New research reveals why life expectancy gains have slowed across Europe—and how proactive policies in some countries helped them weather the COVID-19 crisis better than others.
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Can Europe replace the US in Ukraine? – POLITICO
A U.S. withdrawal would not only cost Ukraine about half its arms, it would also deprive the country of many of its “most effective” ones, according to Ben Barry, senior fellow for land warfare at IISS.
Some U.S. systems such as Abrams…
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5 signs that a U.S.-Europe split is widening : NPR
Vice President JD Vance talks in front of the NATO logo at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 14.
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Russian federation to surrender seat on UEFA executive committee as war in Ukraine rages on
File picture of UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, right, shaking hands with Russian member of executive committee Alexander Dyukov during the 48th UEFA congress
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EU spends more on Russian oil and gas than financial aid to Ukraine – report | Russia
The EU is spending more money on Russian fossil fuels than on financial aid to Ukraine, a report marking the third anniversary of the invasion has found.
EU member states bought €21.9bn (£18.1bn) of Russian oil and gas in the third year of the…
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U.S. Votes Against U.N. Resolution Demanding Russian Withdrawal from Ukraine
A showdown over Ukraine between the United States and its longtime European allies played out in the United Nations on Monday, as the United States opposed an effort to condemn Russian aggression and call for the immediate withdrawal of Russian…
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio With Matthew Boyle for Breitbart News Network
QUESTION: Massive news today. The United States voted against a Europe-led resolution at the United Nations to condemn Russia for the invasion of Ukraine, and then later a U.S.-led resolution passed the Security…
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Sanctions rarely achieve their goals – here’s why they failed in Russia and Myanmar
Sanctions are, according to research, effective less than 10% of the time if success is defined as the complete compliance of a sanctioned regime with the imposed external pressure. Taking a more lenient view, which includes partial…
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Germany’s Friedrich Merz signals seismic shift in Europe-US relations
Big European powers have been shocked to the core by the Trump administration, which suggests it could revoke the security guarantees to Europe in place since 1945.
“I would never have thought that I would have to say something like this in a TV…
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Remarks at a UN General Assembly Emergency Special Session on Ukraine
Ambassador Dorothy Shea
Chargé d ’Affaires ad interim
New York, New York
February 24, 2025AS DELIVERED
Thank you, Mr. President.
Mr. President, excellencies, colleagues. Today marks three years since the escalation of the Russia-Ukraine…
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