Ukraine is starting to consider a shift away from the US dollar, possibly linking its currency more closely to the euro amid the splintering of global trade and its growing ties to Europe, Central Bank Governor Andriy Pyshnyi told…
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China’s Xi Jinping in Russia for Victory Day amid exchange of fire with Ukraine | World News
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arrived in Russia to participate in the 80th anniversary of Victory Day, as the country traded fire with Ukraine just hours before.
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Russian shelling of Ukrainian military facilities caused environmental damage worth UAH 367 B
As of the first quarter of 2025, the environmental damage caused by the shelling of Ukrainian military facilities by the Russian army is estimated at about UAH 367 billion, which is equivalent to about USD 9 billion.
According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the
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The Deserters by Mathias Énard — dual storylines inspired by the fallout of war
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Having begun working on a book about a fictional East German mathematician, Mathias Énard found that the war in Ukraine “invaded [his] notebooks . . . The…
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The witnesses: second world war survivors from across Europe share their stories | Second world war
Eighty years ago today, on 8 May 1945, the second world war in Europe came to an end with the unconditional surrender of Germany’s armed forces. The number of people who remember the war – and how it finished – decreases every year, even as…
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Czech Billionaire Michal Strnad Profits From Europe’s Defense Ramp Up
Weapons maker Michal Strnad likes to say he works in the business of defense. As Europe re-arms on a massive scale, it’s proving a lucrative place to be.
His closely-held Czechoslovak Group AS, which started out trading Soviet military…
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France and Poland’s reconciliation is a sign of Europe’s alarm over US disengagement | Paul Taylor
In the city where a dethroned Polish king once governed a French province and built enduring landmarks, the leaders of France and Poland will sign a treaty on Friday that could be the first formal step towards extending French nuclear deterrence…
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