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EU’s AI law won’t prevent catastrophe, warns top expert Stuart Russell
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The EU’s flagship AI Act falls far short of what is needed to avert existential risks posed...
Top Sánchez ally jailed in deepening Spanish corruption scandal
MADRID (Realist English). Santos Cerdán, a former top aide to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, was ordered into pre-trial detention...
‘Goodbye Trump’: Europe seeks new trade allies in Asia-Pacific
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Frustrated by escalating trade tensions with Donald Trump, the European Union is turning its gaze eastward, pursuing...
Pfizergate fallout: Ursula von der Leyen targeted in European Parliament rebellion
BRUSSELS (Realist English). European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is facing a formal no-confidence motion in the European Parliament,...
Germany to lead Europe in defence spending with €162bn military budget by 2029
BERLIN (Realist English). Germany is preparing to dramatically expand its defence budget by more than two-thirds by 2029, overtaking France...
Russia accuses Western states of interference as Duma tightens foreign agent law
MOSCOW (Realist English). A new report released on June 18 by Russia’s Center for the Protection of Sovereignty accuses Western...
Russia targets Dubno airbase in massive overnight strike
KYIV (Realist English). Russia launched a large-scale overnight attack on Ukrainian territory, with the main target appearing to be a...
Norway’s $1.9tn oil fund urges deep reform of EU capital markets to reverse competitiveness decline
OSLO (Realist English). Norway’s $1.9tn sovereign wealth fund is calling for sweeping reforms to European capital markets, warning that without...
Nawrocki victory signals new course for Polish politics
WARSAW (Realist English). Poland has elected Karol Nawrocki, a nationalist conservative and former director of the Institute of National Remembrance,...
Iran war exposes global reliance on fragile energy routes
LONDON (Realist English). The war involving Iran has exposed the global economy’s dependence on vulnerable fossil fuel supply routes, intensifying...
Taiwan fears US weapons use in Iran could aid China
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwan has raised concerns that extensive US use of long-range cruise missiles in the war involving Iran...
Strait of Hormuz disruption sends shockwaves through global trade
LONDON (Realist English). Escalating military tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are rapidly disrupting global shipping and energy markets, as...
Iran war puts Vice President JD Vance in difficult political position
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The ongoing war with Iran has placed US Vice President JD Vance in a politically sensitive position,...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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