Foreign Policy
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Politico
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Iran warns of retaliation after US bombing of Kharg Island
2026-03-14The World Anti-Doping Agency is weighing a rule change because the U.S. has refused to pay its dues to the agency since 2023. Lebanon is willing to engage in “direct talks” with Israel, the French president said.
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Norway pitches itself as Europe’s energy lifeline
2026-03-13Kyiv was expected to run out of money at the end of this month, but an IMF lifeline and help from the Nordics and Baltics are set to keep it solvent. If Icelanders vote to restart EU talks in their Aug. 29 referendum, they might beat front-runner Montenegro to join the bloc.
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EU agrees on rollover of Russia sanctions
2026-03-14The Venice Biennale reinstated Russia’s pavilion after a four-year absence. Two names were removed from the list to secure an agreement on Saturday. The EU is hiring its next generation of senior officials. Countries want their citizens to be the ones pulling the levers of power.
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Anti-doping agency to consider barring Trump, US officials from Olympics
2026-03-14The World Anti-Doping Agency is weighing a rule change because the U.S. has refused to pay its dues to the agency since 2023. Lebanon is willing to engage in “direct talks” with Israel, the French president said.
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France offers to broker Israel-Lebanon talks
2026-03-14The World Anti-Doping Agency is weighing a rule change because the U.S. has refused to pay its dues to the agency since 2023. Lebanon is willing to engage in “direct talks” with Israel, the French president said.
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EU deforestation law will damage trade with US, Trump official warns
2026-03-13China, India and EU countries were among the signatories of a report that criticized the prevailing measures of economic success. European livestock farmers will suffer if the law puts off U.S. producers.
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Trump snubs Zelenskyy’s offer of drone help
2026-03-14The World Anti-Doping Agency is weighing a rule change because the U.S. has refused to pay its dues to the agency since 2023. Lebanon is willing to engage in “direct talks” with Israel, the French president said.
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Orbán’s still winning over older rural voters — but not the young
2026-03-15Campaigning on the risks of being sucked into the neighboring war in Ukraine is working like a spell on the elderly in Fidesz’s heartlands. Analysts expect smear campaigns and influence operations to intensify.
LRT
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The overweight problem. Young Lithuanians may live shorter lives than their parents
2026-03-14More than half of Lithuanian adults are overweight. Around one in five is clinically obese. Obesity is a risk factor for more than 300 diseases. Lithuanians consume too much fat, salt and sugar, and too few vegetables. Obesity is a chronic disease – one that tends to recur. It is characterised by excessive, abnormal accumulation of fat tissue in places where it should not be. "It is a risk factor for more than 300 other conditions," she said.
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The man who got Europe to build drones for Ukraine: ‘A shift is happening, but too slowly’
2026-03-14Volunteers have spent years collecting and assembling drones for Ukrainian forces. Wings for Europe has not found a single European manufacturer producing propellers for the drones they assemble. For €350 in components – with volunteers donating their time, tools and workspace entirely for free – we send something that allows a Ukrainian soldier to achieve an enormous effect.
Economist
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✍ Blogs
Paul Krugman
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Phillips O'Brien on Iran
2026-03-14Phillip O'Brien says the U.S. and Israel can destroy anything they want in Iran. But that doesn't leave them in the ability to keep Iran from striking back, he says. The Iranians have dispersed a lot of drones around the country in very small numbers, O’Brien says.
Šeši Nuliai
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Buliaus anatomija
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