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China's green tech dominance creates dilemma for Western climate goals
University of Manchester report warns that tariffs and local-content rules risk slowing decarbonisation while China supplies 70 to 80 percent of key technologies
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Poland targets Europe's largest army as Tusk warns of Russian threat
Prime minister says armed forces will reach 300,000 active personnel, doubling 2014 levels, while dismissing far-right narratives that blame the EU and Ukraine.
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NATO jets down drone over eastern Latvia as Baltic airspace violations persist
Latvian defence ministry says alliance fighters destroyed unmanned aerial vehicle that entered its territory, attributing incursion to Russian electromagnetic warfare amid fifth year of Ukraine conflict.
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Chinese scholar challenges Western narrative linking subsidies to industrial overcapacity
University of International Business and Economics professor Cui Fan argues in People's Daily that China ranks eleventh in industrial policy use among major economies, citing University of British Columbia research covering 2009 to 2020.
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Anchorage summit legacy fades as Russia-Ukraine war escalates
One year after Trump hosted Putin in Alaska, the promised diplomatic breakthrough has evaporated. Both sides are intensifying military operations while US mediation has stalled amid a new Middle East conflict.
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US intelligence points to Russia over Leipzig airport drone bomb
A quadcopter carrying Semtex explosives breached defences at the major logistics hub for four hours before a bus driver spotted it. Berlin stops short of accusing Moscow as eastern state elections approach.
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Lithuania warns of Russian false-flag drone attacks on Baltic infrastructure
Lithuanian intelligence says Moscow may use captured Ukrainian drones to strike energy and transport hubs, framing Kyiv, while German investigators examine an explosive device found near a Ukrainian cargo plane at Leipzig airport.
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Drone incidents in Bulgaria and Germany sharpen NATO eastern flank concerns
A suspected Ukrainian decoy drone exploded near a strategic gas pipeline in Bulgaria while German forces detected multiple incursions at military sites, reviving questions about alliance air defences and escalation risks.
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Ukraine shoots down zero ballistic missiles as Patriot shortage reaches critical level
A Russian barrage of 24 ballistic missiles penetrated Ukrainian defences entirely on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, while NATO admits supply lines have collapsed to a third of last year's rate.
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Zaluzhnyi declares Ukraine will never join NATO, cites outdated doctrines
Kyiv's ambassador to London and former military chief says the alliance relies on Second World War thinking while Ukraine has surpassed Western forces in drone and missile production.
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Zaluzhnyi says Ukraine will never join NATO, urges European security bloc
Former commander-in-chief and current UK ambassador argues alliance standards are obsolete, contradicting Kyiv's official constitutional objective
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NATO installs new NSATU commander as alliance shifts Ukraine support toward European leadership
Lieutenant General Guillaume Beaurpere succeeds Curtis Buzzard at the Wiesbaden-based command coordinating allied military aid to Ukraine, with SACEUR signalling a European or Canadian officer will take permanent charge within a year.
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Boris Nadezhdin flees to Paris as Kremlin tightens pre-election grip
The last prominent anti-war figure in Russian public life has left the country after detention, foreign-agent designation and exclusion from September's parliamentary vote.
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China strikes back hard after EU sanctions on Russian war suppliers
Beijing's retaliatory measures target European firms with extraterritorial reach, escalating trade tensions before October negotiations on electric vehicle tariffs.
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EU foreign ministers adopt hardline China threat assessment
The Council's new position paper labels Beijing a strategic challenge and Russia enabler, but stops short of concrete measures as economic ties complicate a unified response.
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Montreux Convention at 90: how a 1936 treaty still blocks NATO from the Black Sea
Turkey's control of the straits keeps the alliance out while Russia and Ukraine fight a drone war the treaty never imagined. The result is a Black Sea largely empty of warships.
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EU ministers weigh trade curbs on Israeli settlements as violence surges
Foreign ministers meet in Brussels to test support for three Commission options, but Germany and Italy remain undecided while Belgium dismisses the proposals as a delaying tactic.
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Trump grants Ukraine Patriot production licence at Ankara NATO summit
US president reverses long-standing policy on missile technology transfer while NATO leaders pledge $80 billion for Kyiv and defence spending targets slip.
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NATO summit in Ankara reveals fractures as Ukraine secures drone deals and presses for air defence
Volodymyr Zelensky signs agreements with Estonia, the Netherlands and Denmark while demanding Patriot licences and a European anti-ballistic system, as Donald Trump questions allied resolve and Mark Rutte unveils $217 billion in defence financing.
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Trump presses NATO allies to deliver on 5% defence spending pledge at Ankara summit
The US president travels to Turkey expecting concrete plans from European members after last year's Hague agreement, while his administration reviews force posture in Europe and feuds with several allied leaders.
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Pashinyan wins Armenian election but misses supermajority for peace referendum
Civil Contract takes 49.81 percent of the vote, securing a parliamentary majority but falling short of the two-thirds threshold needed to ratify a constitutional referendum demanded by Azerbaijan.
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One Nation leads Australian poll as populist right surges past Labor and Coalition
Pauline Hanson's party hits 31 per cent in primary vote while government and traditional opposition both lose ground after May budget
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Finland's Stubb dismisses NATO crisis talk as US shifts burden to Europe
Finnish president says alliance stronger after Nordic enlargement, welcomes European defence responsibility, downplays US troop withdrawal from Germany
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EU agrees sanctions on Hamas leaders and Israeli settlers after Orbán exit
Foreign ministers unanimously back asset freezes and travel bans on settler organisations and Hamas figures, but stop short of trade measures against Israel despite pressure from Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands.
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Europe accelerates defence planning as Trump's NATO stance creates security vacuum
Germany unveils first military strategy since 1945 while France extends nuclear talks to seven partners, but capability gaps and US arsenal depletion leave a lengthening window of vulnerability.
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