Politics

Trump moving to curb US reliance on Chinese minerals

US President Donald Trump is reportedly set to launch a rare-earth minerals stockpile to curb reliance on China amid global supply strain

India announces record military spending

New Delhi’s record $85 billion defense allocation in the 2027 budget follows a brief war between India and Pakistan

France wants EU to talk to Russia

The EU should talk to Russia to avoid its interests being sidelined in Ukraine peace talks, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot says

German calls for nukes are ‘madness’

Sahra Wagenknecht has condemned calls for Germany to pursue nuclear weapons, arguing that they increase the risk of a nuclear conflict

Trump ‘jokes’ about adding three new US states

President Donald Trump said he plans to add Canada, Greenland, and Venezuela as new US states, according to the Washington Post

Moscow’s nuclear pact offer still stands

Russia’s offer to extend the New START treaty is still on the table, Dmitry Medvedev has said as the agreement is about to expire