Berlin — In a landmark shift, Germany is set to embark on its most ambitious defense spending initiative since World War II. Lawmakers have embraced plans unveiled by Friedrich Merz, soon to ...

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Trump’s threats of economic punishment and annexation have prompted Canada to forge new defense alliances. Here, Mark Carney, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, speaks in Ottawa, Ontario, on ...

Canada has floated doing major defense deals with Europe and improving the continent’s access to its critical minerals in response to President Donald Trump’s threats and his pullback from US ...

WASHINGTON — The leaders of the Senate and House Appropriations defense subcommittees have sent detailed funding tables to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, laying out how they believe the money ...

BRUSSELS — United States arms-makers are being frozen out of the European Union’s massive new defense spending plan, which aims to splash the cash for EU and allied countries, according to defense ...

TD Bank is set to close six branches across New Jersey, including two in North Jersey, by June. They are among 38 locations that are being closed nationwide by the Canadian bank, which has its U.S ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Concerned by the potential loss of US security guarantees in the face of an aggressive Russia, European countries are looking to rearm. A European Union blueprint aims to kick-start the process ...

A visitor walks past a military truck equipped with a Caesar cannon and a Nexter Systems Leclerc tank at the Eurosatory trade fair near Paris on June 17, 2024. (Julien de Rosa/AFP via Getty Images ...