Trump confirms foreign aid freeze

The US president has promised a return to his ‘America First’ policy during his second term US President Donald Trump has confirmed that he has enacted a sweeping suspension of aid to foreign countries. “I imposed a federal hiring freeze, a federal regulation freeze, a foreign aid freeze,” Trump told a crowd of supporters in…

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Putin aide clarifies Moscow’s approach to US talks

Kiev and the EU will be excluded from the initial negotiations with Washington, Yury Ushakov has said High-level Russian and US delegations will hold talks in Riyadh without the participation of third countries, President Vladimir Putin’s top foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov has said. Earlier on Monday, Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky stated that Kiev would treat…

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EU state blocks accession talks with Ukraine

Hungary has vetoed a joint EU statement ordering the start of negotiations with Kiev on membership Hungary has vetoed a joint EU statement on Ukraine at the bloc’s Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, effectively blocking Kiev’s accession talks, according to a communique published on Thursday on the European Council’s website. The statement, which urged the…

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