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Poland vows to ensure EU defence funding after presidential veto

Poland vows to ensure EU defence funding after presidential veto

Poland's centrist government on Friday unveiled a "Plan B" for financing the modernisation of its military and arms industry, after nationalist President Karol Nawrocki's veto of nearly 44 billion euros in European loans. Lawmakers in Poland, the largest country on NATO's eastern

Moscow pushes US to ease more oil sanctions

Moscow pushes US to ease more oil sanctions

Moscow on Friday urged the United States to lift more sanctions on its oil exports to stabilise the global energy markets, upended by the war in the Middle East. The United States has eased some sanctions imposed over Russia's full-scale offensive on Ukraine, prompting backlash from Western

Zelensky arrives in Paris for talks on pressuring Russia

Zelensky arrives in Paris for talks on pressuring Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Paris on Friday, his spokesman said, for talks with President Emmanuel Macron on ramping up pressure on Russia. The visit comes as talks brokered between Kyiv and Moscow by the United States to end the four-year invasion have been derailed by the US-

China says vice premier to leave Saturday for US economic talks in France

China says vice premier to leave Saturday for US economic talks in France

China's top economic official will leave on Saturday for talks with his US counterpart in France, Beijing said, less than three weeks before President Donald Trump's expected summit with President Xi Jinping. The discussions in Paris between the world's top two economies were confirmed

Moscow piles pressure on US over oil sanctions

Moscow piles pressure on US over oil sanctions

Moscow said on Friday that the global energy market "cannot remain stable" without its oil, piling pressure on Washington to lift more sanctions as the Middle East war strangles supplies. The United States has eased some oil sanctions on Russia imposed over its invasion of Ukraine, prompting backlash

Thousands of Chinese boats mass at sea, raising questions

Thousands of Chinese boats mass at sea, raising questions

Thousands of Chinese fishing boats have been massing in geometric formations in the East China Sea, in coordinated actions that experts believe are part of Beijing's preparations for a potential regional crisis or conflict. Monitoring ship-tracking data on Christmas Day, Jason Wang could tell something "unusual&

Takaichi to be 'candid' with Trump as war hurts Japan

Takaichi to be 'candid' with Trump as war hurts Japan

Japan is hurting from the Iran war ahead of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's visit to Washington next week. She has promised to be "candid" with the US president. How forthright Japan's first woman premier can afford to be in their March 19 meeting, and