EP GLOBAL PULSE

Four years into its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has shifted its disinformation and influence operations back toward the United States and Europe, according to security researchers tracking the activity. What was once a dispersed effort is now consolidating around US elections, European politics, and NATO decision-making, reported The Register. Russian state-aligned actors, including groups connected […]

Russia is considering allowing the production and import of lower quality fuel as it faces a severe supply crisis, according to reports from energy analysts tracking the country’s domestic market. The move signals how deeply Russia’s fuel sector has been damaged by international sanctions and military operations in Ukraine. Russia’s fuel production has dropped significantly

Europe is experiencing a deadly heatwave that has already caused approximately 1,300 deaths, according to data from the World Health Organization. Germany recently recorded a record temperature of 41.7 degrees Celsius, while several neighboring countries are also facing extreme heat conditions. The WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has issued a stark warning: European nations are

Cuba’s Communist Party has approved a major shift in economic policy, allowing greater private enterprise and foreign investment in what officials are calling an emergency measure to stabilize the island’s collapsing economy. The decision, made at a party congress in April 2024, marks the first significant opening toward market-based reforms in the 65 years since

The Arctic Ocean has remained frozen every summer throughout the entire recorded history of modern human civilization. That foundational fact is about to change. A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that most people alive today will witness the complete disappearance of Arctic sea ice during summer months, an event that has not occurred for

The European Union has made its position clear in ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran: no major sanctions will be lifted until a formal, signed agreement is in place. This stance comes as diplomatic talks continue over Iran’s atomic program, which Western nations fear could be weaponised. So far, there have been discussions and incremental progress,

The UK government is planning one of the world’s strictest bans on social media for young people. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced this week that the government aims to pass regulation before Christmas, with the ban coming into effect by spring 2027. Anyone under 16 will be prohibited from using major social media platforms. The

A mysterious cooling zone in the Atlantic Ocean is raising questions among climate scientists about how global warming actually works. While nearly every ocean region on Earth has grown warmer over the past hundred years, one patch of the North Atlantic—nicknamed the “cold blob” by researchers—has actually become colder. This unusual reversal has puzzled scientists

Nigeria’s telecom landscape just shifted in a way that affects millions of people who never read regulatory notices. The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has stopped telecom operators from offering airtime loans — credit you borrow against your phone and pay back within days, usually at a cost. The decision has triggered a

Twenty thousand crew members have been waiting in a kind of maritime limbo for months. Their ships sit stuck in the Persian Gulf, unable to move, unable to leave, unable to go home. The reason is geopolitical tension between two major powers that closed one of the world’s most important shipping routes—the Strait of Hormuz—leaving