ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Senior officials from Sweden and Finland held some five hours of talks with Turkish counterparts in Ankara on Wednesday in an effort to overcome Turkey’s strong objections to the Nordic nations’ bids to join NATO. Sweden and Finland submitted their written applications to join NATO last week. The move represents one … Read more
After 3 months of war in Ukraine, what’s next? | The Stream Al Jazeera English After 3 months, Russia still bogged down in Ukraine war The Associated Press Analysis | The 5-Minute Fix: The war in Ukraine, three months on The Washington Post Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been ‘slow and unsuccessful,’ Pentagon says Yahoo News View Full Coverage … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Europe’s disease control body has urged countries to prepare contact tracing, vaccines, treatments and diagnostics as ways to combat an increasing number of monkeypox cases. In the U.K. a further 36 cases have been identified, bringing the total number of monkeypox infections to 56, according to the U.K. Health … Read more
Sweden and Finland both formally submit requests to join NATO as Russia threatens “countermeasure… CBS News Will Turkey block Finland and Sweden from becoming NATO members? Al Jazeera English Sen. Klobuchar Says It’s Important Sweden, Finland Join NATO CBS Minnesota Schumer, McConnell pressing administration to rush paperwork on Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership The Hill View Full Coverage on … Read more
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) plan to present a resolution that will press the Biden administration to rush the paperwork for Finland and Sweden to join NATO. In the resolution text, first obtained by Politico, both Senate leaders note the roles played by the Nordic countries in organizations … Read more