Briefing: Valencia Plans to Cap Holiday Homes Amid Tourist Concerns
Strategic angle: The Spanish city aims to limit holiday accommodations to combat rising tourist-related issues.
Editorial Staff Apr 2
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Briefing: Humans head back toward Moon for first time in 50 years: What to know about NASA’s Artemis II
Strategic angle: NASA astronauts could be sent back to the Moon for the first time in 50 years as soon as April 1. Here's what you need to know about the mission.
Editorial Staff Apr 2
Briefing: Mind your manners: Which European countries are the most polite in the world?
Strategic angle: A new survey reveals that European nations dominate the list of the most polite countries, despite discrepancies in self-assessment.
Editorial Staff Apr 2
Briefing: Hungary's Watergate: Secret service tried to infiltrate the political opposition
Strategic angle: An espionage scandal shakes Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government ahead of elections.
Editorial Staff Apr 2
Briefing: Chinese scientists unveil glowing Avatar-like plants that could light cities without electricity
Strategic angle: Using genes from fireflies and luminous fungi, scientists have created plants that glow in the dark.
Editorial Staff Apr 2
Briefing: Study links exposure to agricultural pesticides to cancer risk
Strategic angle: Living in areas with high agricultural pesticide exposure is associated with higher cancer risks, according to a new study.
Editorial Staff Apr 2
Briefing: A ‘failed experiment’? Biofuels under the spotlight as EU scrambles for alternative energy
Strategic angle: Experts question the sustainability of biofuels as the EU seeks new energy solutions.
Editorial Staff Apr 2
Briefing: Game on in Sin City: How Las Vegas is betting big on sports tourism and major events
Strategic angle: Following a fall in visitation in 2025, the Nevada city’s tourism industry is counting on major league sport, iconic attractions and new value-driven offers to turn its fortunes around.
Editorial Staff Apr 2
Briefing: Germany and Italy propose EU ‘kill switch’ for global stablecoins
Strategic angle: Germany and Italy have proposed creating an EU regulatory framework for stablecoins to strengthen financial market safeguards.
Editorial Staff Apr 2
Briefing: The mystery of the Green River's 'uphill flow' in the American West is solved after 150 years
Strategic angle: A young researcher from the University of Glasgow offers an explanation for a geological anomaly that has puzzled scientists since the 19th century.
Editorial Staff Apr 2
Briefing: Appeals court rejects HUD homelessness overhaul saying it would be "disastrous"
Strategic angle: The federal housing agency's plan to shift funding towards conditional programs faces backlash from advocates.
Editorial Staff Apr 2
Briefing: 'It is far from certain that China will emerge economically victorious from the current chaos'
Strategic angle: The global economic destabilization triggered by the war in the Middle East is now affecting the world's factory, which is struggling to offload its overproduction, writes columnist Harold Thibault.
Editorial Staff Apr 2
Briefing: Federal prosecutors indict close associate of Eric Adams
Strategic angle: A close associate of New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by federal prosecutors.
Editorial Staff Apr 1
Briefing: Live: Artemis 2 set for historic crewed return around Moon
Strategic angle: Four astronauts are set to blast off aboard NASA’s Artemis 2 mission, marking the first crewed journey around the Moon in more than 50 years.
Editorial Staff Apr 1
Briefing: First Mangione trial over US health CEO murder delayed to September
Strategic angle: Luigi Mangione's state trial has been postponed from June to September, facing serious charges.
Editorial Staff Apr 1
Briefing: Republicans in Congress say they have a deal to end the record-long shutdown at DHS
Strategic angle: The plan would fund DHS, except for immigration enforcement, through September.
Editorial Staff Apr 1
Briefing: 'There's a certain romanticism to sending humans into space'
Strategic angle: Dr. David Brown discusses the potential of the Artemis II mission to usher in a new era of human spaceflight.
Editorial Staff Apr 1
Briefing: The FDA approves a new obesity pill, giving patients another option
Strategic angle: The daily pill called Foundayo got a fast track through the Food and Drug Administration.
Editorial Staff Apr 1
Briefing: A Turkish border town known for its cats - in times of peace
Strategic angle: The border town of Van in Turkey is known for being a hub for Iranian travelers, its lavish breakfasts, and its cats.
Editorial Staff Apr 1
Briefing: Debunking claims Israeli Jews are 'stealing land' in Morocco
Strategic angle: A viral video claims Israeli Jews are reclaiming land in Morocco, but the evidence is misleading.
Editorial Staff Apr 1