Keir Starmer Talks Trump, Russia-Ukraine War and the Fragile Europe-US Alliance
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Keir Starmer Talks Trump, Russia-Ukraine War and the Fragile Europe-US Alliance

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines With a staccato burst, a horn sounded in the control room of the H.M.S. Vanguard, sending the crew of the nuclear-armed Royal Navy submarine to battle stations. The voice of the commanding officer crackled over the intercom. “Set condition 1SQ,” he said, ordering…

Germany, Orphaned by U.S., Shakes Off the Shock and Stirs to Action
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Germany, Orphaned by U.S., Shakes Off the Shock and Stirs to Action

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The United States gave Germany its democracy and its constitution. It supported German reunification when France and Britain had their doubts. It has some 35,000 troops in Germany, dedicated to the defense of Europe. But President Trump and his administration now see Europe…

Viktor Orban Is a Conservative Lodestar. Now He Wants to Fix the Price of Eggs.
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Viktor Orban Is a Conservative Lodestar. Now He Wants to Fix the Price of Eggs.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary pioneered many of the themes dear to conservatives in the United States, railing for years against “migration insanity,” “the woke virus” and “gender madness.” Now Mr. Orban is engaged in an effort that veers away from the…

Can Europe’s New Military Spending Help Its Economies?
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Can Europe’s New Military Spending Help Its Economies?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines From Brussels to Berlin, leaders across Europe are getting ready to spend hundreds of billions to rebuild their armies. The spending, they say, is necessary to prepare Europe for the dangers of a world where the United States no longer guarantees its security….

U.S. to Withdraw From Group Investigating Responsibility for Ukraine Invasion
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U.S. to Withdraw From Group Investigating Responsibility for Ukraine Invasion

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Justice Department has quietly informed European officials that the United States is withdrawing from a multinational group created to investigate leaders responsible for the invasion of Ukraine, including President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, according to people familiar with the situation. The…

Fear of Trump’s Tariffs Ripples Through France’s Champagne Region
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Fear of Trump’s Tariffs Ripples Through France’s Champagne Region

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines French Champagne producers do nearly a billion dollars’ worth of business with the United States every year. But on Friday in Épernay, the world capital of sparkling wine, the only number on anybody’s lips was 200. That was the percent tariff that President…

‘On the Tightrope’: Britain Tries to Bridge a Widening Trans-Atlantic Gap
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‘On the Tightrope’: Britain Tries to Bridge a Widening Trans-Atlantic Gap

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Five years after it left the European Union, Britain may have finally found a new role on the global stage — a gig that looks curiously like its old one. In the frantic few weeks since President Trump upended the trans-Atlantic alliance with…

Opinion | America Is Surrounded by Enemies … That We Created
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Opinion | America Is Surrounded by Enemies … That We Created

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Many years ago, I asked a friend who had been hired as a senior foreign policy official what he’d learned in government that he didn’t know beforehand. He replied: “I used to think policy-making was 75 percent about relationships. Now I realize it’s…

Europe Expected a Transactional Trump. It Got Something Else.
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Europe Expected a Transactional Trump. It Got Something Else.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump is no fan of the European Union. He has repeatedly claimed that the bloc was created to “screw” America, has pledged to slap big tariffs on its cars, and this week enacted global steel and aluminum levies that are expected to…

A Europe in Emotional Shock Grapples With a New Era
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A Europe in Emotional Shock Grapples With a New Era

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For decades a core objective of the Soviet Union was to “decouple” the United States from Europe. Decoupling, as it was called, would break the Western alliance that kept Soviet tanks from rolling across the Prussian plains. Now, in weeks, President Trump has…