BERLIN (Reuters) -Foreign direct investment into Europe fell for the second consecutive year in 2024, reaching its lowest level in the last nine years, a survey by professional services group EY found.
FDI into Europe fell by 5% last year,…
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Finland gives 1% of its GDP in military aid to Ukraine—and says use it in Russia
As Russia’s war against Ukraine grinds into its fourth year, one country has quietly evolved from a cautious observer into a strategic partner: Finland. Long associated with military neutrality, Finland broke with decades of tradition by joining NATO in April 2023—a direct response to…
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If cease-fire talks fail, Trump needs to boost Ukraine aid AND hit Russia with sanctions
Thursday’s talks in Turkey between Moscow and Kyiv will serve as the latest test of whether Vladimir Putin is serious about a cease-fire deal.
And if Putin fails, President Donald Trump faces a test of his own.
The prez…
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Will Putin Be in Turkey for Peace Talks? Kremlin’s List Indicates Not.
Russia on Wednesday released a list of officials who will attend peace talks with Ukraine in Turkey. But a key person was missing: President Vladimir V. Putin.
The absence on the list of the Russian leader, who ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 that began the war, was a strong…
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Mike Lynch’s superyacht knocked over by ‘extreme wind’, report says
Joe Inwood & Tom GerkenBBC World correspondent & technology reporter
Ian Aikman & Eve WebsterBBC News
EPAThe Bayesian, pictured sailing near Palermo, in a photo released by manufactures Perini Navi A luxury superyacht that sank off the coast of Sicily, killing the tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch along…
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Pope Leo XIV meets Jannik Sinner at the Vatican and receives a racket of the tennis number one
“Shall we play?” asked the world tennis number one Pope Leo XIV, “Here, perhaps better not,” replied the Pontiff. Jannik Sinner and the newly elected Pope clearly had a whale of a time during a private audience at the Vatican on Wednesday morning.
It all started with a humorous…
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SpaceX Tests Starship Fixes After Back-to-Back Failures
SpaceX founder Elon Musk also wants Starship to fly to Mars, which will, likewise, require a mastery of in-space refueling. NASA may also soon rely on Starship and other massive commercial rockets to launch astronauts from Earth. The Trump administration has proposed canceling NASA’s Space…
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Expert advises mange expectations speaking about international force in Ukraine
In discussions about the format of the international Coalition of the Willing mission in Ukraine, the focus should be on specific and realistic objectives, without overpromising.
This opinion was expressed by Eric Ciaramella, a senior fellow with the Russia and Eurasia program…
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French PM Bayrou denies covering up Catholic school abuse scandal during parliamentary hearing
French Prime Minister François Bayrou vehemently denied any role in covering up decades of alleged abuse at a Catholic school in southwestern France, telling a parliamentary commission he had never been informed of wrongdoing.
The commission is examining whether Bayrou, who served…
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