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Cuba: Ten Days of Protests Shake the Regime Economy

Cuba: Ten Days of Protests Shake the Regime

Cuba marks its tenth consecutive day of mass protests on March 16, 2026, with pot-banging demonstrations, barricades, and fires erupting amid blackout...

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Charles de Gaulle on Alert in the Eastern Mediterranean Economy

Charles de Gaulle on Alert in the Eastern Mediterranean

France has deployed its sole aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, to the Eastern Mediterranean in response to Iran's closure of the Strait of Horm...

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Hormuz Paralyzed: Oil Tops $100 as Global Crisis Deepens Economy

Hormuz Paralyzed: Oil Tops $100 as Global Crisis Deepens

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz since late February 2026, sending Brent crude above $100 a barrel and triggerin...

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Orbán Blocks EU's Ukraine Aid Ahead of Brussels Summit Economy

Orbán Blocks EU's Ukraine Aid Ahead of Brussels Summit

Hungary is withholding the EU's €90 billion aid package for Ukraine and the 20th sanctions package, citing the Druzhba oil pipeline dispute. The Bruss...

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Kast Takes Office in Chile: Country's Biggest Shift to the Right Since 1990 Culture

Kast Takes Office in Chile: Country's Biggest Shift to the Right Since 1990

José Antonio Kast was inaugurated as President of Chile on March 11, 2026, in Valparaíso, with Javier Milei and King Felipe VI among the guests, conso...

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Fico Conditions Ukraine's EU Accession on Druzhba Pipeline Restart Economy

Fico Conditions Ukraine's EU Accession on Druzhba Pipeline Restart

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has threatened to block Ukraine's path to EU membership unless Russian oil transit via the Druzhba pipeline is resto...

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Europe's Nuclear Shield: Merz Bets on Paris and London Science

Europe's Nuclear Shield: Merz Bets on Paris and London

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is exploring whether German fighter jets could transport French and British nuclear weapons in the future — a histori...

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Babiš Cuts Defense Spending: Czech Republic Falls Below 2% of GDP, NATO Pressures Economy

Babiš Cuts Defense Spending: Czech Republic Falls Below 2% of GDP, NATO Pressures

The Czech Parliament has approved the 2026 budget, allocating only 1.7% of GDP to defense – well below NATO's commitment threshold. President Pavel wa...

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2026 Municipal Elections: Grégoire Leads in Paris, Dati Trailing Culture

2026 Municipal Elections: Grégoire Leads in Paris, Dati Trailing

In the first round of the municipal elections on March 15, 2026, Socialist Emmanuel Grégoire significantly outpaced Rachida Dati in Paris with 37.4% o...

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How Government Internet Shutdowns Work—and Why They Spread Technology

How Government Internet Shutdowns Work—and Why They Spread

Internet shutdowns are no longer rare emergencies — governments worldwide are deliberately severing or throttling connectivity to suppress protests, c...

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How Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Work Science

How Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Work

From radar networks to hit-to-kill interceptors, ballistic missile defense systems represent one of the most complex engineering challenges in modern...

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How Lebanon's Sectarian Power-Sharing System Works Economy

How Lebanon's Sectarian Power-Sharing System Works

Lebanon divides every government post by religious sect — a system born in 1943 that was meant to keep the peace but has repeatedly produced paralysis...

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