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Zelensky, European leaders head to US for talks on peace deal terms
AFP, Published on 18/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said reclaiming Crimea or entering NATO were off the table for Ukraine, as President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Washington for Monday's talks aimed at ending the war with Russia.
Trump-Putin summit ends without deal on Ukraine cease-fire
Kyodo News, Published on 16/08/2025
» ANCHORAGE — United States President Donald Trump ended a summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday without a deal on a cease-fire in the yearslong war between Ukraine and Russia.
Trump to posthumously pardon baseball star Pete Rose
Published on 01/03/2025
» US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would grant a full pardon to Pete Rose, who was one of baseball’s greatest players before he spectacularly fell from grace for gambling on games while he was a player and manager.
North Korean troops enter Ukraine fight for 1st time, many killed
Kyodo News, Published on 06/11/2024
» KYIV — North Korean troops have entered the fight in Russia's war against Ukraine, clashing for the first time with Ukrainian forces who are occupying a large chunk of Russia's Kursk region, The New York Times reported Tuesday, citing a senior Ukrainian and a senior United States official.
Biden's lapses are said to be increasingly common and worrisome
New York Times, Published on 03/07/2024
» NEW YORK - In the weeks and months before United States President Joe Biden’s politically devastating performance on the debate stage in Atlanta, several current and former officials and others who encountered him behind closed doors noticed that he increasingly appeared confused or listless or would lose the thread of conversations.
G7 leaders to provide $50bn in loans for Ukraine
Kyodo News, Published on 14/06/2024
» FASANO - Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries agreed Thursday to provide at least US$50 billion in loans for Ukraine, using interest from Russian sovereign assets frozen since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbour more than two years ago, senior US and Japanese officials said.
US readiness for war -- watch its Navy missile policy
News, Peter Apps, Published on 19/04/2024
» In October 2022 a US destroyer and supply ship pulled alongside each other in San Diego harbour to attempt something the Pentagon had never tried before -- reloading missiles on a US warship at sea rather than tied up alongside a pier.
Ukraine ’ran out of missiles’ to save power plant
Published on 16/04/2024
» A lack of air defence missiles prevented Ukraine from thwarting a Russian missile attack last week that destroyed the biggest power plant in the region near the capital Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Putin scores landslide win, extends his 24-year rule
Kyodo News, Published on 18/03/2024
» MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday clinched a landslide election victory that will extend his nearly quarter-century of rule for six more years, consolidating his grip on power amid the country's war in Ukraine.
Taylor Swift is Time’s person of the year
Published on 06/12/2023
» Time magazine on Wednesday named the American pop star Taylor Swift as its person of the year.