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Briefing: Flying from the UK is about to get more expensive – particularly if you’re travelling long-haul

Strategic angle: Air Passenger Duty changes will come into play on 1 April, with bigger increases for longer flights and private jets.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Pro-Kremlin blogger turns on Putin, sent to psychiatric care

Strategic angle: After seemingly switching sides, a pro-government blogger in Russia who criticized President Vladimir Putin has been admitted to psychiatric care in St. Petersburg.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Adrift Russian tanker risks Mediterranean ecological disaster

A Russian oil and gas tanker adrift in the Mediterranean poses a significant environmental threat if it leaks, experts warn.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: ‘Les P'tits Kipik’: Inside a Paris suburb's unlikely hedgehog sanctuary

Strategic angle: This woman has transformed her home into a sanctuary for urban hedgehogs threatened by habitat fragmentation, cars and pesticides.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: What python blood can teach us about weight loss, muscle health and gut bacteria

Strategic angle: Lessons in weight loss: The metabolism of pythons could inspire therapies.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Old masters, new methods: The tech transforming art restoration

Strategic angle: A new wave of technology is saving masterpieces, from AI-generated masks to eco-friendly cleaning gels.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Cycling in Sweden: New 170km route from Gothenburg will open in May

Strategic angle: The Ljungleden trail from Gothenburg to Falköping is designed for both experienced cyclists and more casual riders.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

Politics

Briefing: Meet the co-founder of Airbnb: How a weekend scheme to pay the rent turned into an industry giant

Strategic angle: Airbnb was first dreamed up in 2008, with people initially asking 'how could you trust a stranger ever in your own home?' In 2025, $92 billion was transacted on the platform. So how did they do it?

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: What's next for Germany's troubled car giants?

Strategic angle: German automakers are in a crisis due to stagnant sales, falling profits and constant strategy shifts. Can the industry recover?

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Trump installs Columbus statue in White House campus

Strategic angle: The Columbus statue installed near the White House is a replica of the one tossed in Baltimore's Inner Harbor in 2020 amid the Black Lives Matter protests.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: France local elections: Paris stays left as far-right makes mixed gains

Strategic angle: The results offered an early snapshot of France’s political balance before 2027. Here are the main takeaways.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

Politics

Briefing: 'The oil shock in the Middle East is a godsend for Russia'

Strategic angle: By joining Israel in its war against Iran, Donald Trump is handing Vladimir Putin an unexpected economic and strategic reprieve, explains Le Monde columnist Stéphane Lauer.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: UN issues new climate warning as El Niño looms

Strategic angle: The Earth's climate is further out of balance than at any time in recorded history, the UN's weather agency says.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Earth's climate more unbalanced than ever, WMO warns

Strategic angle: The world's oceans have broken heat records for nine straight years, glaciers are retreating and extreme weather is killing thousands.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Asia stocks slide as US and Iran threaten to intensify war

Strategic angle: The International Energy Agency chief warned of a potential energy crisis due to escalating tensions.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Slovenia election too close to call as PM claims victory in neck-and-neck race

Strategic angle: Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob declares victory in a tightly contested parliamentary election.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: Tom Homan confirms ICE to be at airports starting Monday

Strategic angle: ICE operations at airports set to begin next week, according to Tom Homan.

Editorial Staff Mar 23

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Briefing: 'Why was the threat of Iranian drones overlooked for so long?'

Strategic angle: Historian Jean-Pierre Filiu discusses the oversight of Iranian drone threats and Ukraine's response.

Editorial Staff Mar 22

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Briefing: France's Socialists hold onto power in major cities in election boost for mainstream

Strategic angle: Paris and Marseille are held by the Socialists in local elections which saw the nationalist right win in Nice and certain towns.

Editorial Staff Mar 22

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Slovenia votes: Liberals face right-wing populist challenge

Slovenia is taking to the polls Sunday in parliamentary elections that pit the governing liberal party and PM Robert Golob against former-PM Janez Jansa and his right-wing SDS party.

Editorial Staff Mar 22