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Trump did not specify which US officials were travelling to Moscow
US team headed to Moscow for Ukraine talks as Putin visits Kursk
WASHINGTON — US officials are headed to Russia to discuss a potential ceasefire in Ukraine, according to President Donald Trump.The news comes after Ukrainian officials agreed to a 30-day ceasefire following a highly anticipated meeting with American officials in Saudi Arabia.Earlier, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the "ball is truly in their [Russia's] court" and that the US believes the only way to end the fighting is through peace negotiations.The Kremlin has said it was studying the ceasefire proposal, and that a phone call between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is possible.Following the meeting in Jeddah on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky said it was now up to the US to convince Russia to agree to the "positive"...
March 13, 2025

US team headed to Moscow for Ukraine talks as Putin visits Kursk

Monica Semedo
EU's top court annuls Parliament fine over harassment allegations
BRUSSELS — The EU's top court on Wednesday annulled the finding of harassment and the sanction imposed by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on former MEP Monica Semedo (Luxembourg/Renew Europe/) on the grounds that rights of defense were not respected.Following a complaint by a former parliamentary assistant, the European Parliament's advisory committee adopted a report in November 2002 concluding that the alleged acts constituted psychological harassment.Metsola sent Semedo an anonymized version of the report the following month for her feedback - but the former Luxembourg MEP contested this report and unsuccessfully requested access to the entire file.In April 2023, the head of the European Parliament sanctioned Semedo for the second time during the 2019-2024...
March 12, 2025

EU's top court annuls Parliament fine over harassment allegations

Voters lining up to cast their ballots in parliamentary elections in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 11, 2025
Greenland’s opposition party wins closely-watched election dominated by Trump’s annexation threat
NUUK — Greenland’s pro-business opposition party won the Arctic island’s closely-watched parliamentary election on Tuesday, following a race dominated both by US President Donald Trump’s annexation threat and growing calls from residents for independence from Denmark.The Demokraatik party, which advocates for a slower approach to independence, won with 29.9% of the vote, according to official results.The incumbent ruling party Inuit Ataqatigiit and its coalition partner Siumut won a combined 36.1% of the vote. Inuit Ataqatagiit, a democratic socialist party, views independence as a long-term project requiring years of negotiation with Denmark and further economic improvement.Meanwhile the main opposition party Naleraq, which campaigned to sever ties with Denmark more quickly, won...
March 12, 2025

Greenland’s opposition party wins closely-watched election dominated by Trump’s annexation threat

Luís Montenegro arrived for a vote of confidence his government was set to lose
Portugal's parliament rejects confidence motion, brings down government
LISBON — The government of Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro has lost a vote of confidence, almost certainly pitching the country into its third general election in barely three years.MPs voted against him by 142 to 88 with no abstentions, toppling his right-of-center minority government.While Portugal's President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, is not obliged to dissolve the assembly, he had made clear that he would if the government lost Tuesday's vote, with fresh elections likely in May.The confidence motion was tabled by the government itself, after the opposition Socialists announced plans for a parliamentary inquiry into Montenegro's business dealings.A company called Spinumviva, set up by Luís Montenegro, continued to receive sizeable sums from clients he had...
March 12, 2025

Portugal's parliament rejects confidence motion, brings down government

The move was announced by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio after peace talks between the US and Ukraine in Saudi Arabia
US set to present 30-day ceasefire offer to Russia
LONDON — Ukraine has said it is ready to accept an immediate 30-day ceasefire with Russia proposed by the US, after a day of US-Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would present the offer to Russia and that "the ball is in their court" — Moscow is yet to publicly comment on the issue.Ukraine's President Volodomyr Zelensky said it was now up to the US to convince Russia to agree to the "positive" proposal.Tuesday's talks in Jeddah were the first official meeting between the two countries since the extraordinary clash between Zelensky and US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on 28 February.In a joint statement, the US also said it would immediately restart intelligence sharing and security assistance to Ukraine,...
March 12, 2025

US set to present 30-day ceasefire offer to Russia

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, left, Ukrainian Head of Presidential Office Andriy Yermak, center, and Ukrainian Minister of Defence Rustem Umerovto, right, hold a meeting with US officials in Jeddah on Tuesday.
Ukraine says talks with US 'started very constructively'
KYIV — Senior Ukrainian official Andriy Yermak said Tuesday that talks between the United States and Ukraine have “started very constructively.”“The meeting with the US team started very constructively, and we are working to bring about a just and lasting peace,” said Yermak, who is Ukraine’s presidential chief of staff.Yermak is part of Ukraine’s negotiation team, along with the country’s foreign minister, defense minister and other officials, who are meeting Tuesday with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and national security adviser Mike Waltz in Saudi Arabia.Meanwhile, Russia said it was hit by a “massive” Ukrainian drone attack overnight Tuesday, hours ahead of critical talks between officials from Washington and Kyiv.Moscow’s defense ministry said it had downed...
March 11, 2025

Ukraine says talks with US 'started very constructively'

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu, right, spoke with Ukrainian soldiers in a military camp in eastern France
Macron's defense spending plan drives open political divisions in France
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is spearheading an accelerating effort to reshape European security. He is taking the initiative just as the European Commission agrees on an €800bn plan to bolster European defense sovereignty in response to the rapprochement between Russia and the US, as well as US President Donald Trump’s increasing scorn towards both Ukraine and NATO.But as France's debate over military spending intensifies, political divisions mean the chances of finding consensus are increasingly slim.France currently allocates 2% of its GDP to its defence sector. Macron told French newspaper Le Figaro that he aims to raise defense spending up to 3.5% of the country’s GDP, a hike that would require an additional €30bn annually.Such a drastic increase would be a...
March 11, 2025

Macron's defense spending plan drives open political divisions in France

Hadja Lahbib
EU 'cannot afford complacency', Hadja Lahbib says on 5th anniversary of COVID pandemic
BRUSSELS — The EU "cannot afford complacency" and must ensure it is ready to face new health crises, the bloc's Crisis Preparedness Commissioner told Euronews to mark the fifth anniversary of COVID being declared a pandemic.The start of the pandemic was categorized by countries worldwide, including EU member states, scrambling and at times competing to secure what they needed to face the global health emergency and protect their health systems from collapse.Five years later, the EU is better prepared to face such a crisis but more needs to be done notably in how we approach stockpiling, Hadja Lahbib told Euronews in an emailed interview.Euronews: Five years after the onset of the pandemic, in what ways is the EU better prepared should such an event happen again?Lahbib: The...
March 11, 2025

EU 'cannot afford complacency', Hadja Lahbib says on 5th anniversary of COVID pandemic

This photo released by Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyev official telegram channel shows the site where one of the shot down Ukrainian drones fell, outside Moscow, Russia
Moscow hit by largest drone attack in three years, officials say
MOSCOW — At least three people have been killed — two in Moscow and one in Donetsk — and multiple injured as Russia and Ukraine traded fire ahead of talks on ending the war in Saudi Arabia.Ukraine launched a "massive" drone attack on Moscow overnight, according to local officials.The governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov, said two people — including a 50-year-old man — were killed in Moscow in the attack.He said the casualties were in the towns of Vidnoye and Domodedovo, located just outside the capital. Seven apartments were also damaged.In a post on social media, Vorobyov posted pictures allegedly showing one of the damaged apartments alongside burnt vehicles in a car park. He added that over a dozen — including children — had to be evacuated.Moscow's...
March 11, 2025

Moscow hit by largest drone attack in three years, officials say

A passenger stands inside a metro train, at the Oberkampf district east of Paris, France
Sexual violence on French public transport reaches record levels
PARIS — The number of reported victims of sexual violence on public transport hit a record high in France last year, a report has revealed.The study, which was published by the National Observatory on Violence Against Women on Monday, found that the annual number of victims had increased by 86% since 2016.In 2024, 3,374 victims of sexual violence on public transport were recorded by the police, 6% higher than the previous year and 9% above the figures seen in 2022, according to the report.The forms of abuse highlighted by the study included sexual harassment as well as rape and attempted rape.More than nine out of every 10 victims were women, with 75% of them aged under 30.The most affected area of the country was the Île-de-France region, where 44% of all incidents were recorded and...
March 11, 2025

Sexual violence on French public transport reaches record levels

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