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  • 6d ago

    Portugal's Government Approves 'Single Social Benefit' Merging 13 Welfare Payments, Tying Aid to Mandatory Community Work

    The Portuguese government approved a major reform consolidating 13 non-contributory social benefits into a single payment, introducing a mandatory 'social solidarity activity' of up to 15 hours per week for working-age recipients.

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Kuwait burns, Congress counts votes

Trump strains ceasefire as Iran hits Kuwait and Congress votes to curb war

The Middle East truce frayed in public, not in secret. Iran, the United States, Israel and Hezbollah all kept moving while Washington lawmakers tried to pull back the president's war powers.

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China and the West: decoupling

The EU's formal adoption of a mandatory outbound investment screening mechanism, combined with China's operational enforcement of its blocking statutes, creates an immediate and binding conflict-of-laws trap for multinational firms.

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