Turkey Seen Backing Rutte for NATO Chief After Erdogan Meeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is likely to throw his weight behind Mark Rutte to become the next NATO chief within weeks after the Dutch prime minister visits Istanbul Friday. Turkey’s ... 04/25/2024 - 1:26 am | View Link
Watch live: Sunak meets Nato chief and Polish prime minister after Rwanda bill given green light Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile The group will visit the Warsaw Armoured Brigade before a delegation meeting. Mr Sunak and Mr Stoltenberg will then give a ... 04/22/2024 - 12:59 pm | View Link
State Department Officials Preview July 2024 NATO Summit The U.S. Institute of Peace held a discussion with State Department officials on preparations and priorities for the July 2024 NATO summit i… read more The U.S. Institute of Peace held a ... 04/22/2024 - 7:16 am | View Link
NATO chief says alliance working to send more air defense systems to Ukraine NATO is working to send more air defense systems to Ukraine, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday, noting that Ukraine had an "urgent, critical need for more air defense." "We have ... 04/17/2024 - 5:08 pm | View Link
Not if but when, Nato’s deputy chief says about Ukraine’s accession He said that support for Kyiv was “rock-solid” and that a July Nato summit in Washington would aim to forge a path to eventual membership. The Nato deputy secretary general played down fears ... 04/13/2024 - 1:56 am | View Link
Both President Joe Biden and Xi Jinping strongly reject the current U. S.-China competition as a new Cold War. As recently as September, Biden said that he doesn’t “want to contain China” and that “we’re all better off if China does well.” Xi, in turn, proclaimed that “China doesn’t want a cold war or a hot war with anyone,” following a meeting between the two in San Francisco in November.
(NEW YORK) — Large numbers of New York City police officers began entering the Columbia University late Tuesday as dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters remained on the campus.
Demonstrators had occupied Hamilton Hall hours earlier after setting up an encampment earlier in the month.
Students had defiantly set up tents again after police cleared an encampment at the university on April 18 and arrested more than 100 people.
mdash; Two men have been charged with cutting down the popular 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree next to Hadrian’s Wall last year in northern England, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, were charged with causing criminal damage and damaging the wall built in A. D. 122 by Emperor Hadrian to guard the northwest frontier of the Roman Empire.
They were ordered to appear in Newcastle Magistrates’ Court on May 15.
The sycamore’s majestic canopy between two hills made it a popular subject for landscape photographers.
LONDON — A man wielding a sword attacked members of the public and police officers in a east London suburb Tuesday, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring four others, British authorities said.
A 36-year-old man was arrested in a residential area near Hainault subway station, police said. The incident is not being treated as terror-related or a “targeted attack.”
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Police said the 14-year-old died in the hospital from his injuries.
King Charles III officially returned to public duties on Tuesday, following a months-long period of recuperation since being diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer in February.
The 75-year-old monarch opted for a cause close to home to mark his return to work. King Charles and Queen Camilla visited a cancer treatment center in London, where he greeted doctors, held hands with patients, and gave out gifts to children.
Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, became the first member of the British royal family to visit Ukraine since Russia launched its full scale invasion of the country in February 2022. Sophie is the wife of Prince Edward, the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II, and brother of King Charles III.
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The Duchess met Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska during the Monday visit.