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French Socialists threaten to topple Lecornu government over tax on the wealthy
PARIS (Realist English). France’s Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure has warned that his party will move to bring down Prime...
French wealthy move billions abroad amid political instability and tax fears
PARIS (Realist English). French entrepreneurs and wealthy families are moving record sums of money out of the country, pouring capital...
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...
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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