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Ulle Madise elected at a particularly sensitive time for Estonia, a Nato and EU member sharing a border with Russia and one of Europe's most outspoken supporters of Ukraine.

A US strike on a wedding in the port of Kuhestak in Iran's Sirik district killed five and wounded 68, a Hormozgan provincial official said, in an account attributed to Iranian officials and not independently verified.

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Dorsum is one of Hungary's best-known homegrown fintechs and a market leader in securities and wealth-management software.

Albania is expanding the use of intelligent cameras in schools to strengthen security and allow authorities and school staff to respond more quickly to incidents, Prime Minister Edi Rama said on September 1.

The plant is part of a wider €200mn investment plan that Serbia hopes will establish the country as a European base for an industry still in its early stages.

India is witnessing a foundational Artificial Intelligence gap when compared to markets like the US and China. This is a topic of intense debate among market experts, policy wonks and the government.

Hristijan Mickoski outlines the government's strategy of developing the country as a destination for data infrastructure.

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As Brazil heads to the polls on October 4, Washington's 'Donroe Doctrine' is turning tariffs, rare earths and a homegrown payments system into fronts in a struggle over America's own backyard.

With trade talks turning “nasty”, Canada’s negotiating position is beginning to emulate that of Iran’s and that is bad news for the US.

Approach to inflation leaves it looking like a passive follower of economic reality rather than an anchor of financial markets, he cautions.

Europe's gas traders have spent the summer betting that the Gulf war would end in time. It has not, and the bill for that bet falls due in November.

Leaked recordings reveal a senior official asserting that Ukraine doesn’t have to fight corruption. Instead, it should “systematise, control” and “lead” it.

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Iran's international air links have narrowed to Iranian and regional carriers as foreign airlines shun its airspace under NOTAM restrictions and renewed US strikes, leaving Tehran's main airport served mainly by national operators.

Russia’s manufacturing sector slipped back into contraction in August as weaker demand hit new orders and production, while inflationary pressures intensified and manufacturers continued to cut jobs, according to the latest S&P Global numbers.

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President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian armed forces to prepare massive strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, in what he cast as retaliation for Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries.

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Leaked recordings reveal a senior official asserting that Ukraine doesn’t have to fight corruption. Instead, it should “systematise, control” and “lead” it. 