After the Netherlands increased prices by 24 per cent on cigarettes and 45 per cent on rolling tobacco in 2024, about 7 per cent of smokers quit, according to the analysis from the Dutch public ...

The United States has called on Asia to increase defence spending in the face of what it deems the China "threat".

NATO defence ministers have inched toward meeting U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand that members of the Western military alliance invest five per cent of their gross domestic product in their ...

Here's what to know about the new spending target, its two categories of 'core defence' and broader defence-related ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Less than two weeks before a NATO summit, Sweden and the Netherlands said Friday that they intend to increase defense spending to 5% of their gross domestic product, in line with U.S.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada and its NATO allies have agreed to substantially hike their defence spending target to five per cent of annual GDP by 2035.