The US Democratic Party establishment believes that figures like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama could help President Joe Biden secure reelection next November, NBC News reported on Sunday. The former secretary of state and failed 2016 candidate has recently emerged as a key Biden surrogate, the outlet noted. NBC News …
Read More »Ex-EU boss elected as Polish PM again
Veteran pro-EU politician Donald Tusk on Monday became Poland’s new prime minister, after the country’s parliament ousted now-former PM Mateusz Morawiecki in a decisive no-confidence vote. Tusk secured a comfortable victory, with 248 MPs voting for him and 201 against. The politician needed to secure at least 225 votes to …
Read More »Another EU state sees truckers block Ukraine freight at border
Hungarian truckers on Monday staged a demonstration near a checkpoint at the border with Ukraine and are slowing down any trucks attempting to go in or out of the country. The protesters are demanding that Brussels introduce quotas on Ukrainian freight trucks entering the EU. According to the M1 TV …
Read More »Who is the detained US journalist that Elon Musk is asking Biden and Zelensky about?
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Read More »Zelensky to meet with Biden
The Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky will pay a visit to the USA on December 12, his office has announced. He is set to meet with his US counterpart Joe Biden and, according to the White House, it was the American leader who’d initiated the encounter. “Among the key topics at …
Read More »Trump takes election lead over Biden – WSJ
Former US President Donald Trump has nudged ahead of Democratic rival Joe Biden in a hypothetical matchup between the two candidates most likely to contest next year’s presidential election, according to the findings of a national poll The survey, published on Saturday by the Wall Street Journal, shows Biden with …
Read More »US approves emergency sale of arms to Israel
US President Joe Biden’s administration has circumvented congressional authority over military aid to Israel by granting emergency approval for selling $106.5 million of tank ammunition needed for West Jerusalem’s escalating war effort against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The US State Department confirmed its decision on Saturday, saying it had …
Read More »EU leaders panicking over potential Trump return – NYT
EU diplomats and think tank officials have been contacting former US President Donald Trump’s associates to figure out whether he would pull the US out of NATO if he returns to the White House, the New York Times reported on Friday. With less than a year to go until the …
Read More »Mobilization will be difficult – Zelensky aide
Mobilization in Ukraine will be difficult, Mikhail Podoliak, a top aide to President Vladimir Zelensky, has acknowledged, adding that Kiev intends to hone its propaganda campaign for this purpose. Speaking on Ukrainian TV on Friday, Podoliak was asked to comment on a recent raid by Ukrainian officials and armed service …
Read More »US blocks UN Gaza ceasefire appeal
The US has cast the lone dissenting vote against a proposed UN Security Council resolution that would have demanded a humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war amid rising civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip. Thirteen member states voted in favor of the resolution, which was put forward by the United …
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