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How Cuba's One-Party System Works—and Why It Persists Economy

How Cuba's One-Party System Works—and Why It Persists

Cuba's Communist Party has monopolized power since 1965. Here's how the island's political system is structured, how elections work without real choic...

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What Is the Strait of Hormuz and Why It Matters Economy

What Is the Strait of Hormuz and Why It Matters

A 21-mile-wide chokepoint between Iran and Oman moves roughly one-fifth of the world's daily oil supply. Here is how the waterway works, why it is so...

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Zelenskyy in Madrid: Spain Pledges €1 Billion to Ukraine Economy

Zelenskyy in Madrid: Spain Pledges €1 Billion to Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Madrid on March 18, 2026, and signed five defense agreements with Spain, which announced a €1 billion...

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Vance to Visit Budapest: Washington Openly Sides with Orbán Economy

Vance to Visit Budapest: Washington Openly Sides with Orbán

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is expected to visit Budapest in the near future to support Viktor Orbán ahead of the April 12 parliamentary elections, s...

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Nawrocki's Veto: Poland Battles for Billions in Arms Funding Economy

Nawrocki's Veto: Poland Battles for Billions in Arms Funding

President Karol Nawrocki has vetoed a law implementing the EU's SAFE instrument, blocking formal access to €43.7 billion in defense loans. The Tusk go...

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Merz's Arms Buildup: €600 Billion for Germany Economy

Merz's Arms Buildup: €600 Billion for Germany

Chancellor Friedrich Merz is pushing forward with the largest rearmament program in German post-war history. The 2026 defense budget totals over €108...

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Duslo Šaľa Curtails Ammonia Production Due to Record Gas Prices Economy

Duslo Šaľa Curtails Ammonia Production Due to Record Gas Prices

Slovak fertilizer producer Duslo Šaľa has reduced ammonia production to a technical minimum due to record natural gas prices, which have soared follow...

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Qatar's LNG Force Majeure Plunges Energy Markets into Chaos Economy

Qatar's LNG Force Majeure Plunges Energy Markets into Chaos

Iranian drone and missile strikes on Qatar's Ras Laffan complex have halted 20% of global LNG supply, triggering force majeure declarations by QatarEn...

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What Is Kharg Island and Why It Controls Iran's Oil Economy

What Is Kharg Island and Why It Controls Iran's Oil

A 22-square-kilometre coral outcrop in the Persian Gulf handles roughly 90% of Iran's crude oil exports. Here is how Kharg Island works, why it became...

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How Free Trade Agreements Work and Why They Matter Economy

How Free Trade Agreements Work and Why They Matter

Free trade agreements slash tariffs and open markets between countries, reshaping economies on a massive scale. Here is how these complex pacts are ne...

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How China's Five-Year Plans Work and Why They Matter Economy

How China's Five-Year Plans Work and Why They Matter

Every five years, China's Communist Party releases a sweeping economic blueprint that shapes the world's second-largest economy — and ripples across g...

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Tusk Sides with Magyar Ahead of Hungarian Elections Economy

Tusk Sides with Magyar Ahead of Hungarian Elections

Prime Minister Donald Tusk publicly expressed his support for the Hungarian opposition party Tisza during a march in Budapest on the Hungarian Nationa...

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