Aerial view of Diocletian’s Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Split, Croatia’s second-largest city.
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Ukraine: A deafening silence: Ukrainians held incommunicado, forcibly disappeared and tortured in Russian captivity
Russia’s treatment of Ukrainian military personnel and civilian in captivity amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity. Thousands of members of the Ukrainian forces are currently held captive in Russia and occupied Ukraine as prisoners…
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Zelensky ready to work under Trump’s ‘strong leadership’ after ‘regrettable’ showdown
Zelensky extends olive branch to Trump after US aid pausepublished at 20:16 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March
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Image source, ReutersOvernight, it was announced that US President Donald Trump had suspended…
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7 Things: Tariffs are here; Ukraine is cut off; Tuberville loses fight over men in girls’ sports; and more …
7. Former Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban broke his long-standing political silence by endorsing Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox’s re-election campaign, citing Maddox’s exceptional leadership as pivotal to making Tuscaloosa the best…
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Trump hits ‘pause’ on US aid to Ukraine after Oval Office blowout with Zelenskyy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday directed a “pause” to U.S. assistance to Ukraine as he seeks to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to engage in negotiations to end…
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Europe’s Looming Welfare State vs. Military Decision
Europeans were barely getting their head around spending NATO’s official target of 2 percent of their GDP toward defense when U.S. President Donald Trump upped his ask to 5 percent. That caused some panic, but it was also easy to dismiss…
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Europe has the resources to defend itself and back Ukraine against Russia
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled an unprecedented $840 billion plan to increase EU defense spending…
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‘Europe’s moment:’ EU unveils $843B ‘ReArm Europe’ spending plan, as US-Ukraine relations flail
Ursula von der Leyen delivers an announcement on a new $843 billion EU defense package (European Commission)
BELFAST — As allies brace for the US to cut military funding for Ukraine, the European Union announced today a new €800 billion…
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Europe’s Critical Choices: Securing Ukraine Without Trump
There is little more U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration could do to signal that their objectives in Ukraine radically differ from those of Europe. And yet, Europeans continue to be in denial.
To put it bluntly: For Trump, Ukraine…
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How Kyiv Can Persist in the Face of a Hostile Washington
Last week, the world witnessed a contentious, on-camera Oval Office confrontation between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, U.S. President Donald Trump, and U.S. Vice President JD Vance. What began as a relatively standard exchange quickly…
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