How Trump upended the world order, over one weekend – Vox.com

  1. How Trump upended the world order, over one weekend  Vox.com
  2. Is Europe misunderstanding Trump on Ukraine? | Stephen Wertheim  The Guardian
  3. Can Europe guarantee Ukraine’s security without the US?  Al Jazeera English
  4. Europe wants to broker peace in Ukraine — and between Trump and Kyiv after the White House fiasco  CNBC
  5. Europe keeps trying with Trump on Ukraine and security despite Zelenskiy clash  Reuters
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Europe keeps trying with Trump on Ukraine and security despite Zelenskiy clash – Reuters

  1. Europe keeps trying with Trump on Ukraine and security despite Zelenskiy clash  Reuters
  2. What Europe Can Do If Trump Drops Russia Sanctions  Foreign Policy
  3. How Trump upended the world order, over one weekend  Vox.com
  4. Opinion | This Is Europe’s War Now  The New York Times
  5. Is Europe misunderstanding Trump’s position on Ukraine? | Stephen Wertheim  The Guardian
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Centre-right ÖVP’s Christian Stocker sworn in as new Austrian chancellor – Euronews

  1. Centre-right ÖVP's Christian Stocker sworn in as new Austrian chancellor  Euronews
  2. Austria's three-party government takes office, shutting out far right  Reuters
  3. Austria swears in centrist coalition without far right  DW (English)
  4. Christian Stocker becomes Austrian chancellor as three-party gov’t sworn in  Al Jazeera English
  5. Austria swears in new government, ending five-month political crisis  POLITICO Europe
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Seeing Washington change course on Ukraine, Taiwan ponders its own fate – NPR

  1. Seeing Washington change course on Ukraine, Taiwan ponders its own fate  NPR
  2. Trump’s Blowup With Zelenskiy Spurs Taiwan to Rethink US Tactics  Bloomberg
  3. Why Trump’s war of words with Zelensky has triggered a storm in Taiwan  South China Morning Post
  4. Uncommon bonds: US support for Taiwan  Semafor
  5. Taiwan Watches Trump Undercut Ukraine, Hoping It Won’t Be Next  The New York Times
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Austria swears in new government, ending five-month political crisis – POLITICO Europe

  1. Austria swears in new government, ending five-month political crisis  POLITICO Europe
  2. Austria's three-party government takes office, shutting out far right  Reuters
  3. Austria swears in centrist coalition without far right  DW (English)
  4. Christian Stocker becomes Austrian chancellor as three-party gov’t sworn in  Al Jazeera English
  5. Austria Installs New Cabinet in Shadow of Recession, Far Right  Bloomberg
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Released From Hamas Captivity, a Hostage Finds His Family Gone – The New York Times

  1. Released From Hamas Captivity, a Hostage Finds His Family Gone  The New York Times
  2. Trump administration briefing: Israeli hostage to visit White House; Russia admires US foreign policy  The Guardian US
  3. Netanyahu apologizes to freed hostage Eli Sharabi for failing to get him out sooner  The Times of Israel
  4. Delegation of hostages released by Hamas traveling to DC to meet with Trump admin officials  Fox News
  5. Trump invites freed Israeli hostage to White House  New York Post
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Iran’s vice-president and most prominent reformist resigns

Mohammad Javad Zarif implies move was endorsed by supreme leader, as his exit sends stock market into a tailspin

Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s most prominent reformist, has resigned from the government, saying he had been instructed to do so by an unnamed senior official.

He implied the move was endorsed by the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, although he did not name him in his resignation letter as he stepped down as vice-president for strategic affairs.

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Mental health crisis ‘means youth is no longer one of happiest times of life’

UN-commissioned study in UK, US, Ireland, Australia, Canada and New Zealand finds satisfaction rises with age

For more than half a century, the midlife crisis has been a feature of western society. Fast cars, impulsive decisions, and peak misery between the age of 40 and 50. But all that is changing, according to experts.

In a new paper commissioned by the UN, the leading academics Jean Twenge and David Blanchflower warn that a burgeoning youth mental health crisis in six English-speaking countries worldwide is upending the traditional pattern of happiness across our lifetimes.

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Willpower, Not Manpower, is Europe’s Main Limitation for a Force in Ukraine – War On The Rocks

  1. Willpower, Not Manpower, is Europe’s Main Limitation for a Force in Ukraine  War On The Rocks
  2. Opinion | This Is Europe’s War Now  The New York Times
  3. Can Europe Back Ukraine’s Fight Alone?  New Lines Magazine
  4. Europe Has the Money to Save Ukraine. It Needs the Will  Bloomberg
  5. Can Europe secure peace in Ukraine without the US?  The Guardian
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