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Canadian frigates not involved in NATO naval task forces for first time since 2014
Returning sailors and their family and friends are seen as the HMC Ships Halifax and Montreal return from deployment to NATO's Operation Reassurance at the HMC Dockyard in Halifax on Friday, July 15, 2022. For the first time in eight years, Canadian warships are not involved in either of two NATO naval taskforces charged with patrolling European waters. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Clark
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Ukraine under pressure in east as NATO chief says Russia must not win
KYIV, UKRAINE - JULY 11: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is seen during the press conference with Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte on July 11, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. At the recent NATO leaders' summit, the Dutch PM was among the European leaders urging other NATO partners to step up arms deliveries to Ukraine amid its war with Russia. (Photo by Alexey Furman/Getty Images)
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U.S. Senate backs Finland, Sweden for NATO 95-1, rebuking Russia
FILE - Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, left, Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde, right, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attend a media conference after the signature of the NATO Accession Protocols for Finland and Sweden in the NATO headquarters in Brussels, July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File)
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Sweden and Finland yet to extradite suspects Turkey seeks after signing NATO accord, foreign minister says
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Finland's President Sauli Niinisto, Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde and Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto prepare to sign a document during a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura
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Turkey warns it can ‘freeze’ Sweden, Finland’s NATO membership bids if conditions not met
FILE PHOTO: Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain June 30, 2022. REUTERS/Susana Vera/File Photo
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Germany ratifies NATO membership for Finland, Sweden
A general view of the plenary hall of Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi
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NATO nations sign off on accession protocols for Sweden and Finland
Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, left, Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde, right, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attend a media conference after the signature of the NATO Accession Protocols for Finland and Sweden in the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
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Politics Briefing: Montreal will host NATO’s new climate centre, Trudeau says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a statement after meeting with Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, in Madrid on Thursday, June 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Biden says he would support exception to Senate filibuster to protect abortion access
U.S. President Joe Biden holds a news conference before departing the NATO summit at the IFEMA arena in Madrid, Spain, June 30, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Montreal will host NATO’s new climate centre and Canada will send more troops to Latvia, Trudeau says
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (C), Canada's Minister of Defence Anita Anand (L) and Canadian Minister for Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly address media representatives during a press conference at the NATO summit at the Ifema congress centre in Madrid, on June 30, 2022. (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP) (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Canada to lead upgraded NATO combat force in Latvia
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NATO vows to guard ‘every inch of territory’ as Russia fumes
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at the end of a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain on Thursday, June 30, 2022. North Atlantic Treaty Organization heads of state met for the final day of a NATO summit in Madrid on Thursday. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Biden offers new military aid to Ukraine as NATO prepares for long fight
MADRID, SPAIN - JUNE 30: US President Joe Biden holds his press conference at the NATO Summit on June 30, 2022 in Madrid, Spain. During the summit in Madrid, on June 30 NATO leaders will make the historic decision whether to increase the number of high-readiness troops above 300,000 to face the Russian threat. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)
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Evening Update: Tim Hortons suspends World Juniors hockey sponsorship over sexual assault allegations
Player crosses centre ice logo in a game against Team Russia on January 2, 2008 at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario. Team West defeated Team Russia 4-1 in a World Under 17 Challenge game.
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Back-to-back summits: NATO squeezes Russia much more than the G7
A Ukrainian T-64BV comes off the frontline for repairs in Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine, on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Moscow is dispatching thousands more soldiers and heavy weapons to eastern Ukraine as it struggles to lay claim to the last patch of sovereign Ukrainian territory in Luhansk Province, according to Ukrainian and Western officials. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)
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Russian forces fight to encircle Ukraine’s last stronghold in long-contested eastern province
Aftermath of a missile strike, amid Russia's invasion on Ukraine, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine June 29, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media. Courtesy of Julie Akimova - news.pn/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
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NATO invites Finland and Sweden to join alliance, says Russia is a ‘direct threat’
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Finland's President Sauli Niinisto, Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde and Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto prepare to sign a document during a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura
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Canada signs agreement to upgrade, add troops to Latvia battle group
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain June 29, 2022. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura
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Evening Update: Top civilian Mountie rebukes RCMP Commissioner for ‘appalling’ behaviour at behest of federal government
Lia Scanlan, director of strategic communications for the Nova Scotia RCMP, testifies at the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry into the mass murders in rural Nova Scotia, in Truro, N.S. on June 8, 2022.
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Canada to emerge from the NATO summit with two goodies – military alliance, climate and tech centres
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Flags wave outside the Alliance headquarters ahead of a NATO Defence Ministers meeting, in Brussels, Belgium, October 21, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo/File Photo
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Trudeau defends Canadian military spending ahead of NATO summit as new report projects decline
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wearing a face mask arrives to give a press statement at Elmau Castle, southern Germany, at the end of the G7 Summit, on June 28, 2022. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Turkey agrees to lift objections to Sweden, Finland joining NATO
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Finland's President Sauli Niinisto and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson ahead of a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain June 28, 2022. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
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NATO to boost number of high-alert soldiers eightfold to 300,000 to protect eastern flank from Russia
A photo taken on June 15, 2022 shows North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) logos at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo by Valeria Mongelli / AFP) (Photo by VALERIA MONGELLI/AFP via Getty Images)
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NATO to pledge aid to Baltics and Ukraine, urge Turkey to let in Nordics
FILE PHOTO: Flags of the Netherlands and Denmark are seen as a meeting to prepare for the upcoming Madrid summit of the alliance is held, in The Hague, Netherlands June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Eva Plevier
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Erdogan to meet with leaders of Sweden, Finland before NATO summit
FILE PHOTO: Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan holds a news conference during the NATO summit at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 14, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Pool/File Photo
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For Biden, shoring up alliance against Russia is top of mind as he embarks on trip to Europe
President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Saturday, June 25, 2022. Biden is traveling to Germany to attend a Group of Seven summit of leaders of the world's major industrialized nations. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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NATO confronts new security world order with war-monger Russia and rise of China at Madrid summit
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Romanian President Klaus Johannis, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa and Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins attend a press conference after a meeting to prepare the upcoming Madrid summit of the alliance, in The Hague, Netherlands June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Eva Plevier
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Biden announces new $1-billion in security assistance for Ukraine
The Ukrainian flag is seen as demonstrators gather to protest Russias invasion of Ukraine outside the Russian Embassy in Washington, DC, on February 27, 2022. - Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have fled their country since Russian President Vladimir Putin unleashed a full-scale invasion on Thursday. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Mexican President slams NATO’s policy on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, calls it ‘immoral’
FILE PHOTO: Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during a virtual U.S. global climate summit, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo
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Turkey has ‘legitimate concerns’ over terrorism, NATO chief says
Finland's President Sauli Niinisto meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, shake hands at a press conference during Kultaranta Talks, at the presidential summer residence Kultaranta in Naantali, Finland, Sunday June 12, 2022. (Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva via AP)
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Sweden to seek constructive progress with Turkey over bid to join NATO
Swedish Minister of Foreígn Affairs Ann Linde poses for photographers as she signs Sweden's application for NATO membership at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Stockholm, Tuesday, May 17 2022. Sweden's decision to seek NATO membership follows a similar decision by neighboring Finland, a historic shift for the countries, which have been nonaligned for generations. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP)
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Politics Briefing: Canada would need to spend $75-billion over half a decade to reach NATO defence spending target
Defence Minister Anita Anand speaks to military personnel after getting a tour of the CC 177 Globemaster aircraft at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, in Trenton, Ont., Thursday, April 14, 2022. The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government would need to spend an additional $75.3 billion on defence over the next five years for Canada to reach NATO’s target of two per cent of GDP. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
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Evening Update: Bank of Canada warns high household debt, elevated home prices pose risks to economy
Governor of the Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem speaks at a press conference in Ottawa on Thursday, June 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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Canada would need to spend $75B more over half a decade to reach NATO defence spending target, report says
FILE PHOTO: Canadian troops of NATO enhanced Forward Presence battle group attend meeting with Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand in Adazi, Latvia February 3, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo