US President Joe Biden has thanked German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for Berlin’s recent “historic” decision to raise defence spending, the White House said after their one-on-one talks ended at the G7 summit. “The president welcomed Germany’s historic com…
Russia’s defence minister visits troops in Ukraine, ministry says
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has visited Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine. The Defence Ministry in Moscow released a video on Sunday showing Shoigu stepping off a plane in dark green military fatigues and then conferring with military off…
Biden attends Mass at Bavaria’s Schloss Elmau resort ahead of summit
US President Joe Biden has attended Mass at Bavaria’s Schloss Elmau resort shortly before heading into a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Biden is only the second Catholic president in US history and regularly attends weekly religi…
Biden to Scholz: A ‘stronger’ West will emerge in wake of Ukraine war
US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have come together for a bilateral meeting ahead of the G7 summit taking place in Bavaria’s Schloss Elmau resort. “I think we can get through all this and come out stronger,” Biden said in refere…
Euro 2024 director Lahm: Germany’s performance decisive
Euro 2024 tournament director Philipp Lahm has dismissed the debate over branding Germany as ‘Die Mannschaft’ (the team) and instead believes performance is much more important. “The deciding factor is, how a team, how the players, perform,” he told dp…
Oil price cap, Russian gold ban on agenda as G7 convenes in Germany
The leaders of the G7 group of wealthy nations were coming together in Bavaria’s Schloss Elmau resort on Sunday for the first day of a three-day summit that will centre on their response to the war in Ukraine and its consequences. The leaders of Britai…
No progress on Swedish, Finnish NATO bids, Erdoğan tells NATO chief
Sweden and Finland have yet to take “concrete and sincere” steps to ease Turkish concerns before their proposed NATO accession, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in a phone call on Saturday. Erdoğan’s r…
Scientists demand more money from G7 for action on climate change
Before the start of the G7 summit in the Bavarian Alps, scientists have demanded more money for action on climate change from the participating countries. More money is needed than the $100 billion that industrialized countries have pledged to countrie…
Norway raises terror alert level after deadly shooting at gay bar
The Norwegian security service raised the country’s terror alert level to the highest level on Saturday, hours after a gunmen opened fire at an LGBTQ nightclub in central Oslo on the eve of the city’s Pride parade. The danger of a terrorist threat was …
Putin: Russia to send send Iskander-M missile systems to Belarus
Russia intends to supply Iskander-M missile systems to Belarus in the coming months, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday. He made the remarks at a meeting with Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko in St Petersburg, the Russian state news age…