Gabbard releases declassified documents on US-funded biolabs in Ukraine June 2026

US Declassifies Biolab Evidence Zakharova Spent Years Warning About

Outgoing US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard released classified evidence Friday of more than 120 taxpayer-funded biological laboratories across 30 countries, including over 40 in Ukraine — documents that confirm warnings Moscow issued

June 13, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles and F-16 fighter jets in flight, the aircraft being cut from NATO's European posture

America Tells Europe to Spend More, Then Pulls a Third of Its Fighter Jets Off the Continent

The Pentagon will cut the fighter jets it commits to NATO in Europe from 150 to 100, pull every aerial tanker, and redeploy a carrier and a submarine, the New York Times

June 12, 2026

Government and Politics·News

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde at a press conference in Frankfurt

The ECB Raises Rates Into a Shrinking Economy, Because Washington’s War Sends Frankfurt the Bill

The European Central Bank raised rates for the first time in three years, lifting the deposit rate to 2.25 percent to fight inflation driven by the US-Iran war. It did so while

June 12, 2026

Business·Economy·News

Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, as India defends buying Russian oil against European criticism

Jaishankar Tells Europe Its Weapons Attack India, Defends Russian Oil in Finland

At Finland's Kultaranta Talks, India's foreign minister told his European hosts their weapons end up used against India and defended buying Russian oil 'on cost and availability,' noting it was Washington that

June 12, 2026

Government and Politics·News

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Brussels Built a Safety Valve Into Its Next Carbon Market. The Goal Is to Keep the Yellow Vests Away.

Slovenia’s New Right-Wing Government Scraps Its Sanctions on Israel and Lifts Netanyahu Entry Ban

France Says an Israeli Firm Ran Fake Accounts Against Gaza Critics, From Swinney to Mamdani

Fortress Europe Becomes Law: The EU’s Asylum Pact Takes Effect, and the Database Crashes by Lunchtime

IMF Approves $690M for Ukraine Despite Missed Q1 Reform Benchmark

IMF Cuts Ukraine GDP Forecast to 1–1.6% as Two Wars Erode What Recovery Was Left

US Declassifies Biolab Evidence Zakharova Spent Years Warning About

The ECB Raises Rates Into a Shrinking Economy, Because Washington’s War Sends Frankfurt the Bill

Jaishankar Tells Europe Its Weapons Attack India, Defends Russian Oil in Finland

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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