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Merz avoids a blowup in the Oval, but Trump goes his own way on Russia

Germany’s new leader disarmed the president with praise, but their daylight on the war was clear.

June 5, 2025 7:50 pm CET

To free Russia from Putin we need to save Ukraine first, Russian opposition tells EU

Ukraine has previously accused some Russian opposition figures of echoing Putin’s imperialist views — particularly by hesitating to fully condemn Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.

June 5, 2025 3:50 pm CET

Trump launches probe into whether Biden aides concealed alleged decline

The investigation will look into whether Biden’s aides “conspired to deceive the public” about Biden’s mental and physical state.

June 5, 2025 10:33 am CET

Pope Leo XIV wants to stop AI playing God

The freshly appointed pope is challenging the technocracy of artificial intelligence.

June 4, 2025 4:30 am CET

Hegseth to skip Ukraine meeting at NATO headquarters

The absence of the U.S. defense secretary marks the first time in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group’s history that an American defense chief misses the monthly meeting.

June 4, 2025 2:00 am CET

The game plan of Zelenskyy’s powerful chief of staff

Zelenskyy’s chief of staff is accused of being a ruthless political operator. What are his ambitions?

June 3, 2025 4:01 am CET

Trump says he will double steel tariff to 50 percent

The president spoke in Pennsylvania Friday evening at a U.S. Steel facility.

May 31, 2025 10:19 am CET

Trump gives Putin 2 weeks for action on Ukraine as relationship frays

U.S. president “very disappointed” with Russian counterpart’s escalation of violence against Ukraine.

May 28, 2025 8:37 pm CET

Prague accuses China of hacking Czech foreign ministry

EU also slams Beijing for “malicious cyber campaign.”

May 28, 2025 11:08 am CET

Trump MAGAfies West Point

Appearing in a red MAGA cap, the president delivered what sounded at times like a rally speech to the crowd of West Point graduates.

May 25, 2025 9:48 am CET

In Trump’s war on clean energy, China (and everyone else) wins

It’s a shift from the U.S. president’s first term, and is driving a fresh wedge within his Republican Party.

May 22, 2025 4:31 am CET

Biden diagnosed with aggressive form of prostate cancer

The disease included “metastasis to the bone,” according to a statement from his personal office.

May 18, 2025 10:29 pm CET
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US ambassador to Ukraine quit over Trump administration’s ‘appeasement’ approach

Bridget Brink on Friday wrote that she couldn’t in good faith adhere to the diplomatic instructions coming out of the Trump White House.

May 18, 2025 8:41 pm CET

EU gets a win as US revokes AI chips caps

As one of its final acts in office, the Biden administration planned to limit some EU countries’ access to AI chips from this month.

May 14, 2025 11:13 am CET

We didn’t have the balls to fully back Ukraine under Joe Biden, says Boris Johnson

Johnson, who was U.K. PM when Russia invaded Ukraine, criticized the West’s Biden-era approach — and said Trump can do better.

May 13, 2025 5:47 pm CET
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Trump’s Gulf tour doesn’t bode well for Israel

For the U.S. president, Gaza is a sideshow, and he doesn’t want it disrupting his bigger diplomatic agenda of resets and mega deals.

May 13, 2025 4:00 am CET

US touts ‘productive’ talks with China, details coming Monday

“We will be giving details tomorrow, but I can tell you that the talks were productive,” said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

May 11, 2025 10:06 pm CET

Biden defends waiting until last minute to drop out of 2024 US election

Former U.S. president tells the BBC in his first major interview since leaving office that he doesn’t think withdrawing earlier would’ve helped Democrats beat Donald Trump.

May 7, 2025 11:59 am CET

Biden says Trump-Zelenskyy clash was ‘beneath America’

Former U.S. president says Trump’s approach to peace with Russia is “modern day appeasement.”

May 7, 2025 11:45 am CET

Trump wants the credit, but not the blame, for US economy

“I think the good parts are the Trump economy and the bad parts are the Biden economy because he’s done a terrible job,” Trump told NBC’s Kristen Welker.

May 4, 2025 3:41 pm CET

‘Anything can happen’: Trump doesn’t seem fazed by recession worries

Trump has blamed shaky economic numbers on his predecessor.

May 3, 2025 5:42 pm CET

Trump returns to his happy place on stage as poll numbers sink

The president lashed out at critics and celebrated the first 100 days of his second term in office.

April 30, 2025 5:06 am CET

EU cheers Mark Carney’s election win in Canada

The former top banker stood up to U.S. President Donald Trump on the campaign trail and secured a dramatic victory.

April 29, 2025 9:30 am CET

Conclave to elect next pope will start May 7

Cardinals must chose a successor to Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday

April 28, 2025 1:25 pm CET
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