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More European countries are quietly stepping back from the anti-Russian front By Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club. https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/fyodor-lukyanov/Russia in Global AffairsRGA on Telegram · ©  Hristo Vladev / Anadolu via Getty Images · The …

Airlines have started raising costs and cutting routes, increasing the risk of last-minute cancellations and disruption before the summer holiday season · FILE PHOTO. ©  Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images · Europe’s summer getaway is under threat as airlines slash thousands of flights amid a deepening jet fuel crunch, raising alarm among holidaymakers. Lufthansa alone is scrapping 20,000 services through October to conserve fuel, the…

A Moldovan court sentenced business tycoon Vladimir Plahotniuc in a $1 billion bank fraud case · FILE PHOTO. Vladimir Plahotniuc. ©  Sputnik / Miroslav Rotar · A Moldovan court has sentenced businessman and opposition politician Vladimir Plahotniuc to 19 years in prison in a high-profile bank fraud case. · The charges are related to a 2014 bank scandal in which $1 billion was siphoned from three of the largest financial…

Kiev had suspended deliveries of Russian crude since January, causing a rift with EU members Hungary and Slovakia · FILE PHOTO: Oil storage tanks at an oil refinery in Szazhalombatta, Hungary. © Getty Images / Janos Kummer/ · Ukraine has restarted the flow of Russian oil to the EU via the Druzhba pipeline after a pause of almost three months, Hungarian energy giant MOL has said. · The company said in a statement that…

The deal was held up by Hungary for months due to Kiev’s suspension of Russian oil supplies · Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, Rome, Italy, April 15, 2026. ©  Massimo Valicchia / NurPhoto via Getty Images · A €90 billion ($106 billion) EU loan to Ukraine that was the focus of a months-long stand-off with Hungary is set to be disbursed on Thursday, according to media reports. · EU ambassadors approved the move on Wednesday,…

With a ceasefire extension between the US and Iran in place, the fallout from the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz grows by the day, with some calling it the 'biggest crisis in history'. 500 million dollars on ice. The US reportedly blocks a cargo plane of cold, hard cash headed to Iraq, accusing Baghdad of hosting pro-Iranian forces on its territory. American military veterans are arrested after protesting the war on Iran in…

Source: Original Article · The historic court case in the Netherlands against Bill Gates, Albert Bourla (CEO of Pfizer), former Dutch PM Mark Rutte, media and health ministers is still waiting for the decision of the High Court of the Netherlands. (fallofthecabalofficial.substack.com")) · This decision will determine whether the high court will allow the district court to hear expert witness testimony from Dr Mike Yeadon (former Pfizer VP),…

Ximena Nelson, University of Canterbury -Ximena Nelson, CC BY-NC-ND · Bruce the kea is missing his entire upper beak. Yet he is the alpha bird of his circus (the apt collective noun for a group of New Zealand’s famously playful alpine parrots). · As our latest research shows, Bruce achieved his alpha status not despite his disability, but because of it. · In a remarkable example of behavioural innovation, he has developed a novel…

Source:https://theconversation.com/wh... · The market for oil is global, which is why events like the war in Iran affect oil prices – and prices of the wide range of products made from oil – literally everywhere. Federal data shows that the price at the primary crude oil hub in the United States was US$66 a barrel in late February 2026 – before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran – and $101 a barrel on April 13. Similar price increases have…

Andrew Korybko · Nothing significant is expected to change, and the symbolism of a Russian-friendly leader returning to power just as another in Hungary was deposed balances out the outcome of these two “battles”. · Former Bulgarian President Rumen Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria coalition won an astounding 44.7% of the vote in Sunday’s latest parliamentary elections, the eighth in the last five years, which France24 reported “marks the…