This is Beirut, 15/02 15:15 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday warned the United States not to strike a deal with Russia "behind our backs", as he urged Europe to stand up and make its voice heard. Speaking at a gathering of top policymakers in Munich, the Ukrainian leader issued a rallying cry for Europe to take responsibility for its own security, ...
This is Beirut, 14/02 20:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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US Vice President JD Vance pledged Friday that Washington sought to secure a "lasting" peace as he held a first meeting with Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss Donald Trump's push for a deal with Moscow. The talks in Munich were seen as a key moment for Kyiv as it tries to keep Washington on its side after Trump ...
This is Beirut, 14/02 05:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Westerners on Thursday of Vladimir Putin's real intentions and called for Russia to be “stopped” before anything else, despite Donald Trump's assurances that the Russian president “wants peace”. The Europeans, shocked by the announcement of a first telephone ...
This is Beirut, 13/02 19:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US defence chief Pete Hegseth issued a call Thursday to "make NATO great again" -- urging European countries to spend more on defence with a twist on Donald Trump's trademark slogan. Meeting NATO partners the day after Trump revealed plans to start peace talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin, the Pentagon head said Washington remained committed to ...
This is Beirut, 13/02 14:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Russians were cautiously upbeat after Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump spoke by phone Wednesday, praising it as a "first step" towards repairing ruptured ties between the two nuclear-armed superpowers. In the first presidential contact between Moscow and Washington in three years, Trump said the pair agreed to "immediately" kick off talks on ...
This is Beirut, 12/02 23:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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U.S. President Donald Trump held two phone conversations on Wednesday with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, focusing on prospects for peace between the two countries. Trump and Putin agreed to launch "immediate" negotiations to end the conflict in Ukraine. The same applies to Ukraine, where ...
This is Beirut, 12/02 04:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was ready to swap land in negotiations with Russia, which freed an American prisoner in a gesture President Donald Trump described Tuesday as a goodwill gesture on ending the war. Zelensky, who will meet Friday at the Munich Security Conference with US Vice President JD Vance, a vocal critic of US ...
This is Beirut, 11/02 12:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump floated the idea that Ukraine "may be Russian someday", as his Vice President JD Vance gears up to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later this week. Pushing for an end to the nearly three-year war with Russia, Trump discussed the conflict in an interview with broadcaster Fox News that aired ...
Ali A. Hamadé, 11/02 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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With Donald Trump beginning a second term in the White House, Europe finds itself at a pivotal moment in an evolving geopolitical landscape. His first term had already shaken the transatlantic alliance by casting doubt on US security commitments to Europe. Now, his return is fueling heightened concerns and deepening mistrust among European ...
This is Beirut, 07/02 22:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US President Donald Trump said Friday he would "probably" meet Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky next week, as Russia said its forces had seized the key mining town of Toretsk in east Ukraine. Zelensky said the US and Ukraine were planning "talks" but did not confirm a meeting between the two leaders. "We're also planning meetings and talks at ...
This is Beirut, 07/02 14:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Russia reported strong economic growth for 2024 on Friday, as record spending on the military offensive against Ukraine outweighed the impact of Western sanctions. Moscow's massive ramp-up in military spending on soldiers and weapons has helped it defy predictions of a deep recession following the launch of its military campaign in February ...
This is Beirut, 05/02 12:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Kremlin on Wednesday dismissed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's statement that he was ready for direct talks with Russian counterpart Vladmir Putin to end fighting as "empty words". "So far this cannot be seen as anything but empty words," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists, after Zelensky said in an interview that he ...