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Amazon MX Player Merges Into Prime Video in India

Amazon MX Player is being absorbed into Prime Video, combining India’s free and paid streaming catalogs under a single platform. The integration is expected to complete within the next few months. The unified platform will cover subscription, ad-supported, transactional, and

Africa: The Conversation Africa - 11 Years of Impact

[The Conversation Africa] Over the past 11 years, The Conversation Africa has published 12,961 articles by 8,257 authors, making the expertise of academics and researchers in Africa and other parts of the world accessible to the public, national and global policymakers, and

Why the world needs a China Shock 2.0

The global economic discourse in this spring of 2026 is dominated by a single, apprehensive phrase: China Shock 2.0. From the halls of the European Commission to the campaign trails in the United States, the narrative is remarkably consistent. It suggests that a second wave of

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Iran’s long history of standing firm against foreign aggressors

US President Donald Trump’s threats against Iran since the war began have targeted not just the country’s military capabilities, but its entire civilization. In recent days, he has threatened that Iran would be “blown off the face of the earth” if it attacks US ships trying to

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The oh so slow Draghi/Letta plan to 'save  Europe'

There’s a fresh spring in Brussels’ step after Hungary’s landslide rejection of Viktor Orbán (pictured). That shouldn’t delude us, though. The European Union’s shambling pace on its vital Single Market project has not picked up speed, writes Giles Merritt, founder and former

The cold, hard realism of Saudi hedging

When the missiles began arcing across the Persian Gulf in late February, falling on Riyadh’s Eastern Province as well as on American bases in Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE, the editorial pages in Washington reached for a familiar refrain: now, surely, the Saudis would have to

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New life for disused Brussels warehouse site

The authorities in Brussels say they are taking “another strategic step” in the city's transition to a circular economy. This comes with the ReUse Park, project that will transform a disused warehouse in Ganshoren into a regional hub dedicated to the reuse of construction