Around 73% of Ukrainians now want their country to “restore” its nuclear weapons, according to a recent opinion poll. Most Ukrainians (58%) were in favour of their country owning nuclear weapons, even if it meant losing western allies….
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How Many Ukrainians Will Remain In Their Country After The War?
Ukraine gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 with a population of about 52 million people — second in the U.S.S.R. only to Russia’s 147 million.
34 years later, that number has been cut nearly in half. Following the 2014…
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Will Trump force Europe into China’s arms?
There is a certain attractiveness to arguments that President Donald Trump’s blowing up of transatlantic relations will catalyse a rapprochement between Europe and China.
At a time when Europe is scrambling to shore up its own defences after…
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Most Americans are rooting for Ukraine. But nearly half think Trump prefers Russia.
A majority of American voters say their sympathies lie more with Ukraine than Russia in the war between the two countries. At the same time, nearly half say they think President Donald Trump favors Russia, while most of the remainder believe he…
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Trump will make — or break — Europe’s Russia sanctions – POLITICO
When the EU adopted its February wartime sanctions on Russia, officials omitted a Russian LNG ban, despite mounting pressure from capitals. The reason was the ongoing Trump talks: The EU didn’t want to propose a formal ban on Moscow’s fuel…
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Washington must get out of Europe’s way on defense
Soldiers assigned to the 14th Field Artillery Regiment, 75th Field Artillery Brigade fire rockets out of an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during a media engagement on camp Tapa, Estonia (US Army)
Europe is signaling that it is
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Ukraine’s army escapes from Kursk by the skin of its teeth
THE SIGNALS were coming fast and furious by the first week of March. Ukrainian forces in the Kursk bridgehead, an area of Russia that Ukraine seized last August, were becoming trapped. Aided by North Korean forces, Russia had tightened a noose…
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Italy one of five ‘dismantlers’ causing ‘democratic recession’ in Europe, report says | European Union
Italy’s government has profoundly undermined the rule of law with changes to the judiciary and showed “heavy intolerance to media criticism”, in an emblematic example of Europe’s deepening “democratic recession”, a coalition of civil…
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UK says over 30 countries will be involved in ‘coalition of the willing’ to discuss Ukraine
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Britain has said that over 30 countries will be involved in the “coalition of the willing” to help end the war in Ukraine, according to media reports on Monday.
“The UK expects more than 30 countries to be…
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What If Our Universe Is a Hologram? » ScienceABC
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The idea of residing within a hologram remains a hypothesis. It has not been universally accepted among physicists and continues to be one of several theories attempting to elucidate the fundamental nature of our universe.
Imagine, for a…
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