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Green energy tycoon Dale Vince now supports new North Sea oil and gas drilling, arguing it makes economic sense if coupled with strict domestic price controls to save billions annually. Speaking to Newsnight, he clarified this shift is based on the pragmatic reality of the energy transition, rather than a abandonment of his environmental convictions.

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Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces a steep, highly contested path to delivering Germany’s economic turnaround, with structural macro headwinds, climate fallout, and deep domestic political friction threatening to blunt his pro-market agenda.

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A brutal summer marked by 25 days of extreme heat over 30°C has cost Germany’s economy at least €36 billion ($42 billion), shaving roughly 0.8% to 0.9% off the country's annual economic output.

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A massive wave of 51 coordinated arson and bomb attacks across Thailand’s far south over the August 22–23 weekend has shattered a period of relative calm, reigniting deep-seated fears surrounding the region's decades-long separatist insurgency.

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is stepping up its fight against its deadliest-ever Ebola outbreak by deploying a surrogate vaccine as part of an urgent Phase 3 clinical trial.

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Europe can support Canada by accelerating trade diversification, securing critical supply chains, and strengthening multilateral defense pacts, helping Ottawa mitigate the shock of Donald Trump’s 50% tariffs on $20 billion in Canadian goods.

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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has traveled to Kyiv, Ukraine, to hand over classified blueprints allowing Ukraine to domestically manufacture long-range cruise missiles. The landmark announcement marked his first official international trip since taking office.

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The first-ever late-stage Phase 3 clinical trial for a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine has successfully met its goals, significantly preventing the recurrence and spread of deadly melanoma (skin cancer).

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are moving back to the UK primarily due to timing with their children's education, a desire for family reconciliation amidst King Charles’s health battle, and shifting professional opportunities.

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The UK Met Office has officially warned that the newly developing El Niño is on track to become the "strongest in living memory," threatening unprecedented extreme weather and likely making 2027 the hottest year on record. Driven by an intense warming signal in the tropical Pacific, computer models indicate an unparalleled climate event that could match or exceed the severe historic El Niño of 1877.

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