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Tokayev made this logic explicit during the informal OTS summit when he warned that countries that fail to adapt to technological transformation risk being left behind.

China is translating the old concept of “encircling the cities from the countryside” for the digital age.

For the first time in 11 years, African leaders and multilateral organizations will convene in the Indian capital.

Kazakh oil and its connection to the Middle Corridor are placing the Turkiye-Kazakhstan relationship in a more critical position within Eurasian energy geopolitics.

Trump’s summit with Xi deferred the real Taiwan test: whether U.S. arms sales to Taipei will preserve credible support under strategic ambiguity, and how far Beijing will go to enforce its red line.

Trump was looking for a breakthrough, but not necessarily in the form of major trade deals. Trump’s mission was to insert charm and his own personality into the relationship with Xi.

People across Southeast Asian countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore – want bank funding to end for all companies, including coal, that are making climate change worse. 

On Tuesday, Parliament approved new EU rules for the screening of foreign investments to prevent security risks.
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The new regulation replaces measures due to expire on 30 June 2026 and will help protect the EU steel industry from the negative effects of a global steel surplus.
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On Tuesday, the first laureates of the European Order of Merit were honoured for their significant contribution to EU integration and values in a ceremony at the European Parliament.

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ENTRETIEN EXCLUSIF - Alors que Le Suicide français, publié en 2014, est réédité, le président de Reconquête assure que, désormais, il écrit « pour mobiliser » à l’approche de la présidentielle de 2027. « Seuls les médecins qui ont les bons diagnostics peuvent soigner le malade », affirme-t-il.

CONTRE-POINT - Conscients, quoi qu’ils disent, de ne pas pouvoir battre les lepénistes dans les urnes, les mélenchonistes voudraient incarner leur opposition, avec l’alibi des moyens autorisés aux « résistants » contre les « fachos ».

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DÉCRYPTAGE - Alors que le Rassemblement national attend de savoir qui de Marine Le Pen ou de Jordan Bardella sera candidat, le programme pour la présidentielle de 2027 reste en construction.

CONTRE-POINT - Éric Zemmour croit en un choc identitaire, entre la « nouvelle France » vantée par Jean-Luc Mélenchon et la « France éternelle » dont il se veut le gardien.

Jakarta has recently signed onto several major Turkish aerospace industry programs with significant implications for the future of its airpower and domestic defense industry.

The slump was accompanied by a 4 percent drop in Jakarta's main stock index, which is under close scrutiny from the global index provider MSCI.

A surplus is pitting EU growers against each other

Nawrocki is positioning himself as Trump's closest ally in Europe following the electoral defeat of Viktor Orbán

Hungary's state news agency has cropped the country's president out of official photographs