The Dutch have also declined to take part, while a Danish diplomat, like others granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive topic, told POLITICO that Copenhagen was not even invited to join. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is considering whether to take part, said Tuesday it was “very difficult to imagine how we and Russia would […]
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump said he’s reached an agreement with NATO on a Greenland framework and will not be imposing planned tariffs on European allies. The president said in a social media post the deal “will be a great one” for both the U.S. and NATO allies, but did not elaborate on the details of the agreement with […]
Continue ReadingOTTAWA — A federal court has overturned a Liberal government order to shut down TikTok Canada’s business operations, ordering Industry Minister Mélanie Joly to take another look at the app that more than 14 million Canadians use. On Wednesday, a federal court judge quashed the Liberal government’s order that would have shuttered the tech company’s […]
Continue ReadingUnlike his predecessors, Trump doesn’t observe the courteous fiction that the transatlantic alliance is one of equals. He has stripped all that away; his approach to diplomacy is that he is the boss and his allies need to understand their places. Time and again, he has put Washington’s transatlantic allies on the spot — from […]
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump said he will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday. The president’s meeting with Zelenskyy is scheduled to take place after a Gaza Board of Peace event in Davos and follows bilateral meetings on Wednesday with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the leaders […]
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump ruled out military force to acquire Greenland in his remarks Wednesday to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, providing a momentary sense of relief to Europe after weeks of worry that the U.S. would enter a confrontation with NATO. “We probably won’t get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength […]
Continue ReadingAccording to Rutte, the big economies in Europe — including Spain, Italy and France — would have never agreed to allocate 2 percent of their GDP to defense if Trump had not become the U.S. president again. “No way, without Donald Trump this would never have happened. They’re all on 2 percent now,” Rutte said. […]
Continue ReadingThe European Commission on Tuesday unveiled its proposal to revamp the bloc’s Cybersecurity Act. The bill seeks to crack down on risky technology vendors in critical supply chains ranging across energy, transport, health care and other sectors. Though the legislation itself does not name any specific countries or companies, it is widely seen as being […]
Continue ReadingBut according to new research, between the ban on direct imports coming into force in 2022 and the end of 2025, the U.K. has nonetheless imported £4 billion of jet fuel and other oil products made at refineries in India and Turkey, which run partially on Russian crude. The analysis, by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air […]
Continue ReadingA local residents’ group opposed to the embassy is lining up senior lawyer Charles Banner, who has previously advised the U.K. government on different planning matters, to mount a legal challenge. And some of the prime minister’s own Labour Party lawmakers are considering offering their support, given it is realistically the only route left for […]
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