Germany is secretly forming an alliance of European countries that will turn away asylum seekers at their borders, it has been reported. Friedrich Merz, the country’s next chancellor, has begun informal talks with neighbours France, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria and Switzerland, according to The Telegraph. While precise details of the plan remain unclear, Merz
Last Updated:March 18, 2025, 10:46 IST While it may seem like a simple design element, the ‘dobby border’ serves several important purposes. You might be surprised to learn that it not only enhances the towel’s appearance but also makes it stronger A thick, tightly woven border signals durability and superior craftsmanship. (News18 Hindi) Have you
US Vice President JD Vance has launched another attack on Europe, claiming that the continent is engaging in ‘civilisational suicide’ caused by open borders and censorship. Speaking on Fox News, the VP said he fears for the future of the West due to seeing many countries in Europe as ‘unable or unwilling’ to ‘control their
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has once again called on the U.S. to place nuclear weapons within its borders in a show of deterrence to Russia’s continued aggression just over the border in Ukraine. A similar request was apparently made to the Biden administration in 2022, which was never agreed to, but Duda has not given
Last Updated:March 06, 2025, 07:11 IST EAM Jaishankar said disruption in India-China relations had a specific context, which stemmed from China’s actions along the Line of Actual Control in 2020 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. (Source: PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that New Delhi wanted a stable relationship with China in which
By SARAH EWALL-WICE, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 10:48 EST, 14 February 2025 | Updated: 14:45 EST, 14 February 2025 Powerful Senator Roger Wicker said newly minted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made a ‘rookie mistake’ during his remarks about the war in Ukraine and its borders this week. Wicker, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact group at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday. Omar Havana/AP hide caption toggle caption Omar Havana/AP BRUSSELS — The new U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said restoring Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders and allowing it to enter NATO are “unrealistic” goals for ending the
A return to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is “an unrealistic objective” and an “illusionary goal” in the peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia that President Trump wants to accomplish, the U.S. Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, said on Wednesday at a NATO meeting in Brussels. In his first meeting with NATO and Ukrainian defense ministers, Mr. Hegseth
Pete Hegseth: Return to pre-2014 borders ‘unrealistic’ for Ukraine Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, has said it is “unrealistic” to expect Ukraine to return to its pre-2014 borders, when Russia first took control of Crimea. Speaking at a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in Brussels, Hegseth said it would only be possible
Last Updated:January 28, 2025, 20:45 IST Crux India Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen urged European unity after Donald Trump again stressed his designs on Greenland. Frederiksen said Europe was “based on the idea that cooperation rather than confrontation will lead to peace, progress and prosperity.”“Let us honour that idea,” she said as she met German