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Political crisis erupts in Poland: Police deployed at Constitutional Tribunal amid ‘coup’ allegations, President Nawrocki turns plane around

A long-running battle over control of the judiciary has brought Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government into direct confrontation with the Polish president - ‘Restoring the rule of law is our duty,’ Tusk declared

Turkey on alert after $18bn withdrawn from investment funds and market executives arrested

130 funds with exposure to 350,000 investors are being wound up, while authorities investigate large-scale capital movements — Istanbul Stock Exchange recovers after sell-off

Contaminated food causes 1.5 million deaths a year, children under five the most affected

Nearly 866 million people fall ill every year from unsafe food, while Africa and Southeast Asia bear the greatest burden of the crisis

Turkey: CHP appeals to Turkey’s Supreme Administrative Court over removal of its leadership

Internal party tensions, gatherings of supporters, and increased police presence outside CHP headquarters in Ankara - Turkey’s stock market rebounds after the sell-off caused by political turmoil

Jordan: Abdullah, Mitsotakis and Christodoulides express concern over instability and escalation of the crisis

In a joint statement following the trilateral meeting of Jordan – Greece – Cyprus, the three leaders underline the serious humanitarian, economic and security consequences of the escalating crisis

Britain introduces “plug-in” solar panels for homes to tackle the energy crisis caused by the war in Iran

The British government has reached an agreement with Amazon and Lidl – They are easy to install and do not require an electrician

Three scenarios on the table for the impact of the war in the Middle East

If the shock is passed on simultaneously to energy, freight, fertilisers, agricultural production and the general cost of the economy, horizontal subsidies are not enough, sources stress.

Over 400 million barrels of oil reserves released to the market by the International Energy Agency

Governments of IEA countries have pledged to make available 271.7 million barrels of oil from government reserves, 116.6 million barrels from industry's mandatory stocks and 23.6 million barrels from other sources

Turmoil in the stock markets – Why the markets are selling off the sovereign bonds of the major countries

Investors abandon US bonds along with the dollar and turn to gold, while the world's debt soars to 102 trillion dollars, reaching almost 100% of global GDP - The adverse scenarios evoke post-war nightmares - Trump's tariffs backfire on the dollar

General blackout in Cuba, the fifth in a month

Even before today's blackout, many areas of the island were experiencing daily power outages of up to 16 hours

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