Elon Musk expressed tacit support for a post accusing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of prioritizing power and money over pursuing peace, as the United States looks to negotiate an end to Russia’s war. “Zelensky doesn’t want peace, he wants money and power,” a user of Musk’s platform X wrote Tuesday, to which Musk replied with the “100″ […]
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Ukraine and US agree to minerals deal, reports say
Ukraine and the United States have agreed on the terms of a minerals deal and could sign it this week, according to several media reports. U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday hinted Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy could travel to Washington to sign the deal this week, telling reporters: “I hear that he’s coming on Friday. Certainly, […]
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3 Bulgarians convicted of spying for Russia in the UK
Three U.K.-based Bulgarians were found guilty of being part of a Russian spy ring directed by Wirecard fugitive Jan Marsalek. Katrin Ivanova, Vanya Gaberova and Tihomir Ivanchev were convicted of espionage charges in what concluded a three-month trial at the Old Bailey court for being junior members of the six-member group. They operated between August […]
Read MoreTrump blames Ukraine for the war, slams Zelenskyy
President Donald Trump mocked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a poor negotiator and “grossly incompetent” Tuesday, as tensions continued to rise over the administration’s direct talks with Russia about ending the war it launched nearly three years ago. The comments come amid criticism from European allies and many American intelligence experts that Ukraine and European […]
Read MoreVon der Leyen floats EU effort to finance missiles, ammunition and air defense
BRUSSELS — The EU is unleashing efforts to boost defense spending, including a new so-called instrument aimed at key weapons programs, loosening fiscal rules to allow countries to spend more and prodding banks to boost lending, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday. “We should enable more targeted and efficient defense spending […]
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Russian strikes on Ukraine leave at least 14 dead
At least 14 people were killed and 37 wounded in Russian missile and drone attacks against Ukraine overnight, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday. Moscow’s military struck the middle of a town in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region where Russian forces have been advancing, killing at least 11 people, including five children, and leaving a further 30 […]
Read MoreTrump is just what Europe’s defense needs
Guy Verhofstadt is a former MEP and president of European Movement International. Domènec Ruiz Devesa is a former MEP and president of the Union of European Federalists. Every cloud has a silver lining. And as Europe is finally faced with the opportunity to build a real European Defence Union amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s disruptive […]
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Trump’s Still Talking About Buying Greenland. Here’s Where That’s Headed.
Of all the priorities Donald Trump has set since returning to power, his fixation on Greenland has ranked among the most mystifying. The president’s insistence that the U.S. should “own and control” the world’s largest island has unsettled its inhabitants and inspired his allies to imagine it as America’s 51st state. It has also raised a […]
Read MoreFrance’s Bardella cancels CPAC speech after Steve Bannon’s ‘Nazi’ salute
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally, canceled a planned address at the right-wing Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington after Steve Bannon made what appeared to be a Nazi salute on stage. Bannon, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former adviser, was quick to respond to Bardella’s cancellation over his gesture, calling him “a […]
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Sharing France’s nuclear umbrella? No way, says Le Pen
PARIS ― A pooling of France’s nuclear warheads to help protect Europe won’t happen ― not if Marine Le Pen can help it. The far-right leader on Saturday vigorously opposed plans to build a stronger, more integrated European defense, including by sharing France’s nuclear umbrella, as proposals to pool and ramp up the continent’s firepower […]
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