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Indonesia’s Unrest Tests Prabowo’s Economic Gamble
Solid fundamentals meet street fury as tax hikes, perks and populist spending shake investor faith JAKARTA —. Indonesia is facing its most serious wave of dissent in years, with tens of thousands rallying from Central Java to the gates of…
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Judge Blocks Trump’s Bid to Oust Fed Governor Lisa Cook, Letting Her Vote at Next Week’s Rate Meeting
Preliminary injunction preserves central bank independence as the Federal Reserve heads into a closely watched decision widely expected to deliver 2025’s first rate cut A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from removing Federal Reserve…
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Belgium Opens the Door—Cautiously—to Recasting EU Policy on Russia’s Frozen Cash
Brussels signals it could back a new, risk‑shared regime for managing about €190bn immobilised at Euroclear, as the Commission touts a ‘Reparations Loan’ and the G7’s $50bn plan gathers pace Belgium has signalled a guarded willingness to change how the…
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Czechia Grants Long‑Term Residence to 15,000 Ukrainians
One in five of roughly 80,000 applicants passes strict vetting; online booking opens after eligibility checks for refugees who arrived under EU temporary protection. Czechia has granted long‑term residence to 15,000 Ukrainians, selecting about one in five from roughly 80,000…
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Italy’s Deadly Shift: Four Workers Lost in a Single Day Expose a Safety System at Its Limits
A 70-year-old in Turin, a machinist in Monza, a metalworker near Catania and a forklift driver in Rome: September’s tragedies reignite a national debate over workplace safety, enforcement, and responsibility. It was a single day that read like a ledger…
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France Ousts Bayrou as Macron Buys Time, Streets Begin to Boil
With 364 lawmakers voting no confidence, the prime minister heads to the Élysée to resign as Socialists press to govern, the far left targets Macron himself, and Le Pen demands a dissolution. France’s minority government collapsed late Monday after a…
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‘Climate Blood Pact’ Broken
Ruto confronts the West as Africa’s adaptation bills soar amid floods, drought and shrinking aid Kenya’s President William Ruto has accused Western leaders of breaking a “climate blood pact,” warning that wavering support for adaptation funding is leaving millions across…
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Steady as She Goes: Norway’s Centre‑Left Clings to Power in a Security‑First Era
Støre’s Labour‑led bloc ekes out a majority as voters prioritise stability amid war in Ukraine, an unsettled Arctic and sharper NATO debates Norway’s centre‑left government has retained power after a closely fought general election that turned as much on security…
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From Beijing’s Parade to a Multipolar Future
D’Alema, Xi and Putin’s converging narrative on the end of Western hegemony Beijing — On September 3, 2025, Massimo D’Alema, Italy’s former prime minister, stood on Chang’an Avenue as China marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War…
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France’s Crisis Won’t End Until the Élysée Changes Hands
Constitutional scholar Jean‑Philippe Derosier sees no quick fix as a confidence vote threatens François Bayrou’s government and Emmanuel Macron’s minority presidency staggers on PARIS – In the hours before a make‑or‑break confidence vote in the National Assembly, French constitutional law…
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