Category: 4. World

  • China’s Xi Calls Trump in Unusual Move to Discuss Taiwan, Ukraine

    China’s Xi Calls Trump in Unusual Move to Discuss Taiwan, Ukraine

    In an unusual diplomatic move, Chinese leader Xi Jinping initiated a phone call with President Trump on Monday to discuss Taiwan, a flashpoint that has surged to the forefront in recent days as Japan takes a more assertive stance on the...

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  • Russia Says Trump’s Plan Must Preserve ‘Spirit and Letter of Anchorage’

    Russia Says Trump’s Plan Must Preserve ‘Spirit and Letter of Anchorage’

    Lavrov Warns: Removing Alaska Summit Agreements Would Change Entire US Peace Plan

    The situation would change if the Alaska summit understandings were erased from US President Donald Trump’s peace plan, Russian Foreign…

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  • Moscow Denies Backchannel Negotiations as Trump’s Peace Plan Circulates

    Moscow Denies Backchannel Negotiations as Trump’s Peace Plan Circulates

    Moscow Responds to Rumored UAE Meeting: ‘We Practice Diplomacy, Not Idle Talk’

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, responding to a question about the alleged meeting between representatives of Russia and US Army…

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  • BBC Verify Live: Videos from Kyiv capture damage from Russian attack as Ukraine claims air base strike

    BBC Verify Live: Videos from Kyiv capture damage from Russian attack as Ukraine claims air base strike

    Satellite data indicates fire at Russian airfieldpublished at 11:54 GMT

    Fridon Kiria and Yi Ma
    BBC Monitoring and BBC Verify

    We’re looking into the impact of Ukrainian drone and missile attacks in southern Russia overnight.

    The…

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  • Mike Johnson Flashes Cringeworthy Gesture in Car Crash Interview

    Mike Johnson Flashes Cringeworthy Gesture in Car Crash Interview

    House Speaker Mike Johnson served up one of his most excruciating moments yet during a sit-down with Stephen Miller’s wife.

    Katie Miller dropped a teaser for an upcoming episode of her podcast featuring Johnson, 53, and his wife, Kelly, 52, on…

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  • 2 mountain climbers fall to their deaths, 2 others rescued on New Zealand’s highest peak

    2 mountain climbers fall to their deaths, 2 others rescued on New Zealand’s highest peak

    Two mountain climbers have died on Aoraki, New Zealand’s tallest peak, and two others from the same group were rescued, authorities said on Tuesday.

    The dead climbers’ bodies have been found and specialist searchers were working to recover…

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  • High-Stakes UAE Meetings Signal New Phase in US–Russia–Ukraine Negotiations

    High-Stakes UAE Meetings Signal New Phase in US–Russia–Ukraine Negotiations

    US and Ukrainian Intelligence Chiefs Race to Abu Dhabi for Secret Peace Talks

    Ukraine has sent Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defence, to the United Arab Emirates. Reports…

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  • Top EU court mandates same-sex marriage recognition across borders – POLITICO

    Top EU court mandates same-sex marriage recognition across borders – POLITICO

    In a press release summarizing the judgment, the court added: “Member States are therefore required to recognize, for the purpose of the exercise of the rights conferred by EU law, the marital status lawfully acquired in another Member…

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