Tag: Europe

Australia and Europe to Continue FTA Negotiations as Trade Deal Stumbles

Australia and the European Union have failed to conclude talks on a planned free trade agreement, the European Commission says. The EC statement followed comments from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese that any deal would need to give Australian farmers’ goods, especially beef and sheep meat, more access to the bloc. “We’ll continue to argue the case…


[PREMIERING 7/12, 11am ET] Soeren Kern on the Riots in France and What the Media Is Leaving Out of Its Coverage | ATL:NOW

“What we’re seeing, really, is the end of multiculturalism as we know it.” Soeren Kern, a writing fellow at the Middle East Forum, joins me to discuss the riots currently sweeping through France—and that have now begun spilling into neighboring countries. Contrary to the mainstream media’s narrative that the civil unrest is strictly a response…


Rep. Matt Gaetz Backs Democrat-Led Effort to Block Biden Admin Sending Cluster Munitions to Ukraine

A Democrat-led effort to stop the Biden administration from transferring cluster munitions to Ukraine is turning into a bipartisan effort, with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) offering to be the Republican co-sponsor on the effort. On Friday, July 7, the Biden administration announced plans to begin transferring to Ukraine a type of cluster munition known as…


Canada Weighing ‘Long-Term Security Guarantees’ for Ukraine Beyond War With Russia, Says Minister

Canada is considering some “long-term security guarantees” for Ukraine beyond its support for the country throughout its war with Russia, in order to provide it with security assurances for years to come, says Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly. Ms. Joly spoke to reporters in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11 where she is attending the NATO Leaders’ Summit this…


NATO Says Ukraine May Join Alliance When ‘Conditions Are Met’

VILNIUS, Lithuania—NATO members on Tuesday issued a statement expressing their support for Ukraine’s membership but failing to provide a timeline for when this may occur. “Ukraine’s future is in NATO,” the Vilnius Summit Communique (pdf) read. The high-stakes summit in Vilnius, set for July 11–12, brings together leaders from the alliance’s 31 member countries to…


Zelenskyy Calls NATO’s Decision Not to Provide Timeline for Membership ‘Unprecedented and Absurd’

VILNIUS, Lithuania—NATO members on Tuesday issued a statement expressing their support for Ukraine’s membership but failing to provide a timeline for when this may occur. “Ukraine’s future is in NATO,” the Vilnius Summit Communique (pdf) read. The high-stakes summit in Vilnius, set for July 11–12, brings together leaders from the alliance’s 31 member countries to…


Tourists Are Told to Stay Away From an Erupting Volcano in Iceland Because of Poisonous Gases

REYKJAVIK, Iceland—Authorities in Iceland on Tuesday warned tourists and other spectators to stay away from a newly erupting volcano that is spewing lava and noxious gases from a fissure in the country’s southwest. The eruption began Monday afternoon after thousands of earthquakes in the area, meteorological authorities said. This one comes 11 months after its…


Jewelry, Ornate Pottery Show 3,000-Year-Old Cypriot City Was a Key Trading Hub, Scientist Says

NICOSIA, Cyprus—New discoveries including gold ornaments and fine pottery at an ancient port city in Cyprus dating back more than 3,000 years indicate that the settlement was one of the Mediterranean’s most important trading posts in the late Bronze Age, an archeologist said Tuesday. Professor Peter M. Fischer from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, said…


Sunak: UK Wants to See Commitment to Ukraine’s Membership at NATO Summit

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he wants to see NATO’s commitment to inducting Ukraine as a full member of the alliance “reaffirmed” during the two-day summit in Vilnius. Ukraine’s membership is one of the key items on the agenda of the NATO summit being held in the Lithuanian capital. On his way to the…


Russia-Turkey Ties Come Under Strain After Return of Ukraine’s Azov Commanders

The Kremlin is seeking an explanation from Turkey regarding the latter’s recent decision to allow five Ukrainian Azov Battalion commanders to return to Kyiv in an apparent breach of an earlier prisoner-swap agreement. “The return of the Azov leaders violates an existing agreement,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on July 10. “We will discuss…