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U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a Ukraine Compact meeting on the sidelines of NATO's 75th anniversary summit in Washington on Thursday
WORLD / Politics
Jul 12, 2024
Major hurdles await Ukraine's ‘irreversible path’ to NATO membership
Observers don't expect the alliance to extend a membership invitation to Kyiv until after the war in Ukraine is over.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference at the NATO Summit in Washington on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 12, 2024
At high-stakes news conference, Biden vows to ‘finish the job’
The U.S. president conceded for the first time that polls show "other people can beat Mr. Trump in the fall” but added that, "it’s hard to start from scratch.”
U.S. President Joe Biden attends a NATO event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the alliance in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 12, 2024
Why Joe won't go: Behind Biden's rejection of calls to leave the race
The reasons U.S. President Joe Biden won't step down range from the deeply personal to party politics.
French President Emmanuel Macron holds a press conference on the sidelines of the NATO 75th anniversary summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 12, 2024
Macron tries to reassure NATO allies despite French political limbo
Behind the scenes, French President Emmanuel Macron was keen to tell allies the result of the parliamentary election was not as bad as had been feared.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg delivers remarks at NATO's 75th anniversary summit in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 11, 2024
Why Indo-Pacific countries are joining the NATO summit
This is the third successive NATO summit for four countries from the Indo-Pacific region to attend.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Wednesday before leaving for Washington for NATO meetings.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 11, 2024
Kishida and Yoon vow cooperation over Russia-North Korea ties
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a mutual defense pledge with Russian President Vladimir Putin last month.
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the 2024 NATO Summit in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 11, 2024
NATO allies gloomy on Biden’s prospects seek out Trump circle
Leaders at the alliances summit watched Biden's every move for another gaffe that would further undermine his electoral hopes.
As NATO marks its 75th anniversary, the alliance is looking to engage with Generation Z through social media to explain its importance.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 10, 2024
TikTok, Instagram influencers help aging NATO connect with Gen Z
The move is an acknowledgment that traditional media outlets may not be reaching this key demographic.
Keith Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general who served as the chief of staff to Trump's National Security Council, said he has met several European officials in recent days, including foreign ministers.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 10, 2024
Trump foreign policy adviser meets European officials attending NATO summit
Keith Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general who served as the chief of staff to Trump's National Security Council, said he had met several European officials.
U.S. President Joe Biden awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at a 75th anniversary celebratory event for the alliance on Tuesday, the opening day of its summit in Washington.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 10, 2024
NATO offers Ukraine more air defense systems as summit kicks off
The move came as fresh assessments indicate the conflict with Russia is headed toward an indefinite stalemate.
A man watches a large screen showing news coverage of Chinese President Xi Jinping meeting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Beijing on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 9, 2024
Orban’s shuttle diplomacy angers EU and whiplashes allies
The Hungarian prime minister made trips to Moscow and Beijing after his country took over the EU's rotating presidency on July 1.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Kyiv on April 29
WORLD / Politics
Jul 9, 2024
How the NATO summit in Washington will affect Ukraine membership
This year, many NATO countries want to state that Ukraine's path to membership is "irreversible." 
A gas leak from the Nord Stream 2 as seen from the Danish F-16 interceptor on Bornholm, Denmark, on Sept. 27, 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 9, 2024
NATO supports work to back up internet by rerouting it to space
The initiative comes amid intensifying fears that Russia or China could mine, sever or otherwise tamper with undersea cables.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at a recent meeting at the Blue House in Seoul on May 27
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 8, 2024
South Korea's Yoon to discuss Pyongyang's 'distinct threat' to Europe at NATO meet
Yoon, who became the first South Korean leader to attend a NATO summit in 2022, was to take part in his third such meeting later this week.
U.S. President Donald Trump stands among other leaders as he attends a North Atlantic Treaty Organization Plenary Session at the NATO summit in Watford, near London on Dec. 4, 2019.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 8, 2024
Elephant in room at NATO: Would Trump blow it up?
This week's Washington summit aims to "Trump-proof" NATO by expanding its role, especially in supporting Ukraine.
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (center right) talks to China's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying (third left) after arriving in Beijing.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 8, 2024
Hungary's prime minister is in Beijing on a 'peace mission 3.0'
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's unannounced visit to China comes a day before NATO is due to hold a summit to mark its 75th anniversary.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer
WORLD / Politics
Jul 7, 2024
Untested Starmer is suddenly the West’s last man standing tall
Keir Starmer — who’s spent the last six weeks campaigning under the one-word banner of ‘change’ — is about to discover how in politics, it can come at you fast.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a news conference following his first Cabinet meeting on Saturday in London.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 7, 2024
Britain’s new leader is about to get a crash course in statecraft
Some experts say the shift to Labour was less about ideology and more about fatigue with the Tories and a distrust of political institutions in general.
Outgoing NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg addresses a meeting in Brussels last month.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 7, 2024
NATO turns 75 with Ukraine and future on line
Leaders will meet in Washington in the shadow of setbacks in Ukraine and electoral headwinds on both sides of the Atlantic.
U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One prior to departure from Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin, o Friday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 6, 2024
Biden allies abroad think it’s untenable for him to stay on
Some officials are now saying that Biden should step aside for someone with a better shot at beating rival Donald Trump.

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