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Reuters: Foreign minister says Hungary set on closer ties with Russia, US

Hungary favours closer ties with Russia and also expects links with the United States to improve markedly under President Donald Trump, whose …
Reuters

The Hill: State Department’s senior management team resigns – report

The State Department’s entire senior level of management has resigned less than a week into Donald Trump’s administration. The resignations, reported …
The Hill

Reuters: NATO, Russia and trade top the agenda for Trump talks with May

U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May, who share an unusual bond as the products of anti-establishment uprisings, will …
Reuters

Financial Times: Theresa May urges UK and US to resist ‘eclipse of the west’

Theresa May on Jan. 26 ripped up Tony Blair’s “doctrine of liberal interventionism”, declaring that the days when the UK and US invaded countries to …
Financial Times

Financial Times: White House weighs 20 percent import tax to fund US-Mexico border wall

The White House has sown confusion about how it will finance its US-Mexico border wall, just hours after Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto …
Financial Times

Washington Post: Trump pressured Park Service to find proof for his claims about inauguration crowd

On the morning after Donald Trump’s inauguration, acting National Park Service director Michael T. Reynolds received an extraordinary summons: The new …
Washington Post

Euronews: Hungary’s Orban – ‘Make Europe great again’

Europe is starting a new era of political thinking, the situation is awfully bad and we need to change it – this is one of the main ideas of Hungarian …
Euronews

The Guardian: Brexit – UK government publishes bill to trigger article 50

The government has published its bill to trigger article 50, shortly after announcing that MPs will get just five days to debate and scrutinise the …
The Guardian

Reuters: Germany minister says EU could fall apart if populists win Dutch, French elections

German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel warned on Jan. 26 that the European Union could fall apart if populists in France or the Netherlands win in …
Reuters

Voice of America: Shaken by Trump’s criticism of NATO, Europe mulls building own military force

LONDON – European leaders were left shaken following U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent comments that NATO is “obsolete.” The organization has …
Voice of America

ABC News: Trump tells he ‘absolutely’ thinks waterboarding works

In an exclusive interview with ABC News, President Donald Trump said he “absolutely” thinks waterboarding works and would consider reinstating it as …
ABC News

Politico: BuzzFeed hires reporter to cover Trump’s relationship with the media

President Donald Trump’s complicated relationship with the news media has riveted the political class for months – his impromptu TV appearances where …
POLITICO

Newsweek: Femen leader dismisses reports of feminist group’s demise

Feminist protest group Femen has denied reports that it has broken up, as claimed by one former activist. The group, known for its topless protests …
Newsweek

New York Times: Trump blocks Syrian refugees and orders Mexican border wall to be built

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Jan. 25 began a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigration, ordering the immediate construction of a border wall with …
New York Times

Reuters: Trump’s top defense and homeland officials to attend Munich Security Conference

U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Homeland Security chief John Kelly will attend the Munich Security Conference in February, and the event’s …
Reuters

Deutsche Welle: EU expands anti-fake-news task force

The European Union is stepping up attempts to counter fake news spread by the Kremlin. According to an EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy …
Deutsche Welle

Reuters: As Trump stresses ‘America First’, China plays the world leader

China is calmly mapping out global leadership aspirations from trade to climate change, drawing distinctions between President Xi Jinping’s steady …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Populism is wrong medicine to fight corruption, watchdog warns

Corruption and social inequality are reinforcing each other around the world, leading to popular disenchantment with political establishments, an …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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