KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump’s envoy to Ukraine and Russia said on Friday that he had held “extensive and positive discussions” with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the three-year war with Russia and praised the Ukrainian leader as an “embattled and courageous leader of a nation at war.” Retired U.S. Lt. Gen. Keith…
Europe stocks close higher European stock markets regained positive momentum on Monday, with the Stoxx 600 index closing up 0.59% at an all-time high of 555.65. Germany’s DAX led major bourses with a 1.26% gain, while France’s CAC 40 and the U.K.’s FTSE 100 were 0.13% and 0.41% higher respectively. Stock Chart IconStock chart icon…
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron and his American counterpart Donald Trump spoke on the phone minutes before Macron greeted European dignitaries who had gathered to discuss security in Paris. The French president’s office said the “frank conversation” lasted 20 minutes. The call came as European leaders are scrambling to come up with a unified…
JD Vance walked out of a dinner with heads of state on Monday night when the Chinese vice-premier “started singing the praises of trade and the UN”, according to a reporter in the room. Dominique Seux, the only French journalist present at the dinner at Paris’s Elysée palace on Monday night, said the US vice-president,…
It was a mix of surprise and bewilderment in Brussels last week when European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, a notable China hawk, floated the prospect of cutting new “agreements” with Beijing, and then added for the second time this year that the pair could “even expand trade and investment ties”. Her remarks were…
BRUSSELS – A project to establish a court to prosecute the Russian leaders who orchestrated the invasion of Ukraine took a step forward Wednesday, with an announcement from a group of international organizations, including the European Union and the Council of Europe, working together with Ukraine. Legal experts agreed on the framework for the Special…
“Today we talked about defense and security, but the United Kingdom and the European Union want to do more together,” Costa told reporters. “We are looking forward to having our institutional summit in the U.K. on 19 of May, and to engage with the United Kingdom, not only on a reset, but effectively in the…
And people lost a ton of money, too: It seems that U.S. stocks dropped significantly after DeepSeek’s announcement (a concept Declassified fully understands and definitely did not need to Google), sending shockwaves through the markets (not the farmers’ market downtown, Declassfied is told. That one is still doing fine, thanks for the fact check, editors.)…
The European Commission will publish its Competitiveness Compass today in an attempt to secure the future EU economy. ADVERTISEMENT Today Radio Schuman digs in to the long-awaited so-called ‘Competitiveness Compass’ with Euronews’ reporter Peggy Colin. The Compass report outlines strategies to improve the EU’s economic performance by simplifying regulation, increasing investment, and supporting competitiveness. A…
China’s vice-premier warned that the development of artificial intelligence could pose a major risk if it is not carefully managed, amid a rivalry with the US that has seen the emerging technology take centre stage. Ding Xuexiang addressed the risks of AI and outlined China’s economic goals while addressing the World Economic Forum at its…