Category: 2. Editor’s Choice

  • Donald Trump admits it’s possible he’s being ‘played’ by Vladimir Putin over Ukraine | US News

    Donald Trump admits it’s possible he’s being ‘played’ by Vladimir Putin over Ukraine | US News

    Before Donald Trump met with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, he hosted one of his favourite singers, Andrea Bocelli, in the Oval Office.

    The Italian tenor serenaded him with the signature track Time To Say Goodbye, a song about hope and new…

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  • Trump hosts Zelenskyy after call with Putin on Ukraine war

    Trump hosts Zelenskyy after call with Putin on Ukraine war

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday called on Kyiv and Moscow to “stop where they are” and end their brutal war following a lengthy White House meeting with Ukrainian President

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  • Trump calls for Russia, Ukraine to ‘stop where they are’

    Trump calls for Russia, Ukraine to ‘stop where they are’

    President Donald Trump has called for Russia and Ukraine to “stop where they are” and quit fighting after concluding talks in Washington Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

    Taking to Truth Social late Friday afternoon, Trump…

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  • Live updates: Trump hosts Zelenskyy, calls for end to Russia-Ukraine war

    Live updates: Trump hosts Zelenskyy, calls for end to Russia-Ukraine war

    President Donald Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for talks at the White House Friday, and afterward Trump took to social media to call for Kyiv and Moscow to “stop where they are” and end…

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  • Russia's latest big Ukraine offensive gains next to nothing, again – The Economist

    1. Russia’s latest big Ukraine offensive gains next to nothing, again  The Economist
    2. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 15, 2025 | ISW  Institute for the Study of War
    3. The Russia-Ukraine War Report Card, Oct. 15, 2025  Russia Matters
    4. Russian…

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  • Trump’s Mideast Playbook Is Prime for Ukraine

    Trump’s Mideast Playbook Is Prime for Ukraine

    As you note in your editorial “ Trump’s Hostage Triumph in Jerusalem” (Oct. 14), the past week has been an outstanding if tragically belated success in the Middle East. President Trump might be a bully, but in the region where might makes...

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  • How Tomahawk missiles could change the war between Russia and Ukraine

    How Tomahawk missiles could change the war between Russia and Ukraine

    As U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House for high-stakes talks on Friday, the main question remained whether the U.S. will supply Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles.

    Doing so would give Ukraine the…

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  • 7 New Books on Russia and Its War in Ukraine

    7 New Books on Russia and Its War in Ukraine

    What prompted Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine? Is it part of a wider war with the West—whatever “West” means these days? And how does Russia fight this conflict? Are the strategy and tactics novel, or are they…

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  • Can Putin’s Flying Kremlin travel to through EU airspace to Budapest?

    Can Putin’s Flying Kremlin travel to through EU airspace to Budapest?

    Paul KirbyEurope digital editor

    GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin boards a plane following a US-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, AlaskaGAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP

    Putin flew to Alaska in his specially modified Il-96 plane in August

    The summit has not been set in stone, but if Russia’s Vladimir Putin does go to Budapest to meet US President Trump in the…

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  • Trump to Meet With Zelensky on Weapons for Ukraine: Live Updates – The New York Times

    1. Trump to Meet With Zelensky on Weapons for Ukraine: Live Updates  The New York Times
    2. Latest on the Trump administration: Zelensky visits White House as shutdown drags on  CNN
    3. Would Tomahawk cruise missiles be a game changer for Ukraine?  The…

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