President also plans to ask for "financial contribution" for maintenance of remaining troops, European diplomatic source said.

Speaking to Europe’s elites at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Zelensky laid into many of the European countries that have helped keep Ukraine afloat since the Russian invasion, chiding them for not taking their own defense and the threat from Moscow sufficiently seriously.

It would be easy for President Donald Trump to exclude his European counterparts from peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. But involving European partners is necessary to secure a better

Speaking a day after Trump’s inauguration, Ukraine’s president told world leaders at Davos that Europe needs to remain united and “learn how to take care of itself.”

A record 47% of the European Union’s electricity now comes from solar and other renewables, a report Thursday said, in yet another sign of the growing gap between the bloc’s push for clean energy and the new U.

President Trump appears willing to shake up almost every policy area, and a behind-the-scenes E.U. task force has been trying to prepare. But is Europe ready?

The head of a major humanitarian organisation said U.S. President Donald Trump's order to halt foreign aid for 90 days would have immediate and disastrous consequences in Afghanistan where relief operations are already stretched thin.

Europe’s generous welfare states are coming under increasing strain as weak economic growth collides with rising demands on government budgets, particularly from aging populations.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called into question the U.S.' commitment to its allies in Europe. Zelenskyy said President Donald Trump's first act as president — the signing of a raft of executive orders on a raft of domestic issues — suggested his administration would not be overly concerned with Europe's future.

Still, the official announcement declined to use the word war to characterize Moscow’s activities outside Ukraine. Instead, the EU condemned Russians’ “destabilising” and “malicious actions.” The inability to describe acts of war as acts of war is part of a culture of distortion and denial regarding the subject of state-sponsored violence.

Volkswagen will need to make additional investments in the United States to hit its target of doubling market share in the country, its CFO Arno Antlitz said on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos,