Rome wants concessions from Brussels, and it’s strong enough to get them.
The city was a global financial hub well before the EU, and it will be one well after Brexit.
Unsurprisingly, it still isn’t resolved.
All the news worth knowing today.
The U.S. has less leverage now than before.
The American president was not restrained by his advisers, but domestic politics imposes its own limits.
The south has been mostly retaken. But danger lurks in Idlib.
It still needs foreign technology to build up a modern fleet anytime soon.
Yet the industry has proved highly adaptable in past crises.
The demonstrations in an oil-rich region could exacerbate the problem of declining spare oil capacity.
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