Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, has stated that Ukraine will not abandon agricultural subsidies as part of the EU accession negotiations. Source: Stefanishyna in a comment ot European Pravda Details: Stefanishyna commented on a Reuters report citing a Ukrainian official who claimed that during the negotiations to join the […]
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A former US Army general says Trump wants the US to abandon NATO because he’s a ‘mafia type’ that ‘hates alliances’
Donald Trump wants the US to abandon NATO because he “hates alliances,” says a former Army general. Ben Hodges said he thinks Trump is a “mafia type” who “doesn’t want anybody restricting his options.” “He couldn’t care less about moral obligations. ,” Hodges said. A former US Army general says Donald Trump’s animosity toward NATO has nothing […]
Republicans blast Trump over threat to abandon NATO allies
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some of former President Donald Trump‘s fellow Republicans on Sunday lashed out at him for saying he would not want to protect NATO members from a future attack by Russia if those countries’ contributions to the defense alliance were lagging. “This is why I’ve been saying for a long […]
Climate activists in Germany to abandon gluing themselves to streets, employ new tactics
BERLIN (AP) — A group of climate activists who infuriated many in Germany by gluing themselves to streets to block traffic said Monday that it will abandon the tactic and move on to holding what it calls “disobedient assemblies.” The Last Generation group frequently blocked roads in Berlin and other cities over the past two […]
Amazon, iRobot abandon merger in face of EU opposition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Amazon and robot vacuum maker iRobot said Monday they would end their plans to merge in the face of opposition from EU antitrust regulators. iRobot announced a significant restructuring plan to reduce costs and said it would cut about 31% of its workforce, or 350 jobs. The company also said Colin Angle has […]
Texas defies federal threat to abandon border area, setting up legal showdown
Washington — The attorney general of Texas on Wednesday defied federal officials who demanded state authorities abandon a public park along the U.S.-Mexico border that state National Guard soldiers seized last week, setting up a legal showdown with the Biden administration over the country’s immigration policies. Over the weekend, the Department of Homeland Security called […]
Ukrainian soldiers say they’re having to abandon vehicles and hike for miles to the front lines thanks to exploding Russian drones
Ukrainian soldiers are moving forward on foot, abandoning their vehicles due to drone threats. Troops told The New York Times that Russian exploding drones are ever-present and deadly. One brigade hiked for miles through rain and mud to get ammo and food to troops. Ukrainian soldiers say they are often being forced to move and […]
Fuel leak forces US company to abandon moon landing attempt
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A crippling fuel leak forced a U.S. company on Tuesday to give up on landing a spacecraft on the moon. Astrobotic Technology’s lander began losing fuel soon after Monday’s launch. The spacecraft also encountered problems keeping its solar panel pointed towards the sun and generating solar power. “Given the propellant […]
Young voters helped Biden to victory. They may abandon him this year
Elise Joshi stumped for Joe Biden as a college freshman, motivated in no small part by her sense of urgency about climate change. The environmental policy student campaigned before the 2020 election as part of TikTok for Biden, in hopes of persuading other young people to show up to the polls. The work undertaken by […]
Swing-state Muslim leaders launch campaign to ‘abandon’ Biden in 2024
It’s unclear how expansive or successful the campaign will be, but its creation speaks to the mounting political pressure facing Biden amid the conflict in the Middle East. For nearly two months, Muslim and Arab leaders have pushed the president to call for a cease-fire, and now, with more than 15,000 dead in Gaza, this […]