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The day after the regional election in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Chancellor Friedrich Merz is in high spirits. His center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the election. "This gives us momentum for the reform agenda we have on the table in Berlin," Merz said. "I want us to make progress with the SPD. We're

Hungary has dramatically increased its dependence on Russian crude oil since Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine over four years ago, despite EU efforts to limit the import of Russian fossil fuels into the bloc. A new report from the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) , a European public policy institute, states that in 2025

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's proposal to reform the Italy's judiciary is set to fail at the ballot box, according to projections published on Monday evening. Some 54% of voters rejected the initiative, with 46% backing the legal changes championed by Meloni's right-wing government. Meloni conceded defeat in an online post, lamenting the outcome as "a ‌lost

Stock markets dipped across the board early on Monday, with traders nervous after another weekend yielded no real signs of deescalation in Iran or the wider Gulf region or a reduction in the rising energy prices the conflict is causing. Several of the major Asian markets dipped by 3% or more, while Europe's main indices

Lionel Jospin, French prime minister from 1997 to 2002, died aged 88, Prime Minister Sebastian Lecornu confirmed on Monday, following first reports of his death the previous day.  "Lionel Jospin has left us," Lecornu said online. "His action, guided by a particular idea of social progress and of republican values, leaves a durable imprint and

Less than 12 hours before a deadline set by US President Donald Trump for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was due to expire, the Republican announced he would postpone planned strikes on the Islamic Republic's power plants. Trump on Monday claimed "very good and productive" talks with Tehran had resulted in the five-day delay, although Iranian news

Gold, cocoa and oil are goods that are sought-after globally. And they can all be found in abundance in Ghana. This explains why the West African country earns more from exports than it has to pay for imports. To receive beneficial export conditions, Ghana granted market access to trading partners for suboptimal returns. Here's an example that shows

On March 17, Ilya Remeslo, a blogger, lawyer and former member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, posted a sensational "manifesto" entitled "Five reasons why I stopped supporting Vladimir Putin" on his Telegram channel. He said the war against Ukraine was "failing" and also criticized online censorship and the lack of freedom of

If you have ever used a smartphone map or watched a delivery vehicle move across a tracking app, you have used GPS. What many people do not realize is that GPS — the US's Global Positioning System — is only one part of a broader family known as global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). Four global satellite

It makes sense to squeeze every last drop of milk into our coffee and drizzle the remains of our expensive olive oil over our salad — so we stand in our kitchens, holding bottles or cartons at awkward angles, waiting and watching with varying degrees of patience. How long do we have to wait? That's what