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Heterosexual couple toasting wineglasses at winery on weekend.
Global

Trump may want you to pay a high tariff for that French wine you enjoy so much. He just left the category blank in his deal sheet with the EU

By Sam McNeil, David McHugh, Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
August 21, 2025
Passengers are silhouetted in front of SAS planes as they stand tin the departure hall at Arlanda airport, Stockholm, Sweden, on July 4, 2022 after it became clear that 900 pilots of Scandinavian airline SAS would be taken out on strike.
Travel & Leisure

Sweden reverses air travel tax, pushing against ‘flight shaming’ wave it created

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A consumer refuels their vehicle at a gas station in Daegu, South Korea, on June 23, 2025, while geopolitical risks heighten due to U.S. attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities.
Middle East

Ceasefire between Israel and Iran already being tested as markets bet it will stave off ‘stagflationary shock’

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June 23, 2025
Steve Schwarzman stands in front of a Blackstone labeled podium in London.
Finance

‘One person’s pessimism is another person’s opportunity’: Inside Blackstone’s $500 billion bet on Europe

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June 17, 2025
Greece—one of the few EU nations with a budget surplus last year—announces $1.15 billion in financial benefits
Politics

Greece—one of the few EU nations with a budget surplus last year—announces $1.15 billion in financial benefits

By Elena Becatoros and The Associated Press
April 23, 2025
Irish budget airline Ryanair Chief executive Michael O'Leary holds a press conference in Lisbon on February 5, 2025. The Irish airline Ryanair is considering reducing its operations at French airports if France increases taxation on plane tickets as planned in the 2025 budget, CEO Michael O'Leary warned today.
Retail

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary hints at fare cuts after ‘significantly’ hedging low fuel prices amid tariff turmoil

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April 23, 2025
Armin Papperger, Chairman of the Executive Board (CEO) of Rheinmetall AG, during the annual press conference on March 12, 2025 in Duesseldorf, Germany.
Politics

Rheinmetall CEO expects order book to balloon by 450% amid Germany military boom

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April 17, 2025
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Success

Europe’s billionaires—who pay their family office CEOs $370,000 a year—are worried they can’t find the talent to manage their fortunes

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April 15, 2025
An armoured vehicle and an Aster missile from MDBA in PARIS, FRANCE on 07 June 2024. At the French Ministry of Defense during signature of contracts between KNDS and Ukraine.
Politics

European missile maker with $42 billion order book faces major rearmament obstacle: The Alps

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April 14, 2025
Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), at a general election campaign rally in Dresden, Germany, on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. Merz, whose CDU/CSU coalition is leading polls by double digits, upended the election campaign Wednesday by accepting votes from the nationalist Alternative for Germany to pass a hard-line migration resolution through parliament.
Finance

Germany topples giant ‘Zero’ monument symbolizing fiscal prudence as new government embraces debt

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April 11, 2025
Atsushi Katsuki, chief executive officer of Asahi Group Holdings Ltd., during an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2022.
Retail

How a Japanese population crisis has quietly made Asahi one of Europe’s biggest beer makers

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April 11, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin seen while visiting a military base of nuclear fleet, March 26, 2025, in Murmansk, Russia. Putin is having a one-day trip to Murmansk.
Finance

Russian economy grows at slowest pace in 2 years—a plunge in oil prices could make things much worse

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April 10, 2025
The Ha'penny Bridge is a pedestrian bridge built in 1816 over the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland.
Finance

Could Trump tariffs solve Ireland’s housing crisis?

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April 8, 2025
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Retail

Donald Trump’s strategy to weaken the dollar could already be a success—in making it too expensive for Americans to travel to Europe

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April 1, 2025
In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks with Russia's energy giant Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller as they visit the Lakhta Centre skyscraper, the headquarters of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom in Saint Petersburg on June 5, 2024.
Finance

Russia’s fallen giant Gazprom selling off luxury properties as group swings to reported $12.9 billion loss

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March 18, 2025

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