China Imposes Export Curbs On Drones, Heavy Machinery

Germany To Join French Nuclear Exercise, Deepening 'Counter-Russia' Deterrence In the latest development related to what some analysts have called the 'new Cold War' and nuclear saber-rattling between Russia and the West, Germany and France are planning a major nuclear exercise later this year. The atomic drills were announced Friday, after a joint top-level meeting of the French and German governments near Cologne. "Alongside this work on a shared doctrine, German conventional forces will this year take part in a nuclear exercise of the French military," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz unveiled.  picture alliance/dpa He...

Housing Cost Pressure Varies Widely Across The EU Housing affordability in the EU has an uneven spread across the continent according to data from Eurostat. As Statista's Jack Lillis details below, the share of people whose housing costs exceed 40% of disposable income ranges from as low as 2.4% in Cyprus to as high as 28.9% in Greece. The EU 27 average stands at 8.2%, but this figure masks significant disparities between countries. You will find more infographics at Statista After Greece, Turkey appears among the most heavily burdened, while countries like Finland, Sweden, and...

Though large numbers of displaced Lebanese civilians are still being prevented from returning to their homes by the Israeli occupation, a handful are trickling into the area, for lack of anyplace else to go, and because the “pilot zone” areas, at least nominally, are open to them and free of Israeli presence. Those first few […]