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  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a joint press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine in 2023 as European leaders visit the country 18 months after the start of Russia's invasion.Europe

    EU indefinitely freezes Russian assets to prevent Hungary and Slovakia from vetoing billions of euros being sent to support Ukraine

    By Lorne Cook and The Associated Press
  • Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (R) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shake hands as they signed an agreement in Linköping, Sweden, on October 22, 2025, where they discussed defense cooperation.Europe

    EU moves to choke off Russia’s energy cash flow with sanctions on ‘shadow fleet’ and LNG sanctions

    By Lorne Cook and The Associated Press
  • Volodymyr ZelenskyPolitics

    Trump’s promise of a Ukrainian ‘reassurance force’ praised by European leaders

    By Lorne Cook and The Associated Press
  • Trump, von der LeyenEconomy

    France bemoans ‘dark day’ as Trump wins EU trade deal at his golf course in Scotland

    By Lorne Cook and The Associated Press
  • EU Commission Vice-President and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas gives a press conference prior to the EU Foreign Affairs meeting. Ministers discuss the Russian aggression against Ukraine, and the Council discusses the latest developments in the Middle East, focusing on Gaza, Israel, and Iran, in Brussels, Belgium, on July 15, 2025. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Politics

    Europe issues some of strongest sanctions against Russia to date, targeting banking and energy

    By Lorne Cook and The Associated Press
  • Belgian farmerPolitics

    EU works on ‘most ambitious ever’ $2.3 trillion budget as Belgian farmers protest outside, throwing boots at parliament

    By Lorne Cook and The Associated Press
  • French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen attend the “Choose Europe for Science” event, to encourage researchers and scientists from all over the world to practice in Europe, at the Sorbonne University in Paris, Monday, May 5, 2025.(Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool via AP)Politics

    European Union launches $566 million drive to attract researchers scared off by Trump moves on science and universities

    By Catherine Gaschka, Lorne Cook, and others
  • Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, March 24, 2025. US President Donald Trump reiterated his call for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates during a Cabinet meeting on Monday, as he continues to push the central bank on monetary policy. Photographer: Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    What degree of power will America command in NATO? Europe warily awaits U.S. secretary Marco Rubio to determine the future of the alliance

    By Matthew Lee, Lorne Cook, and others
  • Antonio Costa, president of the European Council, left, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, at a European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday, March 20, 2025. While the EU has publicly welcomed US efforts to push for a peace deal, leaders have become increasingly alarmed about being kept out of Trump’s dealing with the Kremlin. Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Inside the EU’s ‘porcupine strategy’ to make Ukraine impenetrable, despite Putin’s demands

    By Lorne Cook and The Associated Press
  • U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on March 06, 2025 in Washington, DC.Finance

    Canada and the EU launch billions in new tariffs on American goods from beef to bourbon in retaliation against Trump

    By Lorne Cook, David McHugh, and others
  • dpatop – 11 March 2025, France, Straßburg: Ursula von der Leyen (CDU), President of the European Commission, stands in the European Parliament building and speaks. MEPs want to discuss the future of European defense with EU Commission President von der Leyen and EU Council President Costa. Debates on women’s rights, migration policy and the so-called Clean Industrial Deal are also on the agenda. Photo: Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa (Photo by Philipp von Ditfurth/picture alliance via Getty Images)Finance

    Europe targets red states with tit-for-tat tariffs—Kansas beef, Alabama produce, and soybeans from House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Louisiana

    By Lorne Cook and The Associated Press
  • European Commission Ursula von der Leyen looks concernedPolitics

    EU leaders scramble to devise a Ukraine defense plan after Trump revokes U.S. support: ‘Europe faces a clear and present danger on a scale none of us have seen in our adult lifetime’

    By Lorne Cook, Raf Casert, and others
  • Pete Hegseth speaks while sitting at a tablePolitics

    Pete Hegseth says Ukraine joining NATO is ‘unrealistic’ and demands member nations take responsibility for their own security: ‘The United States will no longer tolerate an imbalanced relationship’

    By Lorne Cook, Tara Copp, and others
  • US President Donald Trump speaks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen prior to their meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, on January 21, 2020. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Europe needs help. As France and Germany remain stuck in political paralysis, a power vacuum awaits President Trump

    By David McHugh, Lorne Cook, and others
  • France's President Emmanuel Macron Among Key Speakers at The Paris Peace ForumPolitics

    European Union freezes Georgia’s accession plans and €30 million in aid due to its controversial ‘Russian law’

    By Sophiko Megrelidze, Lorne Cook, and others