The latest meeting between Russian and U.S. delegations on ending the war in Ukraine has begun at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The talks are being held behind closed doors. According to Russian state media, Saudi Arabia’s…
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Ukraine requests €100m military aid from Estonia
Ukraine has handed over a list of military products worth €100m to Estonia, the Estonian Defence Ministry was quoted by the Estonian state radio portal ERR as saying.
‘Ukraine handed over to Estonia this week an…
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Fire at Russian shopping center spreads to apartment building
A fire broke out at a shopping center in Russia’s Rostov-on-Don early Monday. According to Interfax, the blaze began at 5:28 a.m. local time and spread across roughly 300 square meters (3,229 square feet).
The flames reached a neighboring…
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Recharged? The Future of Europe’s Auto Sector and EU-China Relations
Europe’s automotive industry, a key component of the economy of the European Union and its member states, faces critical challenges from the rise of EVs and increased competition within the Chinese market and around the world. Europe…
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Ukraine will need major rebuilding when war ends − here’s why the US isn’t likely to invest in its recovery with a new Marshall Plan
President Donald Trump wants Ukraine to repay the United States for helping to defend the country against Russia’s invasion.
Since 2022, Congress has provided about US$174 billion to Ukraine and neighboring countries to assist its war…
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Europe’s Message to Moscow: We Will Keep Sanctions
From the beginning of Russia’s invasion, the European Union has stood together with our American allies, providing military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine and imposing tough sanctions. Whatever the US now does, no reason exists to…
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US holds separate talks with Russians after meeting Ukrainians to discuss a potential ceasefire
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. negotiators worked on a proposed partial ceasefire in the 3-year-old war in Ukraine on Monday, meeting representatives from Russia one day after holding separate…
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A United Europe Is What the United States Used to Want
“Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Italy, and Western Germany should form one federated state. To help this America could afford to spend a lot, because we’d get something successful, strong, sturdy. But the [European]…
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Why are African teams playing football against Russia? – DW – 03/24/2025
Russia may be banned from meaningful competitions and pariahs across much of the world over the war in Ukraine, but its national football team is not struggling too much to find willing opponents.
In the last year, Russia faced Syria,…
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France and UK now leaders of hard power in Europe, says Czech PM
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France and the UK are now the leaders of hard power in Europe, according to the Czech prime minister, despite Britain’s…
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