Europe
Why Italy has no school shootings despite owning 8.6 million guns
Italy has 8.6 million guns. But zero school shootings. Not “few.” Not “less than other countries.” Zero. In over 12 years, that figure...
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UK launches 10-year strategy to overhaul struggling health service
The UK government’s announcement of a decade-long NHS reform plan is being framed as a health system rescue. It’s more than that. This...
Ukraine presses for answers amid US reassessment of arms shipments
The Biden administration’s decision to delay certain U.S. weapons shipments to Ukraine was introduced as a discrete, situation-specific measure. Officials from the Department...
Google submits new EU proposal in bid to dodge major antitrust fine
While American platform giants still default to algorithmic self-preferencing, Europe has made one thing clear: neutrality is not negotiable. Google’s latest “Option B”...
Why overtourism is testing the limits of global cities
In Rome, all roads may not lead to the Trevi Fountain, but many tourists would swear otherwise. The baroque marvel, commissioned in the...
U.S. halts major weapons deliveries to Ukraine amid escalating Russian strikes
The Biden administration’s decision to pause artillery and air defense transfers to Ukraine may read, at first glance, as a logistical recalibration. But...
Tax havens turn costly as European elites face steep exit penalties
For years, European high-net-worth individuals operated on a clean playbook: optimize for tax residency, not citizenship. Park assets in trusts, book part-time residency...
Europe is re-emerging on the global investment radar
While investor attention remains transfixed on American tech multiples and the strategic ambiguity surrounding China’s recovery narrative, European equity markets are doing something...
UK firms report strongest confidence since 2015
The Confederation of British Industry’s latest survey puts UK business confidence at its highest since 2015. Media coverage ran with the obvious headline:...
Will Asia and Europe step up to save global stability?
The global economy is being rattled by overlapping shocks—military tension in the Middle East, deteriorating fiscal discipline in the United States, the breakdown...
EU tariff reduction on US imports signals strategic realignment
What appears at first glance as an economic olive branch is, in fact, a recalibrated positioning maneuver. The European Union’s early consideration to...
Apple reshapes EU App Store model in response to antitrust ruling
Apple's latest response to EU regulation isn’t just a rulebook adjustment. It’s a high-stakes play to reframe control as compliance—without surrendering the mechanics...
Tech lobby pushes to delay EU AI Act implementation
Europe’s once-heralded AI rulebook is now colliding with a wall of resistance. As the enforcement date looms, CCIA Europe—a powerful lobbying bloc that...
Malaysia secures tariff cuts for palm oil under new EFTA trade pact
At first glance, Malaysia’s new trade pact with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) might read like a routine tariff deal. Palm oil...
China’s plug-in hybrid shipments surge as EU tariff loophole remains
Europe tried to protect itself from China’s electric vehicle overreach. But Beijing moved faster—and smarter. In May 2025, Chinese plug-in hybrid electric vehicle...
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