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The Nile’s New Reality: Ethiopia’s Mega‑Dam Powers Up as Tensions Rise Downstream
Addis Ababa prepares to inaugurate Africa’s largest hydropower project on September 9, promising electricity to millions while Egypt and Sudan warn over water security and demand a binding deal. ADDIS ABABA On Tuesday, Ethiopia will cut the ribbon on the…
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UK Infrastructure Debt Heads for a Record as Buyers Pounce on Brownfield Assets
With $38bn raised through August, the market is on pace to top $57bn in 2025 as competition heats up for second‑hand assets and ministers sign off on megaproject London — The United Kingdom is on course for a record year…
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Turned the Page: Brussels and Washington Reset Ties Under Trump
European Council chief António Costa says the EU and the United States have moved past years of rancor, forging a pragmatic—if fragile—trade truce while coordinating on defense and Ukraine. The European Union and the United States have “turned the page”…
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‘The Tsar’s Emissary?’ Fico’s Pipeline Gamble After August’s Druzhba Strikes
Fresh from a meeting with Vladimir Putin, Slovakia’s Robert Fico faced Volodymyr Zelensky in Uzhhorod as Europe wrangled over whether Russian crude should keep flowing through Ukraine to Slovakia and Hungary. Uzhhorod/Bratislava — The hottest front in Europe’s energy war…
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Trump’s Vaccine Pivot: “Some Work — and People Should Take Them,” Even for Covid
After Florida moves to scrap school immunization mandates, the president breaks from the hard line, calling proven shots “not controversial” and urging caution about abandoning requirements. In a striking recalibration on one of America’s most polarizing public-health battles, President Donald…
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‘Holocaust 2025’: Prague’s Jewish Shop Hit by Third Vandalism in a Month
Graffiti on Belgická Street reignites debate over antisemitism in Czechia — and how authorities and communities respond PRAGUE The words “Holocaust 2025,” scrawled in blue spray paint across the window of a Jewish souvenir and kosher shop in Prague’s Vinohrady…
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Protecting Time
As wars and solar storms expose the fragility of GPS, countries race to build sovereign clocks and layered timing networks The world discovered an uncomfortable truth this past year: time—at least the precise digital heartbeat that underpins modern life—is more…
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Between Brussels and Washington: Norway’s EU Dilemma Deepens as Tariff Wars Bite
Ahead of Monday’s parliamentary election, Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide and his chief rival warn that staying outside the EU is leaving Oslo exposed — but neither will risk a membership vote. Norway’s long‑standing compromise with Europe — full access…
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Europe’s New Heatwave: VC Scramble Sends AI, Fintech and Defense Valuations Soaring
August 2025 has turned into a bidding war for Europe’s hottest start-ups, as investors chase generational platforms across artificial intelligence, financial technology and defense. After two bruising years, Europe’s start-up market has rediscovered its sizzle. From Paris to Munich and…
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Hollowing Out the Lifeline: Can a Shrunken FEMA Handle Peak Hurricane Season?
As President Trump’s second-term reforms recast federal disaster aid, court fights, staffing tumult and a looming storm surge test America’s emergency backstop. The Atlantic is warming, the tropics are churning, and the United States’ disaster safety net is being rewired…
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