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ANALYSIS: 60 Trading Partners, 99.4% of Imports Now Under Tariffs
At 12:01 a.m. ET on July 25, 2026, a new wave of American tariffs took effect against 60 trading partners, including the European Union,…
OPINION: Merz Under Fire as the CDU Learns the Political Price of Reform
On July 29, 2026 , Le Monde describes an " unprecedented " rebellion within the CDU against Friedrich Merz , a party usually known…
ESSAY: Fourth Heat Wave — Europe Enters the Age of Serial Summers
On July 28, 2026, the New York Times reports that the fourth heat wave to hit Europe since May is set to push temperatures…
NARRATIVE: Two Hundred Thousand Displaced by Fire, France Learns Mass Evacuation
One week was enough to turn the southwest of France into a territory of repeated evacuations . Between July 22 and July 28 ,…
DECODING: Europe forces tech companies to label deepfakes
Since Sunday, July 26, 2026 , the European Union's AI Act requires companies deploying artificial intelligence to make deepfakes and other synthetic content identifiable…
ANALYSIS: A UK lawmaker sues xAI over Grok's sexualized images
British Member of Parliament Jess Asato filed suit on Tuesday, July 28, 2026 before the High Court of London , seeking a judicial order…
INVESTIGATION: Beijing widens export controls to fourteen European entities
On July 24, 2026, China added fourteen European entities to its export control list, denying permits for a series of dual-use critical raw materials…
DECODING: The ECB Holds Rates At 2.25% And Sets Up September's Fight
The European Central Bank held its deposit facility rate unchanged at 2.25% on July 23, 2026, according to Xinhua citing the ECB. The main…
ANALYSIS: London unveils counter-drone gear and AI-assisted targeting
On July 27, 2026 , Britain's defence science laboratory, the Dstl , published a case study describing two programs that, together, sketch a new…