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NATO boss calls for much higher defence spending to counter Russia
BRUSSELS - NATO head Mark Rutte warned the U.S.-led transatlantic alliance on Thursday that it was not ready for the threats it would...
Dec 13, 20242 min read
NATO expected to sidestep Ukraine's call for quick invite
BRUSSELS - NATO is highly unlikely to heed Ukraine's call for a membership invitation at a meeting on Tuesday, according to diplomats,...
Dec 3, 20242 min read
Explainer-What is at stake in the Swiss-EU trade talks
ZURICH - Switzerland and the European Union have been in talks since March to update their trading relationship after a previous effort...
Nov 26, 20243 min read
UK's Starmer to meet Macron in France to discuss Ukraine support after Trump win
LONDON - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday to discuss ways to help Ukraine, after...
Nov 12, 20242 min read
Analysis-Hungary's Orban gears up to be Europe's 'Trump whisperer'
BUDAPEST - As much of Europe frets over the return of Donald Trump, Hungary's Viktor Orban is in a jubilant mood. "A much needed...
Nov 8, 20243 min read
Germany faces snap election as Scholz's coalition crumbles
BERLIN - Germany's ruling coalition collapsed on Wednesday as Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance minister and paved the way for a...
Nov 8, 20243 min read
Europe's leaders congratulate Trump, amid worries over trade, Ukraine
PARIS - European leaders congratulated Donald Trump on Wednesday on his U.S. presidential election victory, saying they were ready to...
Nov 6, 20243 min read
NATO's Rutte congratulates Trump, says allies spending more on defence
BRUSSELS - NATO chief Mark Rutte congratulated Donald Trump on Wednesday for being elected president of the United States, and emphasised...
Nov 6, 20241 min read
EU presses ahead with Chinese EV tariffs after divided vote
BRUSSELS - The European Union will press ahead with hefty tariffs on China-made electric vehicles, the EU executive said on Friday, even...
Oct 5, 20244 min read
New NATO chief Rutte reaffirms support for Ukraine on Kyiv trip
KYIV - NATO chief Mark Rutte told Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy "your security matters for ours" on Thursday during his first...
Oct 4, 20242 min read
China's support to Russia should have implications, new NATO chief says
BRUSSELS - New NATO secretary general Mark Rutte said on Tuesday that China had become a decisive enabler of Russia's war in Ukraine....
Oct 1, 20241 min read
Putin's nuclear talk shouldn't stop NATO backing Ukraine, Stoltenberg says
BRUSSELS - NATO members should not be deterred from giving more military aid to Ukraine by Vladimir Putin's "reckless Russian nuclear...
Oct 1, 20242 min read
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