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Vestas halts plans for major wind turbine factory in Poland amid weak European demand
COPENHAGEN (Realist English). Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has suspended plans to build what would have been its largest factory...
U.K. Chancellor Rachel Reeves vows fiscal discipline, warns of global headwinds
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.K. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves reaffirmed her commitment to the government’s self-imposed fiscal rules but warned that...
Zelensky says he is ready for peace talks “in any format” after White House visit
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, said after his visit to the White House that...
French prime minister freezes Macron’s pension reform to save 2026 budget and avert political collapse
PARIS (Realist English). French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has announced a suspension of President Emmanuel Macron’s contentious pension reform, in...
France’s reappointed PM Sébastien Lecornu calls for calm and unity amid deep political rifts
PARIS (Realist English). Sébastien Lecornu, reappointed as France’s prime minister on Friday night after a week of political chaos, urged...
Macron reappoints Lecornu as prime minister to steer France through political crisis
PARIS (Realist English). French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday reappointed Sébastien Lecornu as prime minister, just days after his resignation,...
Italy’s ruling party proposes nationwide ban on Islamic face veils and tighter controls on mosque funding
ROME (Realist English). Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s ruling party has introduced a draft law that would ban face coverings...
Spain enacts permanent arms embargo on Israel over Gaza war
MADRID (Realist English). Spain’s parliament on Wednesday approved a permanent arms embargo on Israel, formally enshrining into law a complete...
EU braces for fallout from France’s political crisis as Macron’s government collapses
BRUSSELS (Realist English). France’s deepening political paralysis is fueling concern across Europe that a prolonged crisis could weaken the eurozone’s...
Putin and Xi reaffirm strategic partnership in New Year video talks
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 4, marking...
Pompeo hints at US involvement in unrest and attacks in Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Former US secretary of state and ex-CIA director Mike Pompeo has made a rare public statement...
Khamenei warns of regional war amid US military build-up in the Gulf
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned on Sunday that any US attack on the Islamic Republic would...
Trump warns Iran as US carrier group moves closer, raising fears of imminent military clash
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The risk of open conflict between the United States and Iran intensified after US President Donald Trump...
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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