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Xi’s Triumphant Year Staring Down Trump Belies Troubles in China
For President Xi Jinping, what began as a challenging year is ending on a note of triumph.
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Trump Say There Will Be a Security Agreement With EU
President Donald Trump speaks on meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, discussing peace agreement involving the European Union. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Trump on Zelensky meeting: 'We have the makings of a deal'
President Trump projected optimism going into his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, telling reporters he expects to make progress after weeks of intensified talks aimed at bringing an end to the nearly four-year war with Russia. Standing next to Zelensky at his Mar-a-Lago residenc…
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Kosovo's Prime Minister Kurti set for second term after decisive election win
Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti looked poised to secure another term on Sunday after his Self-Determination party won a snap parliamentary election by a wide margin, preliminary results showed, ending months of political deadlock in the Balkan country.
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Watch: Trump meets with Zelensky, reports ‘very productive call’ with Putin
The US president is meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky to try to close out a peace agreement that would end nearly four years of war sparked by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Special Report: Trump and Zelenskyy speak after meeting on Ukraine peace deal
During a press conference, President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said they are close to a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
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Trump and Zelenskyy meeting in Florida to talk Ukraine peace plan
President Trump said Sunday that he had a "good and very productive" call with Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of the meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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FirstFT: Trump and Zelenskyy begin crucial talks at Mar-a-Lago
Also in today’s newsletter: Japanese births set to hit record low in 2025 and China’s industrial profits plunge
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1,000-pound U.S.-made WWII bomb found in Belgrade construction site
Unexploded bombs dating back to past wars have been discovered in Serbia and around the world in recent years.
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Trump applauds new Thailand, Cambodia ceasefire
President Trump on Sunday applauded a new ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand while also taking a swing at the United Nations (UN). “I am pleased to announce that the breakout fighting between Thailand and Cambodia will stop momentarily, and they will go back to living in PEACE, as per our recen…
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Ukrainian president Zelensky to meet with Trump in Florida
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will sit down with Donald Trump on Sunday (December 29) and seek to secure the US president's stamp of approval for a new proposal to end the nearly four-year conflict with Russia.
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The Year Ahead: key elections will help to shape 2026
US midterms, a crunch poll for the UK PM, plus questions of nuclear arms treaties and the risk of an AI bubble burst
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Trump, Zelensky say Ukraine peace deal edging closer but key issues unresolved
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were moving “very close” to an agreement to end the war in Ukraine, though both leaders acknowledged that major sticking points, including territory and security guarantees, remain unresolved.
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Successive UK governments face questions over support for activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah
Dissident released by Egypt was welcomed back to UK by Keir Starmer but offensive social media posts have since surfacedSuccessive UK governments are facing questions over their decision to campaign for the release and return of British-Egyptian democracy activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah after past viole…
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Any Israeli presence in Somaliland will be a ‘target’: Houthi leader
Israel on Friday announced it is officially recognising Somaliland, a first for the self-proclaimed republic since 1991.
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Trump to press Netanyahu on stalled Gaza ceasefire, Iran and Lebanon
US President Donald Trump is expected to push for progress on the faltering Gaza ceasefire when he meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, with talks also set to cover Israel’s security concerns over Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iran.
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Zelensky: US, Ukraine negotiators agreed to '90 percent' of 20-point peace plan
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that negotiators from his country and the U.S. made significant progress on his 20-point peace proposal during a meeting at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club. "We discussed all the aspects of the peace framework … [the] 20-point peace plan [is] 90 p…
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Trump says he is ‘very close’ to final Ukraine-Russia peace deal
During a press conference, President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said they are close to a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. NBC News’ Julie Tsirkin details the next steps the leaders plan to take.
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As Trump and Zelenskyy meet in Florida, Kyiv hopes this time may be different
President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy return to the negotiating room on Sunday with a familiar, fraught task: trying to chart a path toward ending Russia’s war against Ukraine.
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'It is quite concerning': Greenlanders react to appointment of US Special Envoy to Greenland
Greenlanders react to Donald Trump's announcement of the appointment of Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, a Republican, as US Special Envoy to Greenland.
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