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Category: 25 February 2025
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NETANYAHU FLOUTS INTERNATIONAL LAW, EVICTS 40,000 PALESTINIAN FAMILIES FROM THEIR WEST BANK HOMES
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was photographed last week holding a military meeting inside a West Bank home of a Palestinian family that had just been evicted—showing how he can freely flout international law as his military continued its major offensive in the region.
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TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER AIMS TO SWIPE CONTROL FROM ‘INDEPENDENT’ REGULATORS
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week that his critics say gives him unprecedented power over so-called independent federal agencies intended to work outside of the purview of the White House.
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TRUMP COMPARES HIMSELF TO A KING ON TRUTH SOCIAL
U.S. President Donald Trump last week referred to himself as a king in a post on Truth Social after his administration rescinded the approval of New York City’s congestion pricing program that was aimed at reducing traffic and raising revenue.
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AS FORECAST: GERMANY’S AfD BECOMES MAIN OPPOSITION IN BEST ELECTION SHOWING EVER
Germany abandoned Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition in the country’s snap election on Sunday handing overall victory to Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union, and giving the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) its strongest showing ever, coming in second place.
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MACRON RINGS ALARM OVER THE NEED FOR THE EU TO INCREASE DEFENSE SPENDING AMID THE THREAT FROM RUSSIA AND TRUMP RISKS
French President Emmanuel Macron said last week that the European Union finds itself in a dangerous predicament with an emboldened Russia and new leadership in Washington that can no longer be looked at as a security guarantor.
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WWIII: FRANCE, U.K. CONSIDER DETERRING RUSSIA WITH AIR POWER
French and U.K. officials believe they can help enforce a ceasefire in Ukraine by unleashing what they see as a superior air force that would dissuade Russia from violating any truce.
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DENMARK AIMS TO PUMP UP MILITARY AMID RISK FROM RUSSIA
Denmark aims to increase its military spending by $7 billion over two years to strengthen its forces amid what its leadership sees as threats from Russia and inconsistent messaging from the Trump administration.
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U.S. OPPOSES USING ‘RUSSIAN AGGRESSION’ IN G7 STATEMENT ON UKRAINE INVASION
The U.S. took issue with the first draft of a Group of Seven nation’s statement that was circulated last week and reportedly removed all instances where Russia could be perceived as the aggressor—which was seen as a significant break from the previous administration.
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TRUMP, ZELENSKY LOCK HORNS OVER MINERAL DEAL THAT COULD BE WORTH $500B
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday dashed what the Trump administration saw as momentum to strike a deal that would provide the U.S. with $500 billion in its mineral wealth to pay back its support for the war and ensure some level of partnership going forward.
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