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International
7/10/2023 12:11:35 PM
Sweden's prime minister will meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday in a last-gasp attempt to bridge a diplomatic impasse over his Nordic state's stalled NATO membership drive.
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World
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War in Ukraine
7/10/2023 10:20:14 AM
Russia’s war in Ukraine will top the agenda when U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts hold a summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius over two days starting on Tuesday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
7/8/2023 10:47:18 AM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed support early Saturday for Ukraine joining NATO, saying the war-torn country deserves to join the alliance.
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World
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War in Ukraine
7/7/2023 6:56:27 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the capitals of Bulgaria and the Czech Republic on Thursday, discussing military aid and receiving assurances of support for Ukraine’s entry into NATO after its war with Russia is over.
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World
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International
7/6/2023 10:39:09 PM
The leaders of Turkey and Sweden will meet on the eve of a NATO summit next week to try and unblock Stockholm's stalled membership bid, alliance head Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
7/1/2023 4:38:45 PM
US President Joe Biden will host Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson next week to talk about transatlantic security cooperation and the war in Ukraine, the White House said Saturday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/17/2023 7:13:35 PM
The United States won't make special arrangements for Ukraine to join the NATO military alliance, President Joe Biden said Saturday, despite Russia's invasion.
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World
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Region
6/14/2023 6:52:59 PM
Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated to Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday his call for a state of Palestine to become a "full member" of the United Nations, state media reported.
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World
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International
6/14/2023 1:42:55 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday rebuffed growing international pressure on Ankara to ratify Sweden's NATO membership bid before the Western defence alliance meets in July.
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World
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International
6/14/2023 12:19:30 PM
Senior officials from NATO, Sweden, Finland and Turkey met in Ankara on Wednesday, Turkish media reports said, as the alliance pushes Turkey to ratify Sweden’s application to join the military bloc.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/9/2023 6:26:00 PM
Sweden, whose NATO membership bid is currently blocked, is ready to welcome temporary NATO bases on its soil even before it is a full member, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Friday.
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World
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International
6/8/2023 3:18:25 PM
Finland’s popular outgoing foreign minister, who was one of the key negotiators of his country’s recent membership in NATO, said Thursday he will run as a candidate in the presidential election early next year.
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World
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International
6/4/2023 6:15:22 PM
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday called on Ankara to drop its opposition to Sweden's bid to join the defence alliance, saying Stockholm has addressed Turkey's security concerns.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/1/2023 10:30:57 PM
NATO on Thursday ramped up pressure on member nation Turkey to drop its objections to Sweden's membership as the military organization seeks to deal with the issue by the time U.S. President Joe Biden and his counterparts meet next month.
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World
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War in Ukraine
5/31/2023 7:29:56 PM
European leaders started gathering in Moldova Wednesday on the eve of a sprawling summit aiming to show a united front in the face of Russia's war in Ukraine and underscore support for the Eastern European country’s ambitions to draw closer to the West and keep Moscow at bay, as Brussels chief Ursula von der Leyen congratulated Moldova's President Maia Sandu on making "big progress" in the reforms required to back a bid for European Union membership.
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World
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International
5/30/2023 9:45:28 PM
A decision on Sweden's NATO membership is "absolutely possible" before the alliance's summit in July, NATO's chief said Tuesday, two days after the re-election of Turkey's president who is opposed to the idea.
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Business
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Economy
5/17/2023 6:08:27 PM
The Central Bank of Egypt's (CBE) Computing Incident Response Team for Egypt’s financial sector (EG-FinCIRT) has obtained accreditation and membership in the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), an international cybersecurity organization, according to a press release on Tuesday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
5/17/2023 3:43:57 PM
Ukraine has joined NATO's cyber defence centre, the Tallinn-based body said Wednesday, with Kyiv calling the move "a step on the way" to NATO membership.
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World
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War in Ukraine
4/20/2023 3:04:28 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday pressed NATO to invite Ukraine to join the military alliance and send more fighter jets and long-range weapons.
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World
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War in Ukraine
4/4/2023 7:23:34 PM
While Finland Tuesday became a full NATO member, Sweden's membership bid remains blocked, an "embarrassing" delay if short-lived but which could make Sweden more vulnerable and create problems within NATO if it drags on, experts told AFP.
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