ELMAU, Germany — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday urged G7 leaders to supply his country with sophisticated missile defense systems and additional aid that would tilt the war against Russia in Ukraine’s favor as quickly as possible. Zelenskyy also requested greater financial assistance for his war-ravaged country, as well as additional sanctions against Russia to … Read More “Zelenskyy urges G7 to provide anti-missile systems for Ukraine – POLITICO” »
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Press play to listen to this article PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron’s political world has been upended following his failure to win an absolute majority in parliament. Some familiar faces of la Macronie, like would-be environment minister Amélie de Montchalin, are gone, casualties of ballot box defeat. Others, like former Europe minister Clément Beaune, … Read More “Who’s in and who’s out in Macronia — and what it means for the EU – POLITICO” »
Press play to listen to this article The starting gun has been fired in the race to secure enough gas this winter and the stakes couldn’t be higher — whether the EU is able to free itself of Russian domination or whether the Kremlin can inflict enough pain on the bloc to undermine its support … Read More “The EU races to free itself from Russia’s gas noose – POLITICO” »
Press play to listen to this article The European Council on Thursday will designate Ukraine a candidate for EU membership — even as Russia’s ongoing war raises questions about whether the country will exist long enough to ever join the club. The decision on Ukraine’s candidate status, to be made by the 27 EU heads … Read More “Leaders to back Ukraine’s EU bid while skirting tough questions on war – POLITICO” »
The city Department of Education used a controversial budget formula to quietly reduce the funds New York City public schools are set to receive per-student next year, The Post has learned. In an internal memo obtained by The Post, DOE Chief Financial Officer Lindsey Oates told superintendents and principals that the per-student funding for next school year … Read More “NYC quietly cuts per-pupil funds under controversial formula” »
Press play to listen to this article Russian oil tycoon-turned-dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Tuesday accused the EU of committing a massive blunder with oil sanctions against Moscow that are now undermining the 27-nation bloc economically rather than depleting the Kremlin’s war chest. Russia’s former richest man said the EU should have secured alternative supplies before … Read More “EU is sabotaging itself with Russian oil sanctions, Khodorkovsky warns – POLITICO” »
Tap play to listen to this article China can now enjoy turning the matter around. When President Mao Zedong visited Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in the winter of 1949, he was largely the younger supplicant. Stalin packed him off to wait for weeks in his snow-capped No. 2 dacha, 27 kilometers outside Moscow, where the … Read More “China’s new vassal: Vladimir Putin – POLITICO” »
Since they do not know how to manage their finances well due to lack of previous experience, it is a challenge to keep the expenses under control for the students moving from their family for the first time to take higher education in big cities. “High school life is very exciting and scary at the … Read More “How students living alone in big cities can manage their finances well” »
The Polish president told Ukrainian lawmakers that “only Ukraine has the right to decide over its future,” in a speech that was the first personal speech by a foreign head of state in Ukraine’s parliament since the Russian invasion. “Nothing about you without you,” Andrzej Duda told the Kiev assembly on Sunday as he slammed … Read More “Ukraine must ‘decide its own future’, Poland’s Duda tells MEPs in Kiev – POLITICO” »
A controversial school funding formula in New York City was approved Wednesday despite an astonishing rejection last month at a government meeting. The unchanged agenda passed easily through the Panel on Education Policy with 12 out of 14 votes in favor – and with a promise from school chancellor David Banks to reconsider how school … Read More “NYC Education Panel OKs Controversial School Funding Formula” »