Ukraine
Europe wants to broker peace in Ukraine — and between Trump and Kyiv after the White House fiasco
European leaders pose for a family photograph at Lancaster House during the European leaders’ summit on March 2, 2025 in London, England. Wpa Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images European allies put forward their own peacekeeping plans for Ukraine at the weekend, as well as attempting to position the region as a mediator […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump clashes on foreign policy, wields economic threat
U.S. President Donald Trump meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Feb. 28, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters To an economist, it might seem questionable for a country to impose tariffs on its biggest trading partners, especially when its economy is showing signs of shrinking, the stock market is sagging, prices remain […]
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After Trump clash, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy gets warm UK welcome before European summit
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands during a bilateral meeting at 10 Downing Street ahead of a summit of European leaders, on March 1, 2025, in London. Peter Nicholls | Via Reuters British Prime Minister Keir Starmer greeted President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with a warm embrace on Saturday after the […]
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Norway plans to raise financial support for Ukraine, prime minister says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (2L) attends a Nordic summit meeting with leaders of the five Nordic nations, key backers in Kyiv’s fight against Russia’s invasion on December 13, 2023 in Oslo. Cornelius Poppe | Afp | Getty Images The Norwegian government will soon ask that parliament increases its financial backing for Ukraine, Norway’s Prime Minister […]
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Trump says Zelenskyy ‘is not ready for peace’ after Oval Office fight
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance argued with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday in a tense exchange in the Oval Office over Kyiv’s war with invading Russian forces. Zelenskyy had traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with Trump and sign a deal to grant the United States access to some of Ukraine’s […]
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Trump says a minerals deal with Ukraine is worth billions. It might not be as valuable as he hopes
Workers go about their job at a granite mine on Feb. 26, 2025 in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. Kostiantyn Liberov | Libkos | Getty Images Ukraine might have turned the tide in its rocky relations with the U.S. by offering President Donald Trump’s administration access to its critical minerals as part of wider peace negotiations, […]
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As Trump breaks ranks with Europe, are Asia-Pacific allies next?
With the U.S. now having a more hostile stance to NATO, what are the security implications for Asia? Zhangshuang | Moment | Getty Images Just over a month into the second term of Donald Trump’s presidency, U.S. foreign policy has been upended, especially in Europe. The U.S. has aimed tariffs at neighbors, lambasted traditional allies […]
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Watch live: Trump holds joint press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer
[The stream is slated to start at 2 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are holding a joint press conference at the White House on Thursday. Starmer and Trump were set to discuss the war […]
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Ukraine reportedly agrees to critical rare minerals deal with the U.S.
FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., September 27, 2024. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Ukraine and the United States reached an agreement over access to Kyiv’s deposits of rare earth minerals, according to media reports, as Kyiv […]
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‘It’s the beginning’: Kremlin plays it cool ahead of more U.S. talks, says Biden ‘messed things up badly’
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov during a summit of leaders of nations, which are members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), in Moscow, Russia October 8, 2024. Sergei Ilnitsky | Via Reuters After its initial enthusiasm for the thawing of frozen relations, the Kremlin now appears to be playing […]
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