Germany’s chance for a revival

Election victors must confront economic malaise, external security threats and domestic tensions

Source: Financial Times

FirstFT: US opposes language on ‘Russian aggression’ in G7 statement on Ukraine

Also in today’s newsletter, Alibaba to ‘aggressively’ invest in AI, and Hong Kong’s low-tax appeal threatened by property slowdown

Source: Financial Times

Creative Australia says it won’t reinstate artist Khaled Sabsabi for Venice Biennale at tense all-staff meeting

Exclusive: The western Sydney artist was dropped from representing Australia just days after being selected

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The artist Khaled …

Source: The Guardian

Born to revolt? A closer look at striking culture in France

This week, we focus on a stereotype about France: that of it being a country on strike all the time. The joke goes that striking, "faire grêve", is a national …

Source: France 24

Trump blames Ukraine war on 'dictator' Zelensky

After the US held bilateral talks with Russian delegates in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, breaking from US policy on the Ukraine war, US President Donald Trump chided Ukrainian President Volodymyr …

Source: France 24

Migrants detained in Panama hotel plead for help

Hundreds of migrants, many from the Middle East and China, are in custody in Panama after they were deported from the U.S. as part of an agreement between the two …

Source: NBC News

Senator Mitch McConnell says he will not seek reelection in 2026

The Kentucky Republican has served more than 40 years in the chamber, and became one of the most consequential and divisive legislators in recent history.

Source: NPR

I’m Still Here — Oscar-nominated portrait of Brazil has darkly good timing

Walter Salles’ film about the disappearance of Rubens Paiva in 1971 is not just a slice of history

Source: Financial Times

Revealed: US firm running Guantánamo migrant jail accused over rights abuses

Corporate conglomerate Akima subject of critical audits and complaints over detainee treatment at facilities in US

A corporate conglomerate now running the US government’s immigration detention center at the Guantánamo …

Source: The Guardian

Trump administration weighs closing office overseeing resettlement of Afghans to the U.S.

The Trump administration has told the office overseeing the resettlement of Afghans to the United States to draw up plans to shut down by April.

Source: NBC News

French pension deficit set to more than double in a decade – despite reform

Despite France’s recent pension overhaul raising the general retirement age from 62 to 64, the country’s pension deficit is expected to more than double between 2035 and 2045 alone, the …

Source: France 24

Baltic self-sufficiency is a warning for Washington

Rendering US military support good-to-have rather than need-to-have will diminish America’s global influence

Source: Financial Times