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Trump says Crimea to ‘stay with Russia’

Trump says Crimea to ‘stay with Russia’

“Everybody understands that it’s been with them for a long time,” U.S. president says in interview with Time magazine.

April 25, 2025 3:13 pm CET
Ukraine’s spy chief vows revenge for Russian strike on Kyiv
Trump Organization is selling 2028 hats
Trump talks tariffs. The EU talks free trade with the rest of the world.
Hungary on EU watchlist over surveillance at Pride
Trump says he’s got his ‘own deadline’ for Ukraine talks as tensions flare
German coalition member backs US easing Nord Stream sanctions in Russia peace talks
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Trump ‘not happy’ with Putin for attack on Kyiv amid tense ceasefire negotiations

The president’s criticism is a shift from his usual blaming of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the ongoing conflict.

April 24, 2025 4:19 pm CET

UK lifts sanctions on Syria’s defense ministry

Downing Street said the move would promote regional stability and “encourage the return of Syrian refugees.”

April 24, 2025 3:19 pm CET

After EU fines, Big Tech wants Trump to swoop in

Two big penalties overseas could be just what the industry needed to get the White House’s attention. Will Trump now try to roll back European tech rules?

April 24, 2025 9:43 am CET

Europe’s debt set to surge again in new era of uncertainty, IMF warns

But the Fund gives its implicit backing to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ plans to stabilize U.K. public finances.

April 24, 2025 4:30 am CET

White House debates lifting sanctions on Russian energy assets, Nord Stream

The debate pits Steve Witkoff against State Department and U.S. energy export proponents.

April 24, 2025 2:15 am CET

UK bans export of ‘killer’ video games controllers to Russia

Clampdown comes amid 150 new trade sanctions against Russia.

April 24, 2025 1:00 am CET

Trump squeezes Zelenskyy on peace deal as US leaders skip talks in Europe

Trump suggested Ukraine did not try hard enough to get control of Russian-occupied Crimea, pressuring Zelenskyy on a peace deal to ”GET IT DONE.”

April 23, 2025 8:02 pm CET

France floats resurrecting doomed EU-US trade deal it used to oppose

Lombard said he hoped the two sides could avert a trade war with “a win-win” solution.

April 23, 2025 6:38 pm CET

Time was right for US Big Tech penalties, EU competition chief says

The European Commission has been accused of dragging its feet to avoid inflaming Donald Trump’s trade war.

April 23, 2025 6:30 pm CET

Longtime US allies say they have ways to fight back against Trump, and they’ll use them

Plans are being drawn up and, as one EU diplomat said, “We’ll take decisions to protect ourselves.”

April 23, 2025 4:40 pm CET

Exposed: The links between world chess and Russia’s war machine

How Vladimir Putin uses the iconic strategy game to his advantage.

April 23, 2025 4:01 am CET

Trump’s trade war will have ‘profound impact’ on UK economy, says Reeves

The U.K. chancellor is in Washington this week for talks with finance ministers including U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

April 22, 2025 11:00 pm CET
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Senate Republican wants to hold hearings on a 9/11 conspiracy theory

Sen. Ron Johnson could use his gavel of a far-reaching committee to probe the 2001 attacks.

April 22, 2025 8:07 pm CET

IMF: Trump tariffs are crashing world economy, with US worst off

The multilateral lender thinks the U.S. will be hurt more than either Europe or China by Donald Trump’s tariff blitz.

April 22, 2025 3:16 pm CET

Blow for UK’s Reeves as IMF slashes growth forecasts

Latest figures put Britain’s GDP growth this year lower than Canada and the U.S.

April 22, 2025 3:00 pm CET

Dutch spies warn Russian attacks on Europe included bid to sway EU election

“The potential effect on our security is unprecedented,” says military intelligence chief about Moscow’s intensifying hybrid warfare.

April 22, 2025 12:55 pm CET

Can France and Germany’s new love-fest survive their lingering differences?

Paris and Berlin have been at loggerheads for years, but things are at last looking up.

April 22, 2025 4:00 am CET

Harvard sues Trump administration over $2 billion cut to federal funding

The Trump administration has threatened to withhold up to $9 billion in grants to the university over the treatment of Jewish students that it says violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.

April 21, 2025 11:58 pm CET
Obituary

The complex legacy of Pope Francis

His was a dramatic papacy, frustrating conservatives and progressives alike. Beloved by the faithful, he leaves behind a divided Church.

April 21, 2025 10:27 am CET

US’s Vance pays flash visit to Pope Francis

Brief Easter Sunday meeting follows recent spat over migration between the Trump administration and the Holy See.

April 20, 2025 2:29 pm CET

Putin violated his own Easter truce thousands of times, Zelenskyy says

Moscow said its forces were “strictly observing” the ceasefire and accused Ukraine of violating the pause in fighting.

April 20, 2025 1:43 pm CET

The ‘worst thing’: Meloni interpreter apologizes after stumble at White House

Valentina Maiolini-Rothbacher said the incident during Meloni’s meeting with Trump was a “terrible setback.”

April 19, 2025 12:27 pm CET

Trump says US could walk away from Russia-Ukraine war deal

The president also refused to commit to continued support for Ukraine’s military if that came to pass.

April 18, 2025 8:15 pm CET

Russia wounds over 100 with new cluster supersonic missile on Ukraine’s Kharkiv

The attack marks the third consecutive week Moscow has used ballistic missiles against civilian areas.

April 18, 2025 5:46 pm CET
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