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What Is the Strait of Hormuz and Why It Controls Global Oil Economy

What Is the Strait of Hormuz and Why It Controls Global Oil

A narrow waterway between Iran and Oman, the Strait of Hormuz funnels roughly 20% of the world's oil supply — making it the single most consequential...

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How China's National People's Congress Works Economy

How China's National People's Congress Works

China's National People's Congress is the world's largest legislative body, yet few outside China understand how it actually functions, who sits in it...

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How Nuclear Deterrence Works and Why Nations Rely on It Economy

How Nuclear Deterrence Works and Why Nations Rely on It

Nuclear deterrence is one of the most consequential — and counterintuitive — ideas in modern history: the threat of total destruction as the best guar...

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What Is the Druzhba Pipeline and Why Europe Depends on It Economy

What Is the Druzhba Pipeline and Why Europe Depends on It

The Druzhba pipeline is the world's longest oil pipeline network, stretching 4,000 km from Russia into Central Europe. Built in the Soviet era, it sti...

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Trump Threatens Spain With Trade War Over Iran Base Refusal Economy

Trump Threatens Spain With Trade War Over Iran Base Refusal

President Trump threatened to sever all US trade with Spain after Madrid blocked American forces from using joint military bases for strikes on Iran,...

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Slovakia Repatriates Citizens from the Middle East Health

Slovakia Repatriates Citizens from the Middle East

More than five thousand Slovak citizens are stranded in the Middle East following the outbreak of war between the US, Israel, and Iran. The Slovak gov...

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Poland in Talks with France on Nuclear Deterrence Science

Poland in Talks with France on Nuclear Deterrence

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has confirmed that Poland has joined talks with France on advanced nuclear deterrence. Eight European countries are partici...

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Fico to Visit Kyiv to Negotiate Druzhba Pipeline Economy

Fico to Visit Kyiv to Negotiate Druzhba Pipeline

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has accepted Volodymyr Zelenskyy's invitation and will visit Kyiv on March 6th or 9th to discuss the resumption of R...

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Babiš Deploys Airbuses to Rescue Czechs Stranded in the Middle East Health

Babiš Deploys Airbuses to Rescue Czechs Stranded in the Middle East

The Czech government has launched a large-scale repatriation operation for over 6,000 Czechs stranded in areas affected by the armed conflict. The Sec...

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Ukraine-Russia-US Talks Press On Despite Iran Strikes Science

Ukraine-Russia-US Talks Press On Despite Iran Strikes

A new round of Ukraine-US-Russia peace talks is scheduled for March 5–6, with the venue in doubt after Iran's strikes on the UAE. Kyiv insists the mee...

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Trump's Tariff Blitz Hits China, Canada and the World Economy

Trump's Tariff Blitz Hits China, Canada and the World

New U.S. tariffs targeting China and Canada took effect on March 4, 2026, as President Trump wields a rarely-used trade law to impose a 15% universal...

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Iran War Throws Ukraine Peace Talks Into Limbo Economy

Iran War Throws Ukraine Peace Talks Into Limbo

Scheduled Ukraine-Russia-US negotiations in Abu Dhabi are now uncertain after Iranian strikes hit the UAE. Zelensky says Turkey or Switzerland may hos...

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