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Europe should welcome Trump’s NATO spending call, says Poland’s Tusk

22 Jan 2025

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe should welcome rather than rebuff U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for other NATO members to ramp up their military spending, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday, stressing the importance of security to the continent. Trump has said members of the military alliance should spend 5% of their gross domestic …

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Iran says Swiss national who died in prison had photographed military sites

22 Jan 2025

DUBAI (Reuters) – A Swiss national who Iranian authorities said took his own life while in an Iranian jail after being arrested on suspicion of espionage had taken pictures of military sites, Iran’s judiciary spokesperson said on Wednesday. Switzerland had demanded detailed information on the reasons for the arrest of the 64-year-old man, who had …

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‘Be serious’, says Panama president on Trump ‘invasion’ question

22 Jan 2025

By Cecile Mantovani and Alexander Smith DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino responded “be serious, be serious” on Wednesday when asked in Davos whether he was concerned the U.S. would invade after President Donald Trump said he would take back the Panama Canal. Mulino declined to answer other questions after speaking on a …

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More than 2,400 aid trucks enter Gaza under truce, UN says no big looting issues

22 Jan 2025

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Nearly 900 humanitarian aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the third day of a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas, as a senior U.N. official said so far there had been no apparent law-and-order issues. The latest arrivals bring the three-day total to more than 2,400 …

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Sanchez says Spain pulling its weight in NATO after Trump criticism of defence spending

22 Jan 2025

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain is a “reliable partner” in NATO, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump criticised Madrid for falling short on its financial contributions to the defence alliance. Spain has increased defence spending by 70% in the last decade while its investment of 30% on new equipment was …

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ECB’s Villeroy: Trump policies unlikely to have much impact on euro inflation

22 Jan 2025

(Reuters) – The new Trump administration’s policies may affect inflation in the United States but are unlikely to have much impact on price pressures in Europe, ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Wednesday. “We could expect, but I say it very cautiously, this programme to have inflationary effects in the U.S. due to …

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy meets German opposition leader Merz

22 Jan 2025

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that he met with German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, just weeks before a federal election in Germany. “We discussed ways to further advance a just peace for Ukraine, as well as global challenges and the situation on the front lines,” Zelenskiy posted on social media …

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EU’s Kallas: Russia is posing an existential threat to our security

22 Jan 2025

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russia is posing an existential threat to the European Union’s security and to only way to address that is to increase spending on defence, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday, adding that the EU had for too long offered Russia alternatives. “Russia poses an existential threat to our security …

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