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Trump Raises Global Tariffs to 15% After Court Defeat Economy

Trump Raises Global Tariffs to 15% After Court Defeat

Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his IEEPA tariffs in a 6-3 ruling, President Trump unveiled new 10% global tariffs under a 1974 trade l...

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Spain to Legalize 500,000 Immigrants in Landmark Move Economy

Spain to Legalize 500,000 Immigrants in Landmark Move

The government of Pedro Sánchez approves a Royal Decree to grant legal residency to over half a million undocumented individuals already living in Spa...

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Poland Withdraws from Ottawa Treaty, Prepares Mines for the East Economy

Poland Withdraws from Ottawa Treaty, Prepares Mines for the East

On February 20, 2026, Poland officially withdrew from the Ottawa Treaty banning anti-personnel mines. Prime Minister Tusk announced readiness to mine...

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Orbán Blocks €90 Billion EU Loan to Ukraine Economy

Orbán Blocks €90 Billion EU Loan to Ukraine

Hungary will not approve the disbursement of the EU's €90 billion loan to Ukraine until Kyiv resumes oil supplies via the Druzhba (Friendship) pipelin...

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German Election: CDU/CSU and AfD Neck and Neck in Final Stretch Economy

German Election: CDU/CSU and AfD Neck and Neck in Final Stretch

With two days to go until the snap general election on February 23, 2026, the CDU/CSU and AfD are tied at around 25 percent each. With hardly any part...

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Fico Threatens to Cut Off Electricity to Kyiv After Call with Merz Economy

Fico Threatens to Cut Off Electricity to Kyiv After Call with Merz

Prime Minister Robert Fico spoke with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz about the oil pipeline crisis. Slovakia has threatened to halt electricity supp...

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China Warns Japan: Taiwan Intervention Means Direct Strike Economy

China Warns Japan: Taiwan Intervention Means Direct Strike

China's UN ambassador Fu Cong issued a stark warning at the United Nations that any Japanese military involvement in a Taiwan conflict would trigger a...

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump's IEEPA Tariffs Economy

Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump's IEEPA Tariffs

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on February 20, 2026, that Trump's sweeping tariffs imposed under a 1977 emergency powers law are unconstitutional, w...

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Slovakia and Hungary Block EU's 20th Sanctions Package Against Russia Economy

Slovakia and Hungary Block EU's 20th Sanctions Package Against Russia

EU ambassadors discussed the 20th package of sanctions against Russia on February 20th, but Slovakia and Hungary are conditioning their approval on ma...

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Tusk: Poland to Mine Border with Russia Within 48 Hours Economy

Tusk: Poland to Mine Border with Russia Within 48 Hours

Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced Poland's readiness to rapidly mine its eastern border within 48 hours of withdrawing from the Ottawa Treaty and u...

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Hungary and Slovakia Veto Russian Oil Sanctions, Blocking EU Package Economy

Hungary and Slovakia Veto Russian Oil Sanctions, Blocking EU Package

Hungary and Slovakia blocked the EU's 20th package of anti-Russian sanctions on Thursday, demanding guarantees for the transit of Russian crude oil. P...

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Fighter Jet Crisis: Merz Considers GCAP as FCAS Alternative Economy

Fighter Jet Crisis: Merz Considers GCAP as FCAS Alternative

The European FCAS fighter jet program is in deep crisis. While Airbus and Dassault have been arguing over industrial rights for years, Germany is cons...

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