UK and Germany have stepped into the breach as leaders of the so-called Ramstein group, but it hadn’t been clear whether this was a temporary measure until now.
Category: 3. Europe
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US no longer to chair NATO-led group of key military allies
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US stocks remain volatile as bank earnings fail to cheer investors
US stocks were shaky on Friday as Wall Street’s monstrous week heads toward its close, while the rising price of gold, falling value of the US dollar and moves in other financial markets indicate more fear as President Donald Trump’s trade war with China escalates.
The S&P 500…
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Climate champion or catastrophe: Can AI ‘offset’ its own, growing emissions?
Love it or hate it, artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming part of our everyday lives. From online shopping to searching the web, AI is evolving into a useful, time-saving tool for people and corporations alike.
When it comes to climate change, AI is proving its usefulness there,…
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Is Norway introducing a visitor tax? Here’s all we know about its proposal to tackle overtourism
Norway has updated its plans for a visitor tax that hopes to tackle the negative effects of overtourism.
The government has announced it is lowering the proposed fee that local authorities will be able to charge tourists.
Minister of Trade and Industry Cecilie Myrseth has…
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Witkoff meets Putin as Trump urges Russia to ‘get moving’ on Ukraine
US special envoy Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg on Friday as Donald Trump urged the Russian president to “get moving” on a ceasefire in Ukraine.
It will be Witkoff’s third meeting with Putin this year, during which the US has failed to get Russia to agree to a full ceasefire…
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Italy transfers 40 rejected asylum seekers to detention centres in Albania
Italy on Friday transferred 40 migrants denied the right to remain in the country to Italian-managed detention centres in Albania — seemingly the first time an EU member state relocated rejected asylum seekers to a third place that is neither their country of origin nor a transit…
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Toxic dust and stressed seals: What the shrinking Caspian Sea could mean for people and nature
The world’s largest landlocked water body is shrinking at a rate that could critically endanger an iconic seal species, put coastal communities at risk and release toxic dust, new research reveals.
Water levels in the Caspian Sea – which is bordered by Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan,…
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Financial giants JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley see earnings jump
The robust earnings updates come as President Donald Trump’s tariffs have sent jitters through global markets this week.
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The big lesson for Europe? Trump backed down under pressure | Alexander Hurst
My condolences to everyone who spent days trying to play 5D chess with Donald Trump’s market-exploding tariff mess. Where Trump is involved, there is a cloud of malevolent chaos, and there is grift amid the chaos. What grandmasters there are to…
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UK economy sees unexpected growth spurt in February before tariff woes
The British economy, the world’s sixth-largest, recorded a growth spurt in February, ahead of US president Donald Trump’s tariff announcements in March.
The Office for National Statistics found that the British economy grew by 0.5% in February, ahead of market expectations for a…
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