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Europe’s warplanes fly to Japan to keep an eye on Russia and China

Europe’s warplanes fly to Japan to keep an eye on Russia and China

Germany, France and Italy will take part in joint exercises with Tokyo this summer, as the threats from Moscow and Beijing grow.

July 24, 2024 5:30 pm CET
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Trump ally warns Eastern Europe to rapidly increase defense budgets

The adviser says frontline countries should spend 10 percent on defense to fend off Russia.

July 8, 2024 8:46 pm CET

The magnificent mind of Emmanuel Macron

The president is a lonely, tragic figure whose strange personality has inflicted chaos and carnage on French politics.

July 8, 2024 11:52 am CET

How Taiwan conquered US politics — and showed Europe how it’s done

The island democracy off the coast of China has wooed friends in every U.S. faction and region — and that’s its greatest source of strength and protection.

July 6, 2024 3:59 pm CET

EU chips plan to send emissions soaring, report finds

The bloc is keen to expand its microchips production, but the sector risks becoming a major polluter.

June 19, 2024 6:00 am CET

Ukraine can strike Russian targets with Dutch F-16s

The Dutch position contrasts with Belgian policy, under which donated F-16s cannot be used by Kyiv to hit targets inside Russia.

June 3, 2024 10:04 am CET
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World’s cartoonists on this week’s events

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June 1, 2024 4:01 am CET

Kyiv’s dilemma: Gaza overshadows Ukraine for non-NATO countries

Kyiv already struggled to convince countries not in NATO to back its cause. The war in the Middle East has made that even harder.

May 31, 2024 12:33 am CET

China takes aim at EU’s planes and farmers as trade war brews

China’s Commerce Ministry has sent a letter to the EU trade chief to express annoyance at recent trade probes and calling for a reset. 

May 30, 2024 5:37 pm CET

How Brexit (and Donald Trump) brought Britain and Japan together

Two island nations bookending the Eurasian continent are joining forces to combat the growing threat from neighboring autocracies.

May 14, 2024 6:21 pm CET

Europe eyes car chips as next battleground with China

Commission will start questioning its industry about competition with China and others on older-generation microchips.

May 14, 2024 5:29 pm CET

Lithuania election: Gitanas Nausėda wins first round of presidential vote

He’ll face Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė in a runoff vote on May 26.

May 13, 2024 8:50 am CET

Macron meets Xi: Two emperors on the edge of two wars 

Amid arguments over electric cars, cognac and Ukraine, the French president’s dinner with China’s Xi Jinping may not be much fun. 

May 5, 2024 3:57 pm CET
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Britain moves to a war footing — but where should the extra money go?

Updating our defense posture isn’t just about increasing conventional combat mass. The full spectrum of warfare — including cyber, space, gray zone, training and the ability to rapidly replenish stockpiles — must all be factored in.

April 29, 2024 4:00 am CET

Blinken tells Beijing: Stop boosting Russia or face punishments

He says China needs to do more to curb precursor chemical exports fueling the U.S. opioid overdose epidemic.

April 26, 2024 2:38 pm CET

Xi warns Blinken: Stop being two-faced

America is “saying one thing and doing another,” Chinese leader cautions top US diplomat.

April 26, 2024 11:22 am CET

US Senate advances Ukraine, Israel aid package toward final passage

The question now is how long it takes to get to the final vote.

April 23, 2024 9:58 pm CET

Israeli strikes on Rafah kill 18, as Gaza death toll tops 34,000

Attacks come hours after U.S. House passed $26.3 billion in aid to Israel.

April 21, 2024 12:53 pm CET

US House passes Israel aid, sending full foreign assistance package to Senate

Bill includes $26.3B in assistance for Israel, six months after the Hamas attack.

April 20, 2024 8:44 pm CET

Mike Pence warns Putin will wage war on NATO if Ukraine loses

Former U.S. vice president calls on Congress to approve funding for Ukraine aid, saying that “isolation is never the answer.”

April 18, 2024 5:14 pm CET

‘We won’t write blank checks’: Biden urges Congress to pass Ukraine and Israel aid

“There are moments in history that call for leadership and courage. This is one of them,” the president wrote.

April 17, 2024 7:00 pm CET

US House to act on Israel aid, but Ukraine up in the air, after Iran’s attack

Speaker Mike Johnson has touted a plan for Israel aid while facing pressure for months to act on assistance to Ukraine.

April 14, 2024 9:26 pm CET

Why Germany’s Scholz is bowing to the Chinese dragon

Ignoring pressure from Washington, chancellor seeks Beijing’s embrace.

April 12, 2024 4:00 am CET

Israel and Ukraine dominate Biden’s life. China gets its moment this week.

The irony of Biden’s meetings this week is he gets to show how much Asia work his team has done while highlighting their relative lack of China focus.

April 11, 2024 4:48 am CET
Letter from Tokyo

Japan hunkers down for Trump 2.0

The possible return of Donald Trump to the White House has bred a deep sense of insecurity among Japan’s business and political elite.

April 9, 2024 11:26 am CET
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