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Gaza Strikes Continue as Iran Tensions Rattle Gulf Oil Routes
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza persisted despite Trump's ceasefire breakthrough claim, while US-Iran threats escalate over G...
Germany's Foreign Office Lays Out Corruption Prevention Contacts and Rules
Germany's Federal Foreign Office restates its anti-corruption framework, naming Thomas Weich as the contact for staff an...
New German Tax ID Letter From August 2026: Clearer and No Action Required
Germany will send a simpler, more personal tax ID notification to newborns and new arrivals from August 2026, as part of...
How France's National Assembly Publishes Its Official Debate Records
France's National Assembly explains how oral debates become official written records — published in the Journal officiel...
STF Schedules Key Rulings on App-Worker Status and R$17bn Funrural Case
Brazil's Supreme Court will test the gig-economy model and R$17.2bn in rural tax exposure, alongside labour-cost rules t...
AIPAC's Record $30 Million Michigan Bet Could Produce Its Biggest Defeat
AIPAC's biggest-ever single-race investment — more than $30 million to beat Abdul El-Sayed — is at risk, with polls show...
UK Government Body Directory Shows the Scale of Its Agency Network
A GOV.UK overview maps how departments link to dozens of agencies, public bodies and tribunals — from the Animal and Pla...
Brazil Bill Would Exempt Teachers From Income Tax, Testing Fiscal Rules
A Brazilian bill proposes income tax exemption for teachers and education staff. Fiscal responsibility rules and revenue...
France Launches 'We All Pay the Price of Drugs' Campaign as Trafficking Spreads Nationwide
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez unveiled a cross-government anti-drug campaign, citing record cocaine seizures and the s...
France Unveils Fuel-Crisis Support: €600 Premium, Transport Aid and Business Mediation
Paris extends fuel aid and tax-free premiums for high-mileage workers, and opens new support for road freight, river tra...
EPA Regional Offices: How the Agency Divides Environmental Work by Region
The EPA executes its programs through regional offices across the country. Here's which office in the agency's guide cov...
Trump Announces Gaza Disarmament Deal; Israel Skeptical as Fighting Continues
Trump says Cairo talks produced a “historic” plan for Hamas to disarm, but Hamas ties it to Israeli withdrawal and Israe...
Canada Imposes 25% Tariff on Wood Cabinets, Vanities Pending Injury Probe
A 25% surtax on certain wood cabinets and vanities takes effect Friday for up to 200 days while the Canadian Internation...
India Grants Bhutan ₹4,000 Crore Concessional Credit to Support 13th Plan
India and Bhutan signed a Rs 4,000 crore concessional line of credit and expanded health cooperation during high-level d...
Queensland Launches $146m Critical Minerals Plan to Counter China’s Dominance
The Australian state’s four-year strategy aims to accelerate extraction, processing and export of rare earths and other ...
Flávio Bolsonaro Reshuffles Campaign Marketing Team Weeks Before Launch
With the official campaign start just three weeks away, presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro has replaced his top com...
Border Ambitions: How Norte de Santander Plans to Become a Binational Business Hub
Colombia’s Norte de Santander department is betting on its strategic location and a potential thaw in Venezuela relation...
Colombia's Top Business Group Calls for Coalition to Steady Economy After Election
The Andi business association urged a civil society-state alliance to anchor public finances, smooth the energy transiti...
Colombia's Expat Business Voice Sets Tough Policy Test for New President
A commentary from Colombians abroad urges the incoming government to detail how it will tackle insecurity, infrastructur...
SC Reserves Order on Referring Election Commissioner Law Challenge to Larger Bench: ‘Show of Fairness’
The Supreme Court reserved judgment on whether to send petitions against the 2023 law on appointing election commissione...
Austria Extends Fuel Tax Brake Through August, Warns of Potential Margin Caps
Austria extends its fuel tax brake through August, cutting mineral oil tax by 1.9 cents per litre. Officials warn that a...
Uttarakhand Approves ₹676 Crore for Infrastructure and Local Development
The state government has cleared spending on electricity, drinking water, street lighting, education, and grants to panc...
Hamas Agrees to Disarm in Phased Deal, Trump's 'Board of Peace' Says
The militant group reportedly accepted a U.S.-brokered framework for full disarmament, Israeli withdrawal and a new Pale...
Seoul Court Upholds Travel Ban on US Scholar Accused of Defaming President Lee
A South Korean court rejected Morse Tan’s bid to lift the exit ban, keeping the former professor in the country until hi...
Duma Proposal Would Triple Pension Points for Orphans of Single Mothers
A bill introduced by Sergei Mironov would increase the individual pension coefficient by 1.5x for children who lost both...
Russian Lawmaker Proposes Free School Meals for All Grades
Sergey Mironov, leader of the ‘A Just Russia’ party, vowed to push for legislation that would extend free hot lunches fr...
Meloni Warns Spain: Schengen Suspension Possible Over Ceuta Migration Surge
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni threatened to suspend the Schengen zone with Spain, citing uncontrolled migration in the Spani...
Shehzad Poonawalla Removes BJP From X Bio, Fuels Exit Speculation
The BJP spokesperson’s social media profile no longer mentions the party, and resurfaced videos hint at a move away from...
Nepal's PM Balen Shah Faces Backlash from His Madhesh Home Region After Deadly Clashes
Deadly communal unrest in Nepal's Madhesh plains has turned into a referendum on Prime Minister Balen Shah's hands-off l...
Opposition Protests Over NEET, Ram Temple Donations Again Block Lok Sabha Question Hour
For the second straight week, Lok Sabha proceedings collapsed during Question Hour as Opposition sloganeering over the N...