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UK’s Starmer embraces Zelenskyy after Ukraine leader’s Oval Office showdown

UK’s Starmer embraces Zelenskyy after Ukraine leader’s Oval Office showdown

After effusive praise from British prime minister, Zelenskyy will attend European leaders summit and meet with King Charles on Sunday.

Keep Trump sweet with defense spending, Russia’s neighbors tell Europe

Keep Trump sweet with defense spending, Russia’s neighbors tell Europe

Zelenskyy says Trump support ‘crucial’ after bruising Oval Office clash

Sharing France’s nuclear umbrella? No way, says Le Pen

German election rekindles old divisions

EU to help Ukraine replace Musk’s Starlink

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Europe must show leadership against Trump’s ‘ruthlessness,’ Baerbock says

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Orbán and Fico look to derail European unity on Ukraine ahead of London summit

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Trump promises to pardon Pete Rose

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Musk is ‘here to stay’ in Trump administration, adviser says

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Le Pen says Trump-Zelenskyy clash exposes Europe’s weakness

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Kurdish militant group PKK declares truce with Turkey after 40 years of conflict

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'Free world needs a new leader': Europe defends Zelenskyy after Trump attack

‘Free world needs a new leader’: Europe defends Zelenskyy after Trump attack

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World’s cartoonists on this week’s events

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World’s cartoonists on this week’s events

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Money alone can't stop Europe’s industrial twilight

Money alone can’t stop Europe’s industrial twilight

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Who is Friedrich Merz? Meet Europe's most powerful leader as US turns its back

Who is Friedrich Merz? Meet Europe’s most powerful leader as US turns its back

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Alice Weidel took the German far right to new heights. Here's how she did it.

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Merz won the German election. Here’s what it means for Europe.

Merz won the German election. Here’s what it means for Europe.

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Zelenskyy says Trump support 'crucial' after bruising Oval Office clash

Zelenskyy says Trump support ‘crucial’ after bruising Oval Office clash

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Trump, Vance attack on Zelenskyy angers many. But Russians and (some) Republicans love it.

Trump, Vance attack on Zelenskyy angers many. But Russians and (some) Republicans love it.

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‘The insolent pig finally got a proper slap’: Russia celebrates Trump’s Zelenskyy takedown

‘The insolent pig finally got a proper slap’: Russia celebrates Trump’s Zelenskyy takedown

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Green diplomacy survives as UN strikes deal on biodiversity finance

Green diplomacy survives as UN strikes deal on biodiversity finance

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How Germany’s far right intends to use its big stage in opposition

How Germany’s far right intends to use its big stage in opposition

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Why more Trump LNG? Green advocates slam EU’s ‘disastrous’ energy price plan

Why more Trump LNG? Green advocates slam EU’s ‘disastrous’ energy price plan

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Pharma braces for tariffs as Trump threatens to buck trade convention

Pharma braces for tariffs as Trump threatens to buck trade convention

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Starmer to walk Trump tightrope

Starmer to walk Trump tightrope

Can Germany’s next chancellor help Europe deal with Trump?

Can Germany’s next chancellor help Europe deal with Trump?

How to survive No 11 Downing Street

How to survive No 11 Downing Street

Trump ally Dan Crenshaw: Europe needs to boost its defense or 'shut up'

Trump ally Dan Crenshaw: Europe needs to boost its defense or ‘shut up’

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France

Algeria blasts French government for following 'orders from the far right' in immigration row

Algeria blasts French government for following ‘orders from the far right’ in immigration row

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Deadly knife attack reignites France's politically charged immigration debate

Deadly knife attack reignites France’s politically charged immigration debate

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Macron gets platitudes but nothing concrete from Trump

Macron gets platitudes but nothing concrete from Trump

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The Continent

Belgium's new Cabinet is a boys' club

Belgium’s new Cabinet is a boys’ club

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Czech farmers lead fresh EU border protests over Ukraine, LatAm trade deals

Czech farmers lead fresh EU border protests over Ukraine, LatAm trade deals

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How Czech-Slovak relations went south as Robert Fico turned east

How Czech-Slovak relations went south as Robert Fico turned east

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Greece says EU's central bank could play role in Europe's defense crisis

Greece says EU’s central bank could play role in Europe’s defense crisis

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Britain

How Keir Starmer buttered up Donald Trump

How Keir Starmer buttered up Donald Trump

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UK hikes defense spending to 2.5 percent by cutting aid

UK hikes defense spending to 2.5 percent by cutting aid

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Inside Starmer's plan to woo Trump with a defense spending surprise

Inside Starmer’s plan to woo Trump with a defense spending surprise

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Washington

Donald Trump might have made a bad mineral deal with Ukraine

Donald Trump might have made a bad mineral deal with Ukraine

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What Germany’s Election Means for America — and the World

What Germany’s Election Means for America — and the World

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Trump baselessly slams Starmer, Macron for failing to help Ukraine

Trump baselessly slams Starmer, Macron for failing to help Ukraine

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Brussels

Internal backlash saved EU green finance rules from extinction

Internal backlash saved EU green finance rules from extinction

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Hungary demands to see all European Commission contracts with NGOs

Hungary demands to see all European Commission contracts with NGOs

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Von der Leyen floats EU effort to finance missiles, ammunition and air defense

Von der Leyen floats EU effort to finance missiles, ammunition and air defense

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Big EU countries push expanded carbon border tax to help repay Covid debt

Big EU countries push expanded carbon border tax to help repay Covid debt

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Germany

Merz dashes to Paris for surprise talks with Macron as security fears weigh on EU

Merz dashes to Paris for surprise talks with Macron as security fears weigh on EU

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German election rekindles old divisions

German election rekindles old divisions

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What the new German government means for Ukraine

What the new German government means for Ukraine

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Opinion

Unlike Trump, Europe can't afford to take Putin at his word

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Unlike Trump, Europe can’t afford to take Putin at his word

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Can Germany's humbled political establishment regroup?

Can Germany’s humbled political establishment regroup?

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Why Putin is finally negotiating

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Why Putin is finally negotiating

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Why is USAID's death being met with silence?

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Why is USAID’s death being met with silence?

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