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The central bank takes over India’s oil account

India Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - October 10, 2026.

India held foreign exchange reserves of $785.7 billion on 4 September and $734.6 billion four weeks later. During that period, the exchange rate remained close to...

Abbas postpones Palestinian legislative elections another year

Middle East TA | AP Insight - October 10, 2026.

President Mahmoud Abbas postponed what would have been the first Palestinian elections in nearly 20 years, issuing a decree to further delay voting for the...

The ‘Melonization’ of Marine Le Pen

EU Laurent Warlouzet - October 10, 2026.

Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right National Rally (RN) in France, has unveiled an economic program centered on rapid fiscal consolidation—more commonly known...

Russia’s plague scare: bioweapons, nukes, and AI – a new convergence of catastrophic risk

Russia Sean Wiswesser - October 10, 2026.

A young Russian scientist is dead. Nearly 200 people were placed under observation or quarantine. And at the center of the story is an institute...

Talks and elections unlikely to dislodge obstacles to peace in Lebanon

Middle East Sharmila Devi - October 9, 2026.

Many in the Middle East are nervously watching Israeli elections to be held on 27 October, not least the Lebanese who wonder if and when...

Italy changed the electoral system

EU TA | AP Insight - October 8, 2026.

Italy’s parliament gave final approval Thursday to a sweeping overhaul of the country’s electoral system, handing Premier Giorgia Meloni a key political victory while setting...

Trump has passed the peak of his ability to disrupt the international order

US Ian Bremmer - October 8, 2026.

At the UN General Assembly last month, US President Donald Trump delivered a victory speech. A decade after telling his supporters  that he’d stack so many...

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