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EU softens public tone on China as Brussels pushes for rare-earth deal and seeks to unblock Nexperia chip supplies
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Under mounting pressure from China’s tight controls on rare earths and the escalating dispute over chipmaker Nexperia,...
Migrants return to West Africa disillusioned as EU-funded reintegration program fails to deliver
CONAKRY (Realist English). When Oumar Bella Diallo, 24, boarded a flight home to Guinea in July, he believed his exhausting...
Von der Leyen skips Starmer meeting amid row over €6.5bn EU payment demand
LONDON (Realist English). European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen declined to meet UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at...
Ukraine’s EU bid dominates Euronews Enlargement Summit amid rising frustration from other candidates
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The Euronews Enlargement Summit in Brussels reignited tensions over the European Union’s stalled enlargement process, as leaders...
Ukraine receives $52 billion in foreign aid over the past year, half financed through frozen Russian assets
KYIV (Realist English). Ukraine received $52 billion in external financial assistance between November 1, 2024, and October 31, 2025, excluding...
Eurozone inflation slows to 2.1% in October, nearing ECB target as Lagarde urges caution
FRANKFURT (Realist English). Inflation across the eurozone slowed further in October, edging closer to the European Central Bank’s 2% target,...
EU seeks to defuse rare earth dispute with China as trade tensions escalate
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Amid mounting pressure on European industries, EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič held a phone call on Tuesday...
European defense tech funding surges as war and security fears reshape investment priorities
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Once a niche sector shunned by many investors, European defense technology has become one of the continent’s...
Iran says Europe’s role in future nuclear talks will be “significantly diminished”
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that European powers had “undermined their standing” in efforts...
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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