German Chancellor Friedrich Merz yesterday announced military aid for Ukraine worth about 1 billion euros (US$1.13 billion) and an energy support package during a visit to Kyiv, as the Ukrainian capital the same day came under renewed attack from Russian drones.Merz, who was accompanied by a senior
Russia plans to sharply increase defense spending, cut funding for education and raise taxes next year as costs mount in its war with Ukraine, draft budget documents showed.The plans have been submitted to Russia’s lower house of parliament for approval.The government plans to spend a record 17.1 tr
Latvians vote tomorrow in an election dominated by the threat from Russia, and despite progress made by populist and protest parties, they are expected to confirm the country’s pro-European and pro-Ukrainian course.The Baltic state is a key pillar of NATO’s eastern defensive flank, and experts said
In November 2020, former US president Barack Obama warned of an “epistemological crisis” facing Western democracies. Polarization and radicalization were corroding trust in established information sources. “If we do not have the capacity to distinguish what’s true from what’s false, then by definiti
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have launched a joint TV channel as part of the three junta-run nations’ struggle for hearts and minds against a Western media they accuse of being “imperialist.”Russia-backed Tafouk TV represents another battleground in the Sahelian countries’ campaign against the West
Estonian authorities yesterday said they have concluded that an arson attack on Aug. 15 on a defense company that provides military vehicles to Ukraine was an act of sabotage commissioned by Russian security services.Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna said that “such actions are abs
