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Zelensky wants 'enduring' peace, Trump will 'probably' reduce Ukraine aid
Donald Trump (CL) shakes hands with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (CR) inside Notre-Dame Cathedral ahead of a ceremony to mark the re-opening of the landmark cathedral, in central Paris, on Dec. 7, 2024.
Assad is missing, CNN says, Syrian president does not resign, says Turkish journalist – Jihadists have entered Damascus
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is nowhere to be found in Damascus, a source told CNN. The official position of the Syrian president’s office is that Assad has not left the capital, however, a source with full knowledge of the situation told CNN that Assad is not in any of the city’s locations.
Tsunis: US ties deepening
US Ambassador George Tsunis expressed confidence that Athens-Washington relations will continue to strengthen under President Donald Trump.
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The Prime Minister’s office on Nikos (better late than never), the sinking pools of Spetses, and Kasselakis, stop loss and then merge(?) SYRIZA-New Left, and rumors of new deals in insurance
Hello there! It took Nikos A.A. (Leader of the Opposition) a while to meet Mitsotakis, but as far as I’ve gathered from my sources at M.M. (Maximos Mansion), once he got going, the leader wasn’t just official… he was ultra-official. From what I hear, he came across well—serious and composed (for PASOK, that is). He didn’t go to extremes, nor did he turn the one-on-one with K.M.
China urges US to 'stop sending wrong signals' over Taiwan
China on Dec. 5 urged the United States to "stop sending wrong signals" over Taiwan, after the announcement that Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson held a call with the self-ruled island's President Lai Ching-te.
Lai is currently visiting the American territory Guam during a Pacific tour that has angered China.
Trump’s plan for mass deportations of migrants is unrealistic
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to proceed with mass deportations of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally and likely to include Cubans is neither realistic nor fair, a Cuban undersecretary of state for foreign affairs said yesterday (Wednesday).
South Korean president clings to power after martial law U-turn
A poster calling for the resignation of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol is held up during a strike by railway workers in Seoul on Dec. 5, 2024.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was still clinging to power Thursday, with his party announcing they will oppose an impeachment motion after his short-lived imposition of martial law stunned the world.
The US and the EU in the new world
Never since the founding of NATO on April 4, 1949, has the election of an American president caused so much uncertainty among Washington's European partners about how to act and cooperate with the new leader of the free world. This is exactly what is happening today after the sweeping victory of Donald Trump.
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White House: we are in contact with the South Korean government, we are monitoring the situation
The United States is in contact with the government of South Korea and is closely monitoring the situation, a White House spokesman said, according to Reuters.
US unveils fresh export curbs targeting China's chip sector
The United States has announced new export restrictions targeting China's ability to make advanced semiconductors, drawing swift condemnation from Beijing as competition deepens between the world's two biggest economies.