European leaders race to respond after US policy shift on Ukraine
Europe • Feb 17, 2025, 7:21 PM
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European leaders sought to find a unified response at an emergency summit in Paris Monday following a shock policy shift on the war in Ukraine by US President Donald Trump. The talks were held as Washington and Moscow's top diplomats were due Tuesday to have a first face-to-face meeting since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly three years ago.
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Russia agrees to resume dialogue with US ‘on all parametres’ of Ukraine war
Europe • 10:44 AM
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Russia is going to resume dialogue with the United States “on all parametres” of the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin said Thursday. The announcement comes just two days after Moscow and Washington held a meeting on Ukraine in Saudi Arabia without inviting ne
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French pension deficit set to more than double in a decade – despite reform
Europe • 10:30 AM
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Despite France’s recent pension overhaul raising the general retirement age from 62 to 64, the country’s pension deficit is expected to more than double between 2035 and 2045 alone, the French audit office said Thursday. President Emmanuel Macron’s unpop
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Germany: final face off before the legislative elections, Scholz promises to ward off AfD
Europe • 10:02 AM
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German voters will go to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament that will determine how the country is run for the next four years. Conservative Friedrich Merz is the strong favourite to become the next chancellor after a bitterly fought campaign roi
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Crowfunding weaponry for Ukraine: activist and comedian raises €200 million in 3 years
Europe • 9:56 AM
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In Ukraine, a spirit of defiance is growing, particularly among the many civil society organisations that have been helping the war effort over the past three years - crowdfunding drones and other weaponry for the army. Our correspondent Gulliver Cragg h
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