The leaders of 32 NATO member countries were greeted in Washington, Tuesday by blazing hot sunshine, sweltering temperatures and the turmoil of U.S. political uncertainty, as they kicked…
Read more NATO’s 75th anniversary summit: A mix of success and setbacks – WTOP NewsBusiness owners near the Washington Convention Center, which will host the NATO Summit this week, talked about the impact of the event. It’s hard to run a business…
Read more ‘Call first:’ Downtown businesses near NATO Summit prepare for uncertainty – WTOP NewsIn preparation for the NATO Summit in D.C., crews installed tall, latticed steel fences on the sidewalk along the Ellipse near the White House on Monday. Listen live…
Read more Fencing installed around Ellipse near White House in preparation for NATO Summit – WTOP NewsPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron missed the boat on Ukraine. Faced with Russia’s military build-up and…
Read more Macron’s slow but bold U-turn on UkraineBERLIN — So much for Olaf Scholz’s Zeitenwende. The German government on Wednesday stepped back at the last minute from making a legal commitment to meeting NATO’s target…
Read more Germany U-turns on commitment to meet NATO spending target annuallyPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. When Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni walks into the Oval Office on Thursday, her transformation will be…
Read more Putin can’t count on his friends in Italy anymoreKYIV – Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired Vadym Prystaiko as Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, after the envoy criticized the Ukrainian president in public. Zelenskyy’s decree, announcing the dismissal…
Read more Zelenskyy fires Ukraine’s ambassador to the UKPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Ben Cohen wasn’t talking about ice cream. He was talking about American militarism. At 72, the co-founder…
Read more Scoop! Why Ben from Ben & Jerry’s blames America for war in UkraineVILNIUS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday denounced NATO negotiators for balking at offering Kyiv a concrete path to joining NATO in a draft communiqué being hammered…
Read more Zelenskyy blasts ‘absurd’ draft text that hedges on Ukraine’s NATO membership timelineA small group of Western allies are engaged in “advanced” and “frantic, last-minute” negotiations to finalize a security assurance declaration for Ukraine ahead of this week’s NATO summit…
Read more Western powers race to finish security pledges for UkraineAnkara hasn’t seen sufficient progress from Sweden to support its application to join NATO, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned U.S. President Joe Biden in a phone call…
Read more Sweden still not ready for NATO, Erdoğan tells BidenVILNIUS — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday agreed to drop his resistance to Sweden joining the NATO alliance and to submit the ratification to the Turkish…
Read more Turkey agrees to back Sweden’s NATO membership bidVILNIUS — It’s one problem down and one to go for the NATO alliance as leaders prepare to meet for a summit in the Lithuanian capital. Sweden’s troubled…
Read more Ukraine NATO bid still unresolved as alliance leaders gatherRussia said on Sunday that NATO leaders should discuss conditions at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant at their summit this week, as an accident at the facility could affect…
Read more Moscow says NATO leaders should discuss Ukraine nuclear power plantPaul Ronzheimer is the deputy editor-in-chief of BILD and a senior journalist reporting for Axel Springer, the parent company of POLITICO. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba warned European…
Read more Kyiv not in NATO after Russia war would be ‘suicidal,’ Ukraine foreign minister saysBRUSSELS — NATO is crafting its new military plans assuming Moscow will make a comeback. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Admiral Rob Bauer, chair of the NATO military…
Read more Never underestimate Russia, top NATO military official warnsPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. This article is part of the Europe’s strategic impotence Special Report. At NATO summit after NATO summit,…
Read more The US wants Europe to buy American weapons; the EU has other ideasPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BULBOACA, Moldova — European leaders mounted a powerful show of defiance — and support for Ukraine — as…
Read more Europe gathered in unity for Ukraine. Zelenskyy’s plea exposed its divisionsBRATISLAVA — French President Emmanuel Macron sought to mend fences with Eastern Europeans at a conference in Slovakia, telling an audience largely from the region that he wants…
Read more Macron extends olive branch to Eastern EuropeansPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. It’s the rumor inflating the Brussels bubble: The EU’s top executive, Ursula von der Leyen, could be…
Read more A wartime NATO struggles to replace its chief
