内容摘要：Duluth garnered a climate-friendly reputation after commissioning an economic development package to attract newcomers in 2019. That same year, Buffalo mayor Byron Brown called the city a “climate refuge” in a speech.

Duluth garnered a climate-friendly reputation after commissioning an economic development package to attract newcomers in 2019. That same year, Buffalo mayor Byron Brown called the city a “climate refuge” in a speech.

that will allow Washington access to Ukraine’s largely untapped minerals, deepen strategic ties and create a joint investment fund with the U.S. for the reconstruction of Ukraine.“This document is not merely a legal construct, it is the foundation of a new model of interaction with a key strategic partner,” Ukraine’s economics minister, Yuliia Svyrydenko, wrote on X.

AP correspondent Karen Chammas reports on the latest from Ukraine and Russia.was approved by all 338 members of parliament, far surpassing the required 226 votes, Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak wrote on his Telegram account. No lawmaker abstained.In a statement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked everyone involved in the deal and said he expected the ratified agreement to be submitted to his office soon.

“Once the legal procedures are complete, we will be able to begin establishing the fund,” he said.Ukrainian parliamentarians vote for ratification of the Minerals Agreement between Ukraine and United States at Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadym Sarakhan)

Ukrainian parliamentarians vote for ratification of the Minerals Agreement between Ukraine and United States at Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadym Sarakhan)

Two more technical agreements will have to be developed and signed by both sides, Svyrydenko said. Those deals include “a limited partnership agreement and an agreement that essentially determines how the fund will function,” she told reporters ahead of the vote.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers journalists’ questions near a house destroyed by Thursday’s Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

If Trump walks away, or if Kyiv rejects a deal and keeps fighting with European support, it won’t necessarily mean “the collapse of Ukraine” although more people will almost certainly die if the U.S. pulls its air defenses and intelligence-sharing capabilities, Heisbourg said.Trump has jolted European leaders into awareness that they need to take responsibility for their own defense, regardless of who occupies the White House, experts said.

That means European nations need to invest more in defense, work together to scale up military production and build trust to share intelligence.“This issue is not a question about the next two months or the next two years. This issue is about the next two decades,” Gomart said.