Major shift. Left-wing parties have hit their lowest popularity level since the Cold War, according to an analysis by British ...

China is actively seeking a route to Europe that bypasses Russia, driven by Western sanctions that obstruct trade and ...

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Hungarian request. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged the European Union to press Ukraine to resume transit of Russian natural gas, threatening to block ...

Editor’s note: If it feels as though the world is changing, that’s because it is. Global economic reconfiguration, demographic decline and geopolitical realignment have... Editor’s note: If it feels ...

Despite an announced pause on enlargement, the bloc admitted Indonesia as its 10th member.

Editor’s note: If it feels as though the world is changing, that’s because it is. Global economic reconfiguration, demographic decline and geopolitical realignment have fundamentally altered long-held ...

The World Bank has released its 2025 global growth forecast. The key takeaway is that global growth is stabilizing as inflation nears target levels. Global trade recovered in 2024, driven largely by ...

Russian industry. Russia’s production of certain iron and metal products declined markedly in the fourth quarter, the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, a major Russian steel conglomerate, reported.

(click to enlarge) The World Bank has released its 2025 global growth forecast. The key takeaway is that global growth is stabilizing as inflation nears target levels. Global trade recovered ...

Hungarian request. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged the European Union to press Ukraine to resume transit of Russian natural gas, threatening to block the renewal of sanctions against ...