UK and Germany military chiefs issue rare joint call to rearm

The heads of the British and German armed forces have issued an unprecedented joint appeal urging European citizens to back higher defense spending, warning that Moscow’s military stance has decisively shifted westward and that deterring Russian aggression will require difficult public choices. Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton,......

Eurozone finance ministers push to strengthen euro’s global role

Finance ministers from the 20 eurozone countries met in Brussels on Monday to outline steps aimed at boosting the international standing of the euro, as Europe seeks to lessen its reliance on the US dollar amid mounting geopolitical and economic pressures. The meeting, chaired by Greek Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Kyriakos Pierrakakis,......

Rabobank warns ECB euro liquidity plan could widen trade deficits

Rabobank has raised concerns over the European Central Bank’s decision to expand its euro repo facility to central banks worldwide, warning that the move could require larger European trade deficits and a stronger euro, outcomes that may prove politically sensitive across member states. In its Global Daily report published Sunday, the......

Machado says Cuba and Nicaragua will follow after Venezuela’s fall

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado told an international audience that the collapse of President Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela would trigger a broader liberation across the region, predicting that Cuba and Nicaragua would be next to break free from authoritarian rule. Machado spoke via video to global......

Charli XCX declares end of brat summer at Berlin premiere

Charli XCX has closed the chapter on her defining “Brat” era, telling reporters at the Berlin Film Festival that the cultural wave surrounding her 2024 album has run its course as her mockumentary The Moment premiered in Europe at the Zoo Palast cinema. Asked whether the “brat summer” phenomenon had reached its end,......

Germany deems French defense spending efforts insufficient

Germany has described France’s current efforts to increase defense spending as insufficient, urging Paris to align its rhetoric on European sovereignty with concrete domestic action. Speaking in a radio interview, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul stressed that calls for stronger European autonomy must be matched by tangible commitments......

Rooftop protests spread across Iran after mass diaspora rallies

Iranians shouted anti government slogans from rooftops and apartment buildings in Tehran and other major cities on February 14 and 15, responding to a call by exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, as more than one million people gathered abroad for a coordinated “Global Day of Action.” Videos shared on social media showed residents......

Taiwan denounces China as real security threat amid Munich conference remarks

Taiwan has firmly rejected claims by China that it upholds international peace, describing Beijing as the true threat to regional security. Lin Chia-lung, Taiwan’s Foreign Minister, made the remarks on Sunday following comments by Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference. China maintains that Taiwan is part of its territory, a position......

Germany: in Munich, Friedrich Merz reaffirms plan to make the Bundeswehr Europe’s strongest conventional army

At the Munich Security Conference, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivered a forceful message about Europe’s changing geopolitical environment, declaring that Germany intends to build the Bundeswehr into “the most powerful conventional army in Europe.” Speaking before an audience of global security leaders in Munich,......

Tens of thousands rally in Munich against Iran’s authorities during security summit

An estimated 200,000 demonstrators gathered in Munich on Saturday to protest against Iran’s authorities, according to local police, in one of the largest rallies held in the German city in recent years. The protest coincided with the Munich Security Conference, which has drawn world leaders and policymakers to the Bavarian capital.......

NATO chief says Europe is not seeking to replace the US nuclear umbrella

The Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Mark Rutte, stated that European countries are not aiming to substitute the United States’ nuclear umbrella, despite ongoing discussions on strengthening the continent’s deterrence capabilities. Speaking on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany,......

Rare toxin allegedly used in Navalny case, say five countries including France

Five countries, including the United Kingdom and France, have concluded that Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a rare toxin prior to his death in prison in February 2024. The findings were disclosed by London during the Munich Security Conference, as part of a joint investigation conducted alongside Germany, Sweden......

US envoy says China holds leverage to end Ukraine war

The United States ambassador to NATO told world leaders at the Munich Security Conference that China remains the pivotal actor capable of influencing the course of the war in Ukraine, arguing that Beijing’s economic and technological support has sustained Russia’s military campaign. Speaking at the 62nd annual gathering in Munich,......

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