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Scholz: Russia Nuclear Threat Reduced by International Pressure

The risk of nuclear weapons being used in the Ukraine conflict has lessened thanks to international pressure on Russia, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview published Thursday. "One thing has changed for the time being: Russia has stopped threatening to use nuclear weapons.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Says Nuclear Tensions 'Rising' but Moscow Won't Deploy First

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that nuclear tensions were rising, though he insisted "we have not gone crazy" and Moscow would not be the first to deploy them in the Ukraine conflict. Speaking more than nine months after his forces launched their military operation, Putin warned the conflict could…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv ‘working with UN to demilitarise Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant’ – as it happened

Ukraine’s state nuclear energy firm and Kyiv government both claim Russia is using the site as a de facto weapons depot

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Scholz: Risk of Russia using nuclear weapons has diminished, for now

The risk of Russian President Vladimir President Putin using nuclear weapons as part of his war in Ukraine has decreased in response to international pressure, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview published on Thursday.

Reuters

U.S. and EU positions on China are converging, top official says

The goal is "not to be nasty, but not to be naive."

Axios

Germany’s Scholz warns against new Cold War as Russia says 9 killed in Luhansk shelling

German Chancellor calls for the world to unify

The Independent UK

Germany’s Scholz: We Must Avoid Dividing World into Cold War-Style Blocs

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned against creating a new Cold War by dividing the world into blocs and called for every effort to be made to build new partnerships, writing in an opinion piece for Foreign Affairs magazine published online on Monday. The West must stand up for democratic values…

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Germany's Scholz: We must avoid dividing world into Cold War-style blocs

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Ukraine war: West’s Russian oil cap ‘weak,’ Zelensky says

The measure is aimed to reduce Russia’s income from selling oil

The Independent UK

Putin Sets Accepting ‘New Russian Territories’ as Condition to Hold Talks with Biden

Moscow rejected US President Joe Biden’s conditions for negotiations on Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Biden, speaking beside French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, said the only way to end the war in Ukraine was for Putin to pull troops out and that if Putin was looking to end…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Emmanuel Macron's state visit with Joe Biden: key takeaways as relations warm up after a frosty few months

Emmanuel Macron has just completed the first major state visit to the US since the pandemic.

The Conversation

Russia's Putin tells Germany's Scholz that Western line on Ukraine is 'destructive' - Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a phone call on Friday that the German and Western line on Ukraine was "destructive" and urged Berlin to rethink its approach, the Kremlin said.

Reuters

How the German government was divided by a Chinese investment in the Port of Hamburg

The German government has become divided over a deal, agreed last month, which saw Chinese conglomerate Cosco invest in the Port of Hamburg. The deal had been in the works since September 2021 and was championed by the chancellor (and Hamburg’s former mayor), Olaf Scholz.

The Conversation

Germany, Norway urge NATO to protect undersea infrastructure

Germany and Norway are urging NATO to set up a center tasked with protecting undersea infrastructure such as gas pipelines and telecommunication cables

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Zelenskiy praises German parliament for declaring Ukraine famine a genocide

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday praised the German Parliament for passing a resolution that declared the death by starvation of millions of Ukrainians in 1932-33 to be a genocide.

The Conversation

Western leaders are divided over the future of relations with China

European Council president Charles Michel heads to Beijing on December 1, the latest in a procession of western leaders to seek an audience with Xi Jinping, in a year when the Chinese president has cemented his position as the country’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.

Caixin Global

As central authorities cite scientific evidence for easing travel and testing rules, local officials worry about being held accountable for new outbreaks

The Independent UK

Scholz: German offer of air defense system to Poland remains

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says his country's offer to send Patriot anti-missile systems to Poland remains on the table despite Warsaw’s suggestion that they should go to Ukraine instead

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The Independent UK

Qatar to supply liquefied natural gas to Germany from 2026

Qatar is to supply liquefied natural gas to Germany under a 15-year deal as the European economic powerhouse scrambles to replace Russian gas supplies that were cut during the ongoing war in Ukraine

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Europe faces new year of political instability and war

Europe ends 2022 with a war in its east, grappling with political uncertainty, and plagued by high inflation. It has been a year many Europeans would prefer to forget.

WEKU

Civilians escape Kherson after Russian strikes on freed city

Civilians have streamed out of the southern Ukrainian city whose recapture they had celebrated just weeks earlier, after days of intensive shelling by Russian forces.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Works to Restore Water, Power after Russian Strikes

Ukrainian authorities endeavored Saturday to restore electricity and water services after recent pummeling by Russian military strikes that vastly damaged infrastructure, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying millions have seen their power restored since blackouts swept the war-battered country days earlier. Skirmishes continued in the east and residents from the southern…

The Independent UK

Ukraine works to restore water, power after Russian strikes

Ukrainian authorities are endeavoring to restore electricity and water services after recent pummeling by Russian military strikes that vastly damaged infrastructure

The Independent UK

Germany, France pledge mutual support to avert energy crunch

Germany and France have pledged to provide each other mutual support in preventing a possible energy crisis after supplies from Russia dried up amid the war in Ukraine

Reuters

Germany's Scholz 'surprised' by companies' China dependence

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the number of German companies that have ignored the risks of depending too heavily on the Chinese market was remarkable and stressed the need for diversification, in an interview with Focus magazine on Friday.

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