13 h. ago Trump blasts ‘decaying’ and ‘weak’ Europe, pushes Ukraine on elections

US President Donald Trump blasted Europe as “decaying” and “weak” on immigration and Ukraine in an interview published Tuesday, deepening a rift between the United States and some of its oldest allies. Speaking to Politico, Trump also called on war-battered Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky to hold elections despite Russia’s invasion and said that Moscow had the “upper hand”. Trump’s comments doubled down on extraordinary criticism of top US partners in his administration’s new national...

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21 h. ago As Germany appeals to China for peace, Zelenskyy says Beijing has no interest in ending Russia’s war against Ukraine

As Germany appeals to China for peace, Zelenskyy says Beijing has no interest in ending Russia’s war against Ukraine  Euromaidan Press

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39 h. ago German minister pushes China to exert influence on Russia to end war

German minister pushes China to exert influence on Russia to end war  Yahoo

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3 d. ago Hungary’s Orban to send team to Russia, expecting end of Ukraine war

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced on Saturday that he was sending a business delegation to Russia in the coming days in preparation for the end of the Ukraine war. Orban addressed Budapest’s foreign relations with Moscow and also Washington at an exclusive rally in the central city of Kecskemet, ahead of legislative elections in the spring. The delegation’s mission would focus on economic cooperation, particularly in a post-war landscape that could see Russia not cut out from the...

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6 d. ago Macron arrives in China for talks with Xi on trade ties and Russia’s war in Ukraine

Macron arrives in China for talks with Xi on trade ties and Russia’s war in Ukraine  AP News

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7 d. ago Ukraine talks: Putin meets Trump envoys in Russia, sends Europe a warning

Russian President Vladimir Putin met US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner in the Kremlin on Tuesday for talks on a possible way to end the deadliest European conflict since World War II. Just before the meeting, Putin warned Europe that it would face swift defeat if it went to war with Russia, and he dismissed European counterproposals on Ukraine as being absolutely unacceptable to Russia. Trump has repeatedly said he wants to end the war but his...

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8 d. ago Zelensky says ‘not fair’ to exclude Europe from Ukraine reconstruction talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday said it was “not fair” to exclude European allies from Ukraine reconstruction talks, as efforts to settle the war with Russia went into full swing. “The issue of money, restoration, in my opinion, I speak honestly, and we talked about it, undoubtedly, without the presence of European partners, it is not easy to accept. It is difficult because the money is in Europe, and I think this is not very fair,” he told a press conference with French...

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8 d. ago Ukraine’s Zelensky reinforces European support as he eyes Trump talks on US deal

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday he expected to discuss “key issues” with Donald Trump as the American-led push to end Russia’s war on Ukraine accelerated, with the US president’s envoy heading to Moscow. Ukraine’s negotiator Rustem Umerov said “significant progress” had been achieved in two days of talks with US officials on Trump’s plan to end the war, even though more work was needed on “challenging” issues. The comments came as US envoy Steve Witkoff was due to meet...

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8 d. ago Zelensky reinforces European support as he eyes Trump talks on US deal

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday he expected to discuss “key issues” with Donald Trump as the American-led push to end Russia’s war on Ukraine accelerated, with the US president’s envoy heading to Moscow. Ukraine’s negotiator Rustem Umerov said “significant progress” had been achieved in two days of talks with US officials on Trump’s plan to end the war, even though more work was needed on “challenging” issues. The comments came as US envoy Steve Witkoff was due to meet...

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1 week ago Zuma’s daughter quits South African parliament amid Russian mercenary scandal

A daughter of South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma has resigned from parliament after claims she was involved in recruiting men to join Russian mercenaries in the Ukraine war, her party said on Friday. Police last week said they were investigating allegations that Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, an MP in her father’s Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party, had lured 17 South African men to Russia “to fight in the Ukrainian war without their knowledge or consent”. The presidency said in early November it had...

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1 week ago Pope warns ‘piecemeal’ third world war ‘threatening’ humanity

Pope Leo lamented that the world was seeing an unusual number of bloody conflicts during his first trip outside Italy as Catholic leader on Thursday, and he warned that a third world war was being “fought piecemeal”, with humanity’s future at risk. In his first speech given overseas since his election in May to lead the 1.4 billion-member Church, Leo, the first US pope, said “ambitions and choices that trample on justice and peace” were destabilising the world. He told political leaders in...

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1 week ago Macron says France to restore voluntary military service amid Russia threat

French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a new national military service plan on Thursday as France seeks to bolster its armed forces to address growing concerns over Russia’s threat to European nations beyond the war in Ukraine. Macron announced that volunteers aged 18 and 19 will start serving next year in a 10-month new military service programme. “A new national service is set to be gradually established, starting from next summer,” Macron said in a speech at the Varces military base, in...

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2 w. ago Ukraine ready to advance peace plan, will discuss disputed points with Trump

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that Ukraine was ready to advance a US-backed framework for ending the war with Russia and discuss disputed points with US President Donald Trump in talks he said should include European allies. In a speech to allies known as the coalition of the willing, Zelensky urged European leaders to hash out a framework for deploying a “reassurance force” to Ukraine and to keep backing Kyiv for as long as Moscow showed no inclination to end its invasion. US and...

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2 w. ago Zelensky ready to advance Trump’s Ukraine plan, urges Europeans be included

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that Ukraine was ready to advance a US-backed framework for ending the war with Russia and discuss disputed points with US President Donald Trump in talks he said should include European allies. US and Ukrainian officials have been trying to narrow the gaps between them over Trump’s plan to end Europe’s deadliest and most devastating conflict since World War II, with Ukraine wary of being strong-armed into accepting a deal largely on Russian terms,...

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2 w. ago Russia’s shrinking empire: How Putin’s brutal war in Ukraine has made Moscow a vassal state of Beijing

Russia’s shrinking empire: How Putin’s brutal war in Ukraine has made Moscow a vassal state of Beijing  Milwaukee Independent

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2 w. ago Ukraine and Russia exchange deadly barrages as negotiators race to refine deal

Ukraine and Russia counted casualties on Tuesday after trading deadly overnight strikes, as negotiators scrambled to revise a framework to end the nearly four-year conflict ahead of a US-imposed deadline. US President Donald Trump has given Kyiv until November 27 - the American holiday of Thanksgiving - to respond to his proposal to end the fighting, a timeline and blueprint that European leaders have baulked at. Kyiv and its allies nonetheless spent the weekend hammering away at Washington’s...

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2 w. ago Ukraine and Russia exchange deadly strikes as negotiators race to refine deal

Russia rained missiles and drones overnight on Kyiv, killing six people, authorities said Tuesday, as three people died in Russia’s Rostov region in massive Ukrainian strikes. The heightened attacks came after US President Donald Trump initially gave Kyiv until November 27 - the American holiday of Thanksgiving - to respond to his proposal to end the fighting, a timeline and blueprint that European leaders have baulked at. Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said four people...

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2 w. ago Trump and China's Xi held call and discussimg Russia's war in Ukraine, sources say

Trump and China's Xi held call and discussimg Russia's war in Ukraine, sources say  CBS News

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2 w. ago Xi and Trump discuss Taiwan, bilateral ties in rare call, Xinhua reports

Chinese President Xi Jinping and the US President Donald Trump had a phone conversation on Taiwan and Ukraine issues on Monday, according to the official Chinese news agency Xinhua. The phone call came after a series of fast-changing geopolitics in recent weeks. China has seen an escalating row with Japan over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan, and the US has announced a 28-point peace proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine war, which started in February 2022. Xi clarified Beijing’s...

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2 w. ago US peace plan for Ukraine being refined under Trump’s deadline pressure

The United States and Ukraine said they had created an “updated and refined peace framework” to end the war with Russia that apparently modified an earlier plan drafted by the Trump administration which Kyiv and its allies saw as too sympathetic to Moscow. In a joint statement released after talks in Geneva between US and Ukrainian delegations, the two sides said their discussion was “highly productive” and said they would continue in coming days. They did not provide specifics about a host of...

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