Israel Pounds Southern Lebanon, Killing One and Destroying School

US Treasury Grants Sanctions Waiver For Some Iranian Flights To Iraq Via The Cradle The office of Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi announced on Friday that Baghdad has secured a narrow exemption from US sanctions on Iran’s aviation sector, allowing Iranian airlines to resume up to 40 daily flights to Najaf International Airport. The deal excludes Mahan Air, the statement said, welcoming US “cooperation in granting the necessary exemption.” It added that the move would ease travel for pilgrims, patients, and tourists affected by the sanctions.  Wiki Commons“Air travel does not merely represent...

Argentina's Milei: Ending the Debt State By Holding Politicians Personally Accountable For Fiscal Excess Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Only contrast reveals one's own mistakes. Javier Milei is the antithesis of Germany's political class, and the comparison could hardly be starker. While Germany continues to expand the state, Argentina is slashing subsidies and radically reducing the size of its public bureaucracy. While Berlin piles up enormous amounts of public debt, Buenos Aires is posting a primary budget surplus. Friedrich Merz believes in the healing powers of state intervention, whereas Milei is deregulating...

EU Auto Giants Call For 'Made In Europe' Incentives Amid Rising Chinese Competition Europe's largest automakers are stepping up efforts to secure stronger support for domestic vehicle manufacturing as competition from Chinese electric vehicle producers intensifies. Renault, Volkswagen, and Stellantis have jointly urged EU policymakers to introduce rules that more heavily reward cars developed and produced within Europe, according to FT. The companies are advocating for a straightforward local content requirement under which vehicles sold as European would need to source the majority of their components from within the EU and...