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Then-US President-elect Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Elysee Palace in Paris, 7 Dec. 2024
European leaders hope to sway Trump on Ukraine during virtual meeting
BRUSSELS — European leaders will on Wednesday use a virtual meeting with Donald Trump to try to ensure the US president truly understands what is at stake for the continent before he meets Vladimir Putin later this week, but experts are doubtful they will succeed.Trump and his vice-president, JD Vance, will join a meeting convened by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the early afternoon (central European time) that will also include the leaders of Finland, France, Italy, Poland, the UK, the NATO Secretary-General and the chiefs of the European Commission and Council.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will also take part from Berlin where he will meet with Merz.The German Chancellor, France's Emmanuel Macron and British premier Keir Starmer will then chair a meeting of the...
August 13, 2025

European leaders hope to sway Trump on Ukraine during virtual meeting

President Donald Trump speaks to US troops at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, in 2019
US officials race to prepare for historic Trump-Putin summit
WASHINGTON — American officials scrambling this weekend to identify and lock down a venue for Friday’s summit between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart quickly discovered a major snag: summertime is peak tourist season in Alaska, and options both available and equipped to host the two world leaders were severely limited.When word reached certain prominent Alaskans that Trump and Putin were coming, a few began reaching out to the president’s allies with a proposition: could their home be an option? It’s unclear if those offers ever reached White House officials, who were calling sites in Juneau, the state capital, along with Anchorage and Fairbanks.Organizers of the summit soon came to believe the only city in the massive state with viable options for the summit...
August 13, 2025

US officials race to prepare for historic Trump-Putin summit

Troops seen standing with the US Capitol building in the background
National Guard troops appear in Washington DC as mayor rejects 'authoritarian push'
WASHINGTON — US National Guard troops have begun appearing on the streets of Washington DC, a day after President Donald Trump deployed the troops to the city and took control of its police force as he argued violent crime was out of control.Armoured vehicles were spotted at urban centres and tourist sites around the US capital on Tuesday evening.Officials have said that 800 National Guard troops are expected to be deployed, as well as 500 federal law enforcement agents.Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, who has denied crime is out of control in her city, described the troop deployment as an "authoritarian push".Trump, a Republican, has also threatened similar deployments against New York and Chicago, two other cities controlled by Democrats.The camouflaged troops...
August 13, 2025

National Guard troops appear in Washington DC as mayor rejects 'authoritarian push'

Petr Pavel
China cuts ties with Czech President Petr Pavel over meeting with Dalai Lama
BEIJING — China says it has suspended all ties with Czech President Petr Pavel over his recent meeting with the Dalai Lama, further straining relations between Beijing and Prague.During a private trip to India last month, Pavel met the exiled Tibetan leader to congratulate him on his 90th birthday.The Dalai Lama has been living in the Himalayan town of Dharamshala since fleeing Chinese rule in Tibet in 1959. Beijing sees Tibet as part of its territory and accuses the spiritual leader of being a separatist.The meeting "seriously contravenes the political commitment made by the Czech government to the Chinese government, and harms China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity," the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday."China strongly deplores and firmly...
August 13, 2025

China cuts ties with Czech President Petr Pavel over meeting with Dalai Lama

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un pose for a photo during a signing ceremony of the new partnership in Pyongyang, North Korea
Kim Jong-un and Putin discuss alliance and war efforts against Ukraine
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call to discuss their deepening ties and war efforts against Ukraine, both countries’ state media said Wednesday.The phone call comes as Putin gets set to meet with US President Donald Trump in the US state of Alaska this Friday to discuss a ceasefire proposal on Moscow's all-out war in Ukraine.According to North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency, Putin praised the “bravery, heroism and self-sacrificing spirit” displayed by North Korean troops as they fought together with Russian forces against a Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region, during the call.Putin also shared with Kim information about his upcoming talks with Trump, scheduled to take place Friday in...
August 13, 2025

Kim Jong-un and Putin discuss alliance and war efforts against Ukraine

There were nearly a billion registered voters in the 2024 elections
Row over 'vote theft' shakes Indian politics
DELHI — A political row has erupted in India over allegations of "vote theft", with opposition parties accusing the country's election body of irregularities, which they say favoured the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 general elections.On Tuesday, parliament was adjourned after opposition MPs demanded a debate on the integrity of India's electoral process.A day earlier, dozens of opposition leaders, including Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, were briefly detained by the police in the capital Delhi, as they tried to march to the Election Commission of India's (ECI) headquarters.Gandhi first raised the issue at a 7 August press conference in Delhi, and has since managed to galvanise strong support from hundreds of opposition lawmakers.The Election...
August 13, 2025

Row over 'vote theft' shakes Indian politics

Kim Keon Hee denied all charges during a four-hour court hearing in Seoul on Tuesday.
Wife of South Korea's jailed ex-president arrested
SEOUL — The wife of South Korea's jailed former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been arrested over a raft of charges, including stock manipulation and bribery.Former first lady Kim Keon Hee denied all charges during a four-hour court hearing in Seoul on Tuesday. But the court issued a detention warrant, citing the risk that she may destroy evidence.South Korea has a history of former presidents being indicted and imprisoned. However, this is the first time both the former president and former first lady have been jailed.Yoon was detained in January to face trial over a failed martial law bid last year that plunged the country into chaos and eventually led to his ouster.Prosecutors say Kim, 52, made over 800 million won ($577,940; £428,000) by participating in a price-rigging scheme...
August 13, 2025

Wife of South Korea's jailed ex-president arrested

Ukrainian firefighters respond to a blaze after a Russian drone strike in the town of Bilozerske in Donetsk on Sunday
Russian troops pierce Ukraine’s patchy defenses in Donetsk
KYIV — Small groups of Russian troops have pierced parts of Ukraine’s defenses in its eastern Donetsk region, according to local officials, as Russia appears to be making an 11th-hour dash to snatch as much territory as possible ahead of the planned meeting between President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump on Friday.Russian forces are making a push towards Dobropillia, the Ukrainian battlefield monitoring group DeepState reported Tuesday. The town is around 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of the key strategic city of Pokrovsk, which has been in the Kremlin’s crosshairs for more than a year.“Groups of Russians have advanced about 10 kilometers (6 miles) in several places. All of them have no equipment, only weapons in their hands. Some have already been found,...
August 13, 2025

Russian troops pierce Ukraine’s patchy defenses in Donetsk

World oil demand will rise by 1.38 million barrels per day in 2026, the OPEC said in a monthly report, up 100,000 bpd from the previous forecast.
OPEC raises global oil demand forecast for 2026
VIENNA — The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Tuesday raised its global oil demand forecast for 2026. The organization also trimmed its forecast for growth in supply from the United States and other producers outside the wider OPEC+ group, pointing to a tighter market outlook. The outlook for higher demand and a drop in supply growth from outside OPEC+, which groups OPEC with Russia and other allies, would make it easier for OPEC+ to proceed with its plan to pump more barrels to regain market share after years of cuts aimed at supporting the market.World oil demand will rise by 1.38 million barrels per day in 2026, the OPEC said in a monthly report, up 100,000 bpd from the previous forecast. This year's expectation was left unchanged. In the report, OPEC also...
August 12, 2025

OPEC raises global oil demand forecast for 2026

Destruction following the Israeli attack on Zeitoun on 8 August
Israel bombards Gaza City as UK and allies demand action against 'unfolding famine'
JERUSALEM — Gaza City has come under intense air attack, the territory's Hamas-run civil defence agency has said, as Israeli forces prepare to occupy the city.Mahmud Bassal, a spokesman, said the residential areas of Zeitoun and Sabra had for three days been hit by bombs and drone strikes that "cause massive destruction to civilian homes", with residents unable to recover the dead and injured.Meanwhile the UK, EU, Australia, Canada and Japan issued a statement saying "famine is unfolding in front of our eyes" and urged action to "reverse starvation".They demanded "immediate, permanent and concrete steps" to facilitate the entry of aid to Gaza. Israel denies there is starvation in Gaza.It has accused UN agencies of not picking up aid at the...
August 12, 2025

Israel bombards Gaza City as UK and allies demand action against 'unfolding famine'

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