6 h. ago Donald Trump and humanity’s official happiness provider team up to turn World Cup weird

Gianni Infantino can be Johnny, but Rio Ferdinand is no Pele

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52 h. ago US vaccine panel votes to stop recommending hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns

Trump-appointed officials at the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention are expected to formally adopt the recommendations at a later date.

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5 d. ago 5 things we learned from the Zelenskyy visit to Dublin today

Zelensky’s visit comes at a key moment in the negotiations towards a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

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7 d. ago ‘Very productive’ talks held between US and Ukrainian officials on proposed peace deal

Trump administration staff have ‘been in touch in varying degrees with the Russian side’, says Marco Rubio

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1 week ago ‘It’s a total betrayal’: Little hope for new US peace plan on streets of Kyiv

Ukraine facing tough choices over potential concessions in any peace deal with Russia

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1 week ago ‘It’s a total betrayal’: On the streets of Kyiv amid US peace plan talks

Ukraine facing tough choices over potential concessions in any peace deal with Russia

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1 week ago Trump sends Witkoff to Moscow in hopes of finalising Ukraine deal after deadline extension

Washington’s 28-point proposal to end the war may have originated in a call between Witkoff and Putin’s foreign policy advisor.

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1 week ago Trump sends special envoy to Moscow for discussions on proposals to end war in Ukraine

Zelenskiy willing to meet with Trump for talks on final details, Kyiv officials close to accepting framework of ceasefire deal

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1 week ago Zelensky says 'principles' of new US draft to end war could lead to 'deeper agreements'

Frantic discussions have been underway since the weekend when Ukrainian and US representatives huddled in Geneva.

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1 week ago US claims Ukraine peace deal close as Russia opposes changes to controversial plan

Moscow says it will not accept significant changes to proposals, seen by Kyiv and several European states as Kremlin wish list

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1 week ago ‘Everyone hopes’: A Ukrainian city waits for a peace deal, or for Russian troops

Some prepare to leave Pavlohrad while others hope the front line will stabilise or peace talks will succeed

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2 w. ago How G20 world leaders were left rattled by the sudden reemergence of Trump's Ukraine deal

The summit was long-waited for South Africa, but the G20′s western membership were soon rushing into behind-closed-doors meetings.

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2 w. ago Sudden reemergence of Ukraine deal threatened to turn G20 into a tale of two summits

The summit was long-waited for South Africa, but the G20′s western membership were soon rushing into behind-closed-doors meetings.

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2 w. ago Rubio and Witkoff arrive in Geneva for Ukraine talks amid furious backlash

US and Ukrainian officials to discuss peace plan at Geneva summit

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2 w. ago Rubio and Witkoff arrive in Geneva for Ukraine talks amid furious backlash to Trump plan

Ukraine deal ‘not final offer’ says US president after giving Zelenskiy Thursday deadline

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2 w. ago Ukraine deal is not ‘final offer’ says Trump as officials gather for Geneva summit

Backlash from Ukrainians described plan as reminiscent of Chamberlain’s 1938 Munich agreement with Adolf Hitler

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2 w. ago Ukraine deal is not ‘final offer’ says Trump after furious backlash

US and Ukrainian officials to discuss peace plan at Geneva summit

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2 w. ago Trump official insists US wrote peace plan amid claims it is Russian ‘wish list’

A group of senators say Secretary of State Marco Rubio told them the plan is ‘not the administration’s’.

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2 w. ago G20 leaders hold meeting as they try to respond to US peace plan for Ukraine war

Further meetings will take place tomorrow.

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2 w. ago G20 leaders scramble to respond to US plan to end Ukraine war

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said there are “serious concerns” about the proposal.

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