Timeline of how Trump’s pledge to end the war in Ukraine hit reality
Over the past two months, the United States has been talking with both Ukraine and Russia – separately – to try to fulfill one of President Donald Trump’s main campaign…
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As Trump offers new nuclear talks, Iran weighs the cost of losing its final leverage
Iran is currently mulling over US President Donald Trump’s offer for talks on a new nuclear deal. Its answer will hinge on one key factor: Whether it believes that it…
Pope Francis is now recovering in the Vatican, but what’s next for his papacy?
After five weeks of hospitalization with pneumonia, including moments where he came close to death, Pope Francis is back at home in the Vatican recovering. Now, the attention in the…
Israel embraces France’s far-right, turning a blind eye to its Nazi past
A generation ago, it would have been unthinkable: the leader of France’s far-right party – an organization infamously founded by Nazis – invited to speak at an Israeli antisemitism conference.…
JD Vance will visit Greenland, but a controversial US trip just got a lot more low-profile
US Vice President JD Vance has now said he will join his wife Usha on her highly contentious visit to Greenland later this week, a decision that added fuel to…
Prince Harry ‘in shock’ after quitting his African AIDS charity
Britain’s Prince Harry said he was “in shock” after quitting as a patron of Sentebale, a British charity he set up to help young people with HIV and AIDS in…
Beijing residents shaken in their beds by 4.5 magnitude quake
A light earthquake rattled Beijing overnight, waking residents and sending students rushing from their dorms as videos of shaking living rooms went viral on Chinese social media on Wednesday. The…
This country was the world’s ‘baby exporter.’ But its government violated human rights to meet demand, probe finds
South Korea’s government fabricated birth records, falsely reported children had been abandoned and failed to properly conduct safety checks of prospective parents during its postwar frenzy of sending babies overseas…
Russia may be ‘dragging feet’ on achieving peace in Ukraine, Trump tells Newsmax
US President Donald Trump told Newsmax he believes Russia wants to end its war with Ukraine, but that Moscow could be “dragging its feet.” “I think that Russia wants to…
Firefighting pilot killed in helicopter crash as South Korea battles ‘unprecedented’ wildfires
South Korea grounded firefighting helicopters following a fatal crash on Wednesday as authorities struggle to contain “unprecedented” wildfires that have ravaged the country’s southeast, killing at least 19 people and…