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IMF Raises Global Growth Forecast, but Warns AI Boom Is Leaving Economies Behind
The fund now expects the world economy to grow 3.1 percent in 2026, with AI investment offsetting an energy shock while a smaller group of countries drives the gains.
IMF Chief Says AI Investment Is Holding Up Global Growth While Disruption to Jobs Builds
Kristalina Georgieva told IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok that AI spending is keeping growth near 3 percent, while its effects on jobs, taxes and education are a "slow-moving tsunami."
Ukraine Reports Continued Energy Strikes Despite US Ceasefire Claim
Kyiv says Russian attacks on energy facilities have continued since Donald Trump announced an “energy ceasefire,” and Moscow has not confirmed it agreed.
Russian Strikes Add to Ukraine's Civilian Toll as Winter Nears Excerpt (subtitle)
After more than 50 deaths in three days, fresh attacks killed three people on Friday while Zelenskyy warned of more daily strikes and urged NATO to turn support into air defence.
German Intelligence Chief Warns Russia's Shadow War Is Raising Risk of Violent Conflict
BND President Martin Jaeger told lawmakers that "Russia is waging a shadow war against us," while stressing that a large-scale attack on NATO is not considered imminent.
Pro-Ukraine Government Wins Latvia Election as Security Shapes Baltic Politics
Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs says Latvians “want direct communication” and want the economy treated as “the top priority,” after United List won the largest mandate for a single party since independence.
Russia Warns NATO Over Kaliningrad as Alliance Dismisses the Threat
Moscow’s diplomatic note raises the possibility of nuclear weapons and even strikes on NATO decision making centres, while Secretary General Mark Rutte says the alliance does not take the warning seriously.
Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Passes Eight Thousand Cases as WHO Warns It Is Far From Over
With a case fatality rate near 48 percent and no approved vaccine for the strain involved, the World Health Organization says the outbreak could surpass the 2014 to 2016 West African epidemic that killed more than 11,000 people.
Germany and Russia Reopen Direct Talks as Security Tensions Rise
The foreign ministers of Germany and Russia met for the first time since before the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, with Berlin citing security concerns and a Black Sea food export crisis as reasons to restore direct communication.
Fighting Returns to Tigray as Ethiopia Faces Risk of a Wider War
Nearly four years after a peace agreement ended one of the world’s deadliest recent conflicts, former battlefield enemies have allied against Addis Ababa, and the political settlement that ended the last war is under severe strain.
Houthis Push Toward Strategic Yemen Highlands as Report of Halted US Strikes Remains Unverified
Houthi fighters are targeting the Kahboub Mountains to cut Saudi-backed forces off from the Red Sea coast, as an unverified New York Times report says Trump called off planned American airstrikes at the last minute, and questions remain over an apparent strike toward Riyadh.
US Officials Held Undisclosed Talks With Houthi Representatives in Oman as Yemen Fighting Escalates
Reuters reports Houthi representatives told US officials in Muscat they would not target American or Israeli vessels, explicitly excluding Saudi Arabian ships, as the group consolidates rapid territorial gains along Yemen's Red Sea coast.
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