Tensions rocked the Western alliance as European Union leaders backed France in its anger over a scrapping mega-contract. The tensions in the transatlantic alliance overshadowed the beginning of the UN General Assembly week, after Australia last week canceled a multi-billion-dollar contract for French submarines, instead opting for US nuclear-powered ones ...
France, the United States’ oldest ally, has recalled its ambassadors to the US and Australia in an unprecedented display of outrage over a submarine deal that will make Australia a nuclear power. The US, Britain, and Australia on Wednesday established a security alliance – dubbed AUKUS – for the ...
