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World’s Best-Performing Market to Get Lift From US Retail Money  Bloomberg.com

UAE’s ruling royal family benefits from more than €71m in EU farming subsidies

Al Nahyans’ control over farmland in Europe has meant they receive proportion of payments to farms The United Arab Emirates’ ruling royal family is benefiting from tens of millions in EU subsidies to grow crops destined for the Gulf, it can be revealed. A cross-border investigation by DeSmog and shared with the Guardian found subsidiaries controlled by the Al Nahyans collected more than €71m (£61m) in six years for farmland it controls in Romania, Italy and Spain. Continue reading...

By Clare Carlile

EU countries issue more visas to Russians, with France approving the most

European Union countries increased the number of Schengen visas issued to Russian citizens by more than 10% in 2025 despite sanctions and the ongoing war. France emerged as the leading supporter of Russian tourists and issued the highest number of entry permits.

By Ivan Diakonov

EU reaches tentative deal on simpler AI rules, plans ban on 'nudifier' apps

In a provisional deal, the European Union has agreed on a ban on the use of AI for creating pornographic deepfakes and sexualized imagery. It has also agreed on amending certain rules within the EU's AI Act.

South Korea rejects Trump’s claim that ship was hit because it ‘decided to go it alone’

South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday rebutted US President Donald Trump’s assertion that a South Korean-operated vessel was attacked as it was acting on its own without US protection in the Strait of Hormuz – a focal point of the ongoing Iran war. “For several days before the fire broke out, the ship had been anchored in the relevant waters near the United Arab Emirates on the inner side of the Strait of Hormuz,” the ministry said in a statement. The remarks followed an...

By The Korea Times

US war on Iran: 'A game of high risk, high reward' for both Trump and the Islamic Republic

Mark Owen is pleased to welcome Behnam Ben Taleblu, Iran Program Senior Director and Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He presents the escalating confrontation between Iran and the United States as a dangerous and evolving contest of “high risk, high reward.” He argues that Tehran is actively probing Washington’s tolerance for escalation: “the Islamic Republic is looking at the play to the edge here to see how risk averse versus how risk tolerant the Trump administra...

By Mark OWEN

‘I just count the days left in the US’: Job loss fears haunt Indian H-1B professionals

By Vidheesha Kuntamalla

Recreational fishing in the US catches far more fish than previously estimated

Recreational fishing in the US catches far more fish than previously estimated

S. Korea, Japan hold upgraded bilateral security dialogue amid North Korea, Middle East concerns

South Korea and Japan held their first vice ministerial-level “two-plus-two” foreign defense talks in Seoul on Thursday, amid growing regional tensions and broader efforts to strengthen trilateral cooperation with the United States. The security dialogue, which was previously conducted at the director-general level between the two countries’ foreign and defense authorities, was elevated to the vice-ministerial level for the first time this year. First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo and Vice

By The Korea Herald

EU lawmakers back softer AI Act after pressure from industry

The tentative agreement, which needs to be formally endorsed by EU governments and the European Parliament in the coming months, came after nine hours of negotiations. “Today’s agreement on the AI Act significantly supports our companies by reducing recurring administrative costs,” Marilena Raouna, Cyprus’s deputy minister for European affairs, said in a statement. Cyprus currently […]

EU countries, lawmakers clinch provisional deal on watered-down AI rules

The tentative agreement, which needs to be formally endorsed by EU governments and the European Parliament in the coming months, comes after nine hours of negotiations

By Reuters

Iran denies ship attack as Trump warns of renewed bombing

Iran denied on Thursday attacking a South Korean cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz this week, as US President Donald Trump said a deal to end the war was "very possible" but warned Washington would resume bombing if talks failed. The post Iran denies ship attack as Trump warns of renewed bombing appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Henry Oduah