Kallas Prepares a Sanctions “Bomb” for Putin – Thousands More Russian Entities in the Crosshairs

Die Welt:The EU foreign policy chief is preparing what she calls the most ambitious sanctions list since the war began — The blacklist could expand by one-third as Brussels targets Russia’s military machine, energy revenues and sanctions-evasion networks

Bloomberg Bombshell: Trump Uses “Putin-Style Tactics” to Keep Oil Below $90

Tankers go dark in the Strait of Hormuz, cargoes are transferred off Oman and millions of barrels continue reaching global markets — The shadow routes helping prevent an oil shock and buying Trump time in the war with Iran

Fidan from Egypt: Pressure on Cairo, attack on the Greece–Cyprus–Israel trilateral and Ankara’s “Mecca” strategy

Ankara is seeking to turn the improvement in Turkish-Egyptian relations into a new geopolitical architecture – The Mecca Agreement, the Turkey–Saudi Arabia–Pakistan axis and why Cairo is unlikely to abandon Athens and Nicosia

Greek Banks Bet €4 Billion on AI — From Mobile Banking to the Bank That Knows What You Need

The next big battle for Greece’s banks will not be fought in branches but in algorithms. National Bank of Greece, Eurobank, Piraeus and Alpha Bank are sharply increasing technology investment, with multi-year spending programs that together run into the billions. Artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity and automation are reshaping banking from a digital service into something far more personalized: a bank that can anticipate what a customer needs before they ask.

Musk and Zuckerberg Are Back in the AI Race — And OpenAI and Anthropic Can No Longer Ignore Them

A year ago, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg looked increasingly like second-tier players in the generative AI race. Today, both are forcing their way back toward the frontier — but with radically different strategies. Musk is chasing the top of the benchmark tables. Zuckerberg is attacking from below with cheaper, more accessible models. The result is a new phase of the AI war in which raw intelligence may no longer be enough to win.

Ukraine’s Grain Trap: Russian Missiles, European Protectionism and a Drying Danube

Russia does not need to destroy Ukraine’s harvest to inflict serious economic damage. It only needs to make shipping dangerous enough that crews and shipowners refuse to enter Ukrainian ports. With Black Sea exports under pressure, Kyiv is once again looking west — only to find Poland, Hungary and Slovakia wary of reopening routes that previously triggered furious farmer protests. Add drought on the Danube, and Ukraine is caught in a three-way squeeze that could eventually reach food markets far beyond Europe.

APEC 2026: Why China Chose Shenzhen to Showcase Its Technology Power

Shenzhen was not chosen by accident to host APEC Economic Leaders’ Week in November 2026. The city that evolved from China’s pioneering Special Economic Zone into a global center for hardware, telecommunications, electric vehicles, drones, artificial intelligence and robotics offers Beijing the perfect stage for a much bigger message: the next phase of China’s rise will not be built on trade alone, but on technological and industrial power.

“Muslim NATO”? Not Yet — But Mecca Just Changed the Game for Washington

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and nuclear-armed Pakistan have signed a collective-defence agreement in Mecca whose central principle inevitably evokes NATO’s Article 5: an armed attack against one is to be treated as an attack against all. There is no integrated command, no NATO-style military headquarters and no fully unified fighting force — at least not yet. But something potentially more consequential has happened: three of the Muslim world’s most powerful states have begun building a security architecture that does not depend exclusively on Washington.

From El Tigre to Ceuta: The New Right Is Winning Power — But It Is Far Less United Than It Looks

The rise of Trump-backed Abelardo de la Espriella in Colombia and the escalating Italy–Spain confrontation over migration appear, at first glance, to be two episodes in the same global political shift. To an extent, they are. From Washington and Buenos Aires to Rome, Madrid and Santiago, a real transatlantic network of politicians, think tanks, institutions and shared rhetoric has emerged. But it is not an “international” with a central command. It operates more like a political franchise — and, like every franchise, it works until national interests begin to collide.

USS Abraham Lincoln: Nine Months at Sea Push a Carrier Crew to the Breaking Point

The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has become the center of a growing military and political controversy after reports of suicide attempts, severe exhaustion and deteriorating living conditions among its roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines. After months of continuous operations linked to the war with Iran, the deployment is raising a harder strategic question for Washington: how long can a carrier remain combat-effective when the crew itself is nearing its limits?

IPTO Pushes Cyprus–Israel Power Link Forward, Strengthening Europe’s Eastern Mediterranean Energy Corridor

The Great Sea Interconnector enters a decisive new phase as Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator submits the investment request for the Cyprus–Israel link. The move strengthens IPTO’s position at the heart of an ambitious energy corridor designed to connect Greece, Cyprus and Israel with Europe’s electricity system, enhancing energy security, renewable integration and the geopolitical role of the Eastern Mediterranean.

Papathanasis: €1 Billion-Plus Thessaloniki Package Coming — Who Is First in Line for Relief

Middle class, pensioners, families and young people in focus — “There will be no recession” after the Recovery Fund — Greece prepares €23 billion investment firepower for the next day