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Central Banks Hold Rates as Oil Crisis Rewrites Policy Economy

Central Banks Hold Rates as Oil Crisis Rewrites Policy

The Fed, ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan all held interest rates steady this week, but markets are already pricing in ECB hikes as Brent crude...

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How Oil Futures Set the Price You Pay at the Pump Economy

How Oil Futures Set the Price You Pay at the Pump

Oil futures contracts traded on global exchanges determine crude oil prices, which account for roughly half the cost of gasoline. Understanding how th...

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What Is Hallyu and How It Powers South Korea's Economy Economy

What Is Hallyu and How It Powers South Korea's Economy

Hallyu, the Korean Wave, has transformed South Korea into a cultural superpower. From K-pop and K-dramas to beauty and food, here is how a deliberate...

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Rhineland-Palatinate Election: Tight Race Weighs on Merz Economy

Rhineland-Palatinate Election: Tight Race Weighs on Merz

Rhineland-Palatinate will elect a new state parliament on March 22nd. The CDU and SPD are in a close race, which is also putting pressure on the Black...

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Pellegrini Pushes for 'State of Threat' Amid Drone Defense Concerns Economy

Pellegrini Pushes for 'State of Threat' Amid Drone Defense Concerns

President Pellegrini and Defense Minister Kaliňák are proposing a new security measure in the constitution – a 'state of threat' – which would allow t...

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Málaga Without High-Speed Rail for Holy Week: Tourism Sector Fears Losses in the Millions Economy

Málaga Without High-Speed Rail for Holy Week: Tourism Sector Fears Losses in the Millions

The Madrid-Málaga high-speed rail line will remain closed during Holy Week following the landslide in Álora, with estimated losses exceeding €1.3 bill...

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Denmark Planned to Blow Up Greenland Airports Economy

Denmark Planned to Blow Up Greenland Airports

According to leaked reports from Danish broadcaster DR, Denmark secretly prepared plans to destroy runways in Greenland to prevent American military a...

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Jury Finds Musk Liable for Misleading Twitter Investors Economy

Jury Finds Musk Liable for Misleading Twitter Investors

A California jury unanimously found Elon Musk liable for misleading Twitter shareholders with two tweets during his $44 billion acquisition in 2022, w...

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Slovakia Introduces Diesel Rationing: Limits and Higher Prices Economy

Slovakia Introduces Diesel Rationing: Limits and Higher Prices

Robert Fico's government has restricted diesel sales from March 20th for 30 days, with a maximum purchase of €400 per vehicle and separate pricing for...

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Orbán Vetoes €90 Billion Ukraine Aid Package Economy

Orbán Vetoes €90 Billion Ukraine Aid Package

At the European Council summit in Brussels, Viktor Orbán maintained his veto of the €90 billion aid package for Ukraine, linking the decision to the r...

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Gibraltar: Spain and UK Finalize Post-Brexit Agreement Economy

Gibraltar: Spain and UK Finalize Post-Brexit Agreement

The draft treaty on Gibraltar, spanning over a thousand pages, envisions eliminating the border fence, integrating the Rock into the Schengen area, an...

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2026 Municipal Elections: Decisive Second Round on Sunday Economy

2026 Municipal Elections: Decisive Second Round on Sunday

The second round of the municipal elections on March 22, 2026, will take place in over 1,500 French municipalities, with tight races in Paris, Marseil...

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