Is It Time to Transfer Frozen Russian Assets to Ukraine? Calls Grow Louder.
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Is It Time to Transfer Frozen Russian Assets to Ukraine? Calls Grow Louder.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s rancorous threat to abandon Ukraine is stoking support for a long-debated proposal to use billions of dollars in frozen Russian assets to buy weapons for Ukraine and finance its reconstruction. The money — roughly $300 billion owned by Russia’s central bank…

European Leaders Look for Allies to Secure Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal
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European Leaders Look for Allies to Secure Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Britain and France have promised to muster a “coalition of the willing” to secure a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia. Now comes the acid test for Europe: How many countries will step up, and does that even matter, given Russia’s rejection of…

Europe Is Left with Hard Choices as Trump Sours on Ukraine
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Europe Is Left with Hard Choices as Trump Sours on Ukraine

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines European leaders have dealt with President Trump’s return to office by trying to keep him cooperating on Ukraine while pushing to ramp up their own defense spending so they are less reliant on an increasingly fickle America. But Friday’s meeting in the Oval…

Opinion | The Disturbing Question at the Heart of the Trump-Putin Drama
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Opinion | The Disturbing Question at the Heart of the Trump-Putin Drama

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The drama going on between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine raises one of the most disturbing questions I’ve ever had to ask about my own country: Are we being led by a dupe for Vladimir Putin — by someone ready…

Opinion | America and Russia Are on the Same Side Now
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Opinion | America and Russia Are on the Same Side Now

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines During the Cold War, large and influential Communist parties in Western Europe maintained ties with Moscow, ranging from sympathetic to subservient. The United States kept its distance and in many cases supported their opponents financially and politically. Now Europe is confronted with a…

Next Likely Chancellor Promises a Tougher Germany
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Next Likely Chancellor Promises a Tougher Germany

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Friedrich Merz, the man favored to be Germany’s next chancellor after elections on Sunday, is a conservative businessman who has never been a government minister and was forced out of party leadership years ago for challenging Angela Merkel. As a Christian Democrat and…

Europe, Dazed by Trump, Confronts Hard Choices in Ukraine
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Europe, Dazed by Trump, Confronts Hard Choices in Ukraine

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For years, European leaders have fretted about reducing their dependence on a wayward United States. On Monday, at a hastily arranged meeting in Paris, the hand-wringing gave way to harried acceptance of a new world in which Europe’s most powerful ally has begun…

Porsche Is No Longer a ‘Premium’ Sports Car in China
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Porsche Is No Longer a ‘Premium’ Sports Car in China

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines After decades of dominating China’s market for high-performance cars with precision engineering, German automakers are losing out to Chinese rivals that have shifted the definition of a high-end car to one that is electric, smart and affordable. Many new Chinese vehicles resemble their…

Starmer Offers to Send U.K. Troops to Ukraine as Part of Peace Deal
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Starmer Offers to Send U.K. Troops to Ukraine as Part of Peace Deal

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday offered British troops to help guarantee Ukraine’s security as part of any peace deal, as he and other European leaders rushed to coordinate a response to President Trump’s opening of talks with Russia about ending the war…

Left Out of Ukraine Talks, Europe Races to Organize a Response
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Left Out of Ukraine Talks, Europe Races to Organize a Response

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines While American officials prepared on Sunday for the start of talks with Russia over ending the war in Ukraine, European leaders were moving to formulate a response to President Trump’s rapid push for a settlement that appeared to leave them and Ukrainian officials…