Sat 22 February 2025: Without US support, Europe would have to invest €250 billion (approximately $239 billion) annually and deploy 300,000 additional soldiers to defend itself against Russia, according to a report released on Friday by the Bruegel Research Institute and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. The report highlights that Europe would need […]
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Sat 22 February 2025: Germany’s center-right CDU/CSU alliance has lost 2 percentage points just days before Sunday’s snap elections, while the far-right AfD has made slight gains. Conservative leader Friedrich Merz and his CDU/CSU bloc have fallen to 28% – their worst polling performance this year – according to the latest survey by public broadcaster […]
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Sat 22 February 2025: A poll released Wednesday shows that 55% of Americans believe tech billionaire Elon Musk-a key ally of US President Donald Trump, and head of an unofficial team tasked with cutting the US federal government budget-has too much power in influencing decisions that affect the nation. The Quinnipiac University survey, done on Feb. 3-17 with 1,039 […]
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Fri 21 February 2025: The interim Taliban administration Thursday called Afghanistan joining the Rome Statue “devoid of legal validity,” adding that it has no legal obligation to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The statement came after Karim Khan, the ICC chief prosecutor, last month sought two arrest warrants for Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and […]
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Fri 21 February 2025: The BBC has removed its documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone from iPlayer after it was revealed that its teenage narrator is the son of a Hamas official. The broadcaster stated that it is conducting “further due diligence” following mounting scrutiny. The film, which aired on BBC Two on Monday, […]
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Fri 21 February 2025: Lebanon’s Hezbollah will bury its former leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli air strike, in a mass funeral aimed at showing political strength after the group emerged badly weakened from last year’s war. Nasrallah was killed on 27 September 2024 in an Israeli […]
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Fri 21 February 2025: French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday evening urged Europeans to increase defense investments to ensure their own security. “We should spend more and spend better on European defense, making swift decisions at both national and European levels to enhance our autonomy and strength, because our security is at stake,” Macron said […]
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Fri 21 February 2025: France on Thursday withdrew from its sole military base in Ivory Coast, in West Africa, according to media reports. France’s Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu attended the official decommissioning ceremony at the base, local media reported. Ivory Coast, a former French colony, will continue cooperating with France on the military level, as previously announced by Ivorian […]
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Fri 21 February 2025: Russia will not accept European peacekeepers nor British troops on Ukrainian soil, the Russian ambassador to the UK said Thursday. “It is premature to talk about concessions as part of a peace deal,” Andrey Vladimirovich Kelin told the BBC. “I find that the British establishment is now in a state of […]
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Fri 21 February 2025: The closed-door summit in Riyadh will take place tomorrow, Saudi Arabia has said. Arab leaders are set to meet Friday in Saudi Arabia to discuss countering US President Donald Trump’s plan for United States control of the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip and the expulsion of its people, diplomatic and government sources have […]
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