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Ukraine joining NATO in the midst of a war ‘not on the agenda’, says Jens Stoltenberg
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrives for a meeting with EU defense ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday May 23, 2023. The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Tuesday that the U.S. green light to allow Ukrainian pilots get training to fly F-16s has created an inexorable momentum that will inevitably bring the fighter jets to the Ukrainian battlefield. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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Zelensky repeats call for Ukraine NATO membership
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Turkey faces runoff election with Erdogan leading
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China urges ‘high vigilance’ over NATO expansion in Asia
FILE PHOTO: Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (not in picture) attend a news conference, at a NATO foreign ministers' meeting, at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 4, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
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NATO says it scrambled jets Sunday to track Russian patrol aircraft over North Atlantic
A Russian Tupolev TU-142 flies by the USS Mount Whitney of the US Navy during the NATO-led military exercise Trident Juncture on November 2, 2018 at the Norwegian sea outside Trondheim, Norway - Trident Juncture 2018, is a NATO-led military exercise held in Norway from 25 October to 7 November 2018. The exercise is the largest of its kind in Norway since the 1980s. Around 50,000 participants from NATO and partner countries, some 250 aircraft, 65 ships and up to 10,000 vehicles take part in the exercise. The main goal of Trident Juncture is allegedly to train the NATO Response Force and to test the alliance's defence capability. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP) / ALTERNATIVE CROPJONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images
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Ukraine allies sent 1,550 combat vehicles and 230 tanks, NATO military alliance chief says
FILE PHOTO: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg attends a summit of cities and regions, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 20, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
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The world is growing tired of Canada’s freeloading on defence
Andrew Coyne
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What Canada can learn from its new NATO ally Finland
Alexander Dalziel and Henri Vanhanen
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Canada needs to honour its pledge to NATO
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Canada needs honest talk about its defence needs, spending intentions
John Ibbitson
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NATO head defiantly says Ukraine belongs in alliance one day
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg visits the Wall of Remembrance to pay tribute to killed Ukrainian soldiers, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
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Morning Update: Federal services grind to a halt as both sides remain at table
Picketers march on Parliament Hill after more than 155,000 public sector union workers with the Public Service Alliance of Canada began a strike, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 19, 2023. REUTERS/Blair Gable
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Trudeau privately told NATO Canada would never meet 2-per-cent defence spending target: report
A CF-18 Hornet sits on the tarmac at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, in Trenton, Ont., on Monday June 20, 2022. Canada will not send fighter jets to patrol NATO airspace next year, the first time that Canadian CF-18s will be absent from the skies over Europe since 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
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Finland joins NATO, dealing blow to Russia for Ukraine war
Finnish military personnel install the Finnish national flag at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, on April 4, 2023. - Finland on April 4, 2023 became the 31st member of NATO, wrapping up its historic strategic shift with the deposit of its accession documents to the alliance. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP) (Photo by JOHN THYS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Finland to join NATO Tuesday, Stoltenberg says, prompting Russian warning
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a press conference to present the next North Atlantic Council (NAC) Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on April 3, 2023. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)
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Turkey’s parliament ratifies Finland’s membership in NATO
Cars queue to cross the border from Russia to Finland at the Nuijamaa border check point in Lappeenranta, Finland, September 22, 2022. Lauri Heino/Lehtikuva/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. FINLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN FINLAND.
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Hungarian parliament approves Finland’s bid to join NATO
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban sits next to deputy premier Zsolt Semjen, as lawmakers vote on Finland's bid to join NATO, at the parliament in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 27, 2023. Hungary's parliament is expected to approve Finland's bid to join NATO, putting an end to months of delays and bringing the Nordic country one step closer to becoming a full member of the Western military alliance. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
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NATO slams Putin rhetoric on nuclear weapons in Belarus
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via a video link in Moscow, Russia, March 24, 2023. Sputnik/Alexei Babushkin/Kremlin via REUTERS
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Budget 2023: Canada’s indefensible military spending
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Russia’s offensive bogged down in Eastern Ukraine, though it could still take Bakhmut, top NATO official says
A Ukrainian soldier of the Paratroopers' of 80th brigade listens to artillery fire a frontline position near Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine March 16, 2023. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura