3 h. ago Europe sends big hitters to back up Zelensky in Trump meeting

Amid fears of another Oval Office clash, at least seven other European leaders will join Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky when he meets the US president, a show of unity in the troubled effort to end the war with Russia.

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4 h. ago Trump fuels concerns about ceding Ukraine land to Putin despite security guarantees

Amid fears of another Oval Office clash, at least six other European leaders will join Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky when he meets the US president, a show of unity in the troubled effort to end the war with Russia.

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5 h. ago Teddy trackers, hacked doorbell cams and spyware: Surge in DV technology abuse

Police say offenders are a gifting children toys with recording devices to monitor their victim, while one contacted a woman from within jail 668 times over four months.

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5 h. ago Revealed: Melania Trump’s vague letter to Putin about ‘children’s laughter’

The US president has referenced his wife on several occasions when explaining his growing doubts about the sincerity of the Russian’s claims to want peace.

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18 h. ago Putin has eliminated truth. If nothing is true, anything is possible

Trump and Putin are allies in autocracy - a brutalist bromance. The West’s leaders must respond.

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21 h. ago Posturing over peace: What Trump and Putin’s meeting was really about

In one of the few places on Earth where both men were safe, the point of this summit was never to resolve the war in Ukraine.

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21 h. ago Prime Minister says he remains hopeful of Russia, Ukraine ceasefire

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the “world is watching” as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin walkaway from a critical meeting without a deal for a ceasefire in Ukraine.

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30 h. ago Helicopter parent? Yep. Hypocrite? For sure. Why more and more of us are tracking our kids

Is it a valid way to ensure our children’s safety? Or is it an invasion of privacy which is contributing to the anxiety epidemic among kids? Whatever it is, it’s all-pervasive.

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40 h. ago Zelensky to fly to US to meet Trump in wake of Alaska summit

The meeting on Monday sharpens the focus on how Trump will respond to continued Russian attacks on Ukraine after he emerged from the summit in Alaska on Friday without any clear progress with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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41 h. ago Melania letter to Putin pleads case of abducted Ukrainian children

The note was hand-delivered to the Russian president by her husband, Donald Trump, as the two leaders sat down for peace talks in Alaska.

Society

45 h. ago It’s obvious what Putin got from this meeting – for Trump, not so much

Reporters were shocked and confused by the summit’s abrupt ending. Had the two leaders actually agreed to anything? What the hell just happened?

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48 h. ago Trump and Putin claim ‘great progress’ – but leave Alaska early with no deal

The two men took no questions at a brief news conference where they hailed “constructive” talks but acknowledged there was still an impasse on key points.

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48 h. ago How 177 bombs came to rest under a children’s playground in England

When builder Steven Parkinson started digging up a children’s playground in his picture postcard town of Wooler, he had no idea that the ‘suspicious object’ he found was only the beginning.

Events

54 h. ago ‘Pull the right lever and kids laugh like drains’: Andy Griffiths on his comedic formula

The acclaimed children’s author on surviving as a punk rocker, becoming sex-literate and why kids find bodily functions so hilarious.

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69 h. ago ‘War criminal falling from the sky’: Why Alaskans aren’t happy to host Putin

“I don’t trust his intentions and I don’t know how I feel about having a war criminal in my state,” said one Anchorage resident.

Events

2 d. ago Cat with a murky history takes author to prestigious children’s book prize

The winners of the much-loved Children’s Book Council of Australia awards have been revealed.

Culture

2 d. ago Inside the remote city where Trump will play his ‘chess game’ with Putin

“I don’t trust his intentions and I don’t know how I feel about having a war criminal in my state,” said one Anchorage resident.

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2 d. ago In the remote city where Trump will play his ‘chess game’ with Putin

“I don’t trust his intentions and I don’t know how I feel about having a war criminal in my state,” said one Anchorage resident.

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2 d. ago The sad Beckhams split is a reminder to be a cheer squad not a jury

The people your children bring home may seem a bit random, but loving them is an investment in your family.

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3 d. ago Melania Trump threatens Hunter Biden with $1.5b lawsuit over ‘salacious’ Epstein claim

The first lady has demanded Biden – son of former president Joe – retract his claim that sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to now-President Donald Trump.

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