Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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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Watch: Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron hold press conference
[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 French President Emmanuel Macron are set to hold a joint press conference at the White House on Monday, as western Europe navigates the United States’ shifting […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Europe-U.S. relationship takes center stage
19 February 2025, Berlin: Visitors walk in front of the German flag in the dome of the Bundestag. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The transatlantic relationship between Europe and the U.S. has been one of the world’s longest alliances, and yet it has never been more closely watched than the past month. […]
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says he’d be ready to give up presidency if it brought peace and NATO membership
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the World Economic Forum in 2024. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday he would be ready to give up the presidency if doing so would achieve a lasting peace for his country under the security umbrella of the NATO military alliance. Speaking […]
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Trump revels in mass federal firings and jeers at Biden before adoring conservative crowd
President Donald Trump said Saturday that “nobody has ever seen anything” like his administration’s sweeping effort to fire thousands of federal employees and shrink the size of government, congratulating himself for “dominating” Washington and sending bureaucrats “packing.” Addressing an adoring crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference in suburban Washington, Trump promised, “We’re going to forge a new and lasting political majority […]
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Battered and bruised after 3 years of war, Ukraine is up against the ropes as U.S. backing vanishes
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (not seen) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hold a joint press conference following their bilateral and inter-delegation meetings at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkiye on February 18, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Ukraine has put up a staunch fight against the invasion launched by its bigger and […]
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Elon Musk has a problem with X’s Community Notes when he disapproves of the results
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of social media platform X, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel and Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland, Feb. 20, 2025. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images For X owner Elon Musk, the solution to monitoring misinformation online has been […]
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Trump ‘doesn’t care’ what happens to Ukraine, former foreign minister claims as U.S.-Kyiv relations sour
Dmytro Kuleba, former Foreign Minister of Ukraine, presents his new book “Ukraine 2030 – Vision of a Nation” in an interview with the German Press Agency. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump doesn’t appear to be concerned about Ukraine’s post-war future, the country’s former Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told […]
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Russia spent years loathing the U.S. as its economy paid a high price for the war — now, it’s doing a U-turn
Russian President Vladimir Putin during a joint press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16, 2018. Jussi Nukari | Lehtikuva | Reuters Since invading Ukraine three years ago, Russia has spent a significant amount of energy demonizing the U.S. and denigrating its leadership, economy and culture […]
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Zelenskyy hits back at Trump’s comments, says Ukraine is not for sale
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during an interview with Reuters, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine Feb. 7, 2025. Valentyn Ogirenko | Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hit back at Donald Trump’s accusation overnight that Ukraine started its war with Russia, saying that the American president is trapped in a “disinformation bubble” and adding that his country […]
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