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Damage to gas pipeline, telecom cable connecting Finland and Estonia caused by 'external activity'
Read full article: Damage to gas pipeline, telecom cable connecting Finland and Estonia caused by 'external activity'Finland’s president says damage to an undersea gas pipeline and telecommunications cable connecting Finland and Estonia appears to have been caused by “external activity.”.
Sweden, Finland and Switzerland are considering security links with US National Guard, general says
Read full article: Sweden, Finland and Switzerland are considering security links with US National Guard, general saysSwitzerland, Finland and Sweden are considering joining the U.S. National Guard’s security partnership program in a further expansion of U.S. military ties across Europe after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Turkey's president says he will back Finland's NATO bid
Read full article: Turkey's president says he will back Finland's NATO bidTurkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his government will move forward with ratifying Finland’s NATO application, paving the way for the country to join the military bloc ahead of Sweden.
Finnish president wants Finland, Sweden in NATO by summer
Read full article: Finnish president wants Finland, Sweden in NATO by summerThe Finnish president said in an interview published Saturday that he wants Finland and Sweden to be admitted into NATO as full members no later than by the military alliance’s summit in Lithuania in July.
Finland's top diplomat hints at joining NATO without Sweden
Read full article: Finland's top diplomat hints at joining NATO without SwedenFinland’s foreign minister has suggested that the country may consider joining NATO without neighboring Sweden if Turkey continues to block their joint bid to enter the military alliance.
Erdogan: Nordic NATO bid could still be nixed if vows unkept
Read full article: Erdogan: Nordic NATO bid could still be nixed if vows unkeptJust two days after agreeing to lift deal-breaking objections to Sweden and Finland’s NATO accession, Turkey’s leader has threatened that Ankara could still block the process if the two countries fail to fully meet his expectations.
EXPLAINER: How was Turkey’s veto of Nordic NATO bid avoided?
Read full article: EXPLAINER: How was Turkey’s veto of Nordic NATO bid avoided?When the leaders of Finland, Sweden and Turkey met with NATO’s chief this week, some remained pessimistic the meeting would lessen Turkey’s objections to the Nordic pair’s historic request to join NATO.
Turkey lifts its objections to Sweden, Finland joining NATO
Read full article: Turkey lifts its objections to Sweden, Finland joining NATOTurkey has agreed to lift its opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, a breakthrough in an impasse clouding a leaders’ summit in Madrid amid Europe’s worst security crisis in decades triggered by the war in Ukraine.
NATO to boost rapid reaction force, Ukraine military support
Read full article: NATO to boost rapid reaction force, Ukraine military supportNATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance wants to increase the strength of its rapid reaction forces from the current 40,000 to over 300,000.
NATO chief sure spat over Sweden, Finland will be resolved
Read full article: NATO chief sure spat over Sweden, Finland will be resolvedNATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he is ”confident that we will come to a quick decision to welcome both Sweden and Finland to join the NATO family” despite Turkey’s opposition.
Live updates | UN Chief: War in Ukraine driving world hunger
Read full article: Live updates | UN Chief: War in Ukraine driving world hungerUnited Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday he's in “intense contacts” with Russia and other countries to stop escalating global hunger exacerbated by the war in Ukraine by allowing the export of grain stored in Ukrainian ports and ensuring Russian food and fertilizers have unrestricted access to world markets.
Sweden, Finland push ahead with NATO bids as Turkey objects
Read full article: Sweden, Finland push ahead with NATO bids as Turkey objectsSweden and Finland have pushed ahead with their bids to join NATO even as Turkey insists it won’t let the previously nonaligned Nordic countries into the alliance because of their alleged support for Kurdish militants.
Putin warns Finland NATO membership would harm relations
Read full article: Putin warns Finland NATO membership would harm relationsRussian President Vladimir Putin has warned his Finnish counterpart that relations between the two neighbors could be “negatively affected” if Finland follows through with plans to apply for NATO membership.
Russia takes losses in failed river crossing, officials say
Read full article: Russia takes losses in failed river crossing, officials sayUkrainian and British officials say Russia suffered heavy losses when Ukrainian forces destroyed the pontoon bridge enemy troops were using to try to cross a river.
Britain pledges military help to Sweden, Finland if attacked
Read full article: Britain pledges military help to Sweden, Finland if attackedBritain has pledged to come to the aid of Sweden and Finland, including with military support, if the two Nordic nations came under attack under security deals Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed with his Swedish counterpart in Stockholm and the Finnish president in Helsinki.
Crucial NATO decisions expected in Finland, Sweden this week
Read full article: Crucial NATO decisions expected in Finland, Sweden this weekThe question of whether to join NATO is coming to a head this week in Finland and Sweden, where Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shattered the long-held belief that remaining outside the military alliance was the best way to avoid trouble with their giant neighbor.
LIVE STREAM: Biden expected to announce ban on import of Russian oil
Read full article: LIVE STREAM: Biden expected to announce ban on import of Russian oilWatch live coverage as President Biden is expected to announce a ban on the import of Russian oil as part of further actions to hold Russia accountable for its actions in Ukraine.
Finnish leader meets Biden, weighs NATO as war deepens
Read full article: Finnish leader meets Biden, weighs NATO as war deepensPresident Joe Biden has met with Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto with the Finns at a crossroads: Should they move closer to the rest of Europe and the West by trying to join NATO as Russia pummels Ukraine.
Finland, Sweden brush off Moscow's warning on joining NATO
Read full article: Finland, Sweden brush off Moscow's warning on joining NATOFinland and Sweden have brushed off warnings from neighboring Russia that their possible joining NATO would trigger “serious military-political consequences” from Moscow.
The Latest: New Zealand condemns Russian actions in Ukraine
Read full article: The Latest: New Zealand condemns Russian actions in UkraineNew Zealand’s government summoned Russian Ambassador Georgii Zuev to meet Wednesday with top diplomatic officials who are urging Russia to return to diplomatic negotiations over Ukraine.
World leaders criticize haphazard response to pandemic
Read full article: World leaders criticize haphazard response to pandemicMember state flags fly outside the United Nations headquarters during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. This year's annual gathering of world leaders at U.N. headquarters will be almost entirely "virtual." (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)TANZANIA – World leaders gathering remotely Wednesday criticized a haphazard global response to a microscopic virus that has unleashed economic havoc and taken nearly 1 million lives in its march across the globe. In the words of Kazakhstan’s president, it was “a critical collapse of global cooperation.”“Our world has been turned upside down,” said Ghana's president, Nana Akufo-Addo. Switzerland's President Simonetta Sommaruga, one of the few women leaders to speak, said the pandemic “has caused untold suffering in the world," with the most vulnerable hit hardest.