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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Royal Navy said on Wednesday it monitored a Russian warship and merchant vessel this week on a voyage through the English Channel and North Sea. HMS Somerset, which has conducted similar operations involving Russian vessels in the past, “watched every move” as Russia’s Boikiy warship escorted the Baltic Leader through UK …

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By Andreas Rinke, Riham Alkousaa and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -The parties hoping to form Germany’s next government on Tuesday agreed to create a 500 billion euro infrastructure fund and overhaul borrowing rules in a tectonic spending shift to revamp the military and revive growth in Europe’s largest economy. Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the Social …

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By Andrew MacAskill and John Irish LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President JD Vance denied on Tuesday disrespecting Britain and France by describing a planned peacekeeping force in Ukraine as 20,000 troops from some “random country that has not fought a war in 30 or 40 years”. Vance’s comments about the planned British- and French-led European …

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PRAGUE (Reuters) – Europe must engage the United States in security debates and help find a way to bring it closer to Ukraine after the halt of U.S. military aid to Kyiv, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said on Tuesday. Europe also needs to focus on being ready to replace U.S. support for Ukraine and …

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By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan is learning from companies in Ukraine which continue to operate during the country’s fight against Russia, a senior Taiwan official told Reuters on Wednesday, as the island speeds up contingency planning amid heightened Chinese threats. China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, despite the objection of …

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By Erin Banco, Gram Slattery and Andrea Shalal NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he appreciated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s willingness to sign a minerals deal with the United States and come to the negotiating table under his leadership to bring a lasting peace closer in Kyiv’s war with Russia. Trump …

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