Catch up:Top American and Russian diplomats plan meeting; American demands Ukrainian minerals

Marco Rubio, America’s secretary of state, said that “the next few days” will show whether Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president...

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Catch up:European leaders meet in Paris; Rubio arrives in Riyadh

European leaders debated whether to send troops to Ukraine at a meeting in Paris. Germany and Spain rejected the idea, while ...

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America has just tried to grab Ukraine’s vast mineral wealth

THE AMERICAN demand was brutal. President Volodymyr Zelensky had hoped to present his offer to give America access to Ukraine...

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Team Trump’s shakedown diplomacy

THE AMERICAN demand was brutal. President Volodymyr Zelensky had hoped to present his offer to give America access to Ukraine...

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Donald Trump is junking the transatlantic alliance

BUILDING THE transatlantic partnership centred on NATO took decades of troop deployments, joint exercises and steadfast signa...

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Donald Trump’s assault on Europe

FOR EUROPE, the shocks came in quick and bewildering succession. First Pete Hegseth, America’s defence secretary, told Americ...

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It’s not just AI. China’s medicines are surprising the world, too

Keytruda, a cancer medicine, ranks among the most lucrative drugs ever sold. Since its launch in 2014 it has raked in more th...

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Will Europe return to Putin’s gas?

The first proper winter in three years had already reignited energy debates. With temperatures frigid, winds weak and Asian c...

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Argentina’s Javier Milei is betting big on an oil gusher

IN A DUSTY desert in north-west Patagonia, a hulking rig is busy drilling. After plunging 3km underground, its drill turns an...

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Javier Milei is betting big on an Argentine oil gusher

IN A DUSTY desert in north-west Patagonia, a hulking rig is busy drilling. After plunging 3km underground, its drill turns an...

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