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Trump heads to Italy for pope’s funeral
AFP, Published on 25/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump headed to Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis, the unexpected first foreign trip of his second term in which he will face foreign leaders including Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky.
US envoy discusses Ukraine ceasefire with Putin
AFP, Published on 25/04/2025
» MOSCOW - US envoy Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Friday to tout Washington’s plan to settle the Ukraine conflict, a day after Donald Trump issued a direct appeal to the Russian president to halt his offensive.
Car bomb kills Russian general near Moscow
AFP, Published on 25/04/2025
» BALASHIKHA, Russia - An explosive device ripped through a parked car near Moscow on Friday killing a senior Russian general, investigators said, in an attack that resembled previous killings claimed by Ukraine.
'White flag': Pope leaves bitter legacy in Ukraine
AFP, Published on 25/04/2025
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - As Catholics around the world mourn Pope Francis, many Ukrainians will remember him bitterly for failing to clearly blame Russia for its invasion and calling for Ukraine to raise the "white flag".
Central banks eye digital coins
News, Published on 25/04/2025
» Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have often been deemed a solution in search of a problem. But US President Donald Trump appears to have provided a rationale for CBDCs, even as he has banned the development of a digital dollar.
If America walks away from Ukraine, what will Europe do?
Published on 24/04/2025
» BERLIN — European allies of the United States have been trying to convince President Donald Trump of the virtues of a shared approach toward ending the war in Ukraine, to enhance leverage on both Russia and Ukraine and to preserve European security.
Russia ready for talks on new nuclear pact with US, Shoigu says
Published on 24/04/2025
» Russia is prepared to resume talks on nuclear arms control with the US, two years after suspending the last accord limiting their atomic arsenals, a top security official said.
'They want to destroy us': Kyiv hit in biggest Russian attack in months
AFP, Published on 24/04/2025
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - As Russian missiles rained on Kyiv overnight in Moscow's biggest attack on Ukraine's capital in months, Anna Balamutova grabbed her children and ran to a shelter, saying they were saved by a "miracle".
Russian court jails former general who criticised top brass for 5 years on fraud charges
Published on 24/04/2025
» MOSCOW - A former Russian commander who criticised Moscow's military leadership in Ukraine was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after a military court found him guilty of large-scale fraud, Russian news agencies reported.
Moscow has right to use nuclear weapons if attacked by West: Russian official
Published on 24/04/2025
» MOSCOW - Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in the event it faces aggression by Western countries, Moscow's top security official, Sergei Shoigu, was quoted as saying in an interview with the TASS state news agency on Thursday.