US President Donald Trump has announced that he intends to talk “peace in Ukraine” with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at a possible meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The two leaders’ encounter may yield some results – or prove an utter flop, as did their summit in Helsinki in 2018. But what matters is that Trump’s…

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United States President Donald Trump has cancelled security protections for Mike Pompeo, Brian Hook and John Bolton, hawkish foreign policy advisers who served during his first term in office. The New York Times broke the story on Thursday about Trump revoking protection for Pompeo, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Recommended Stories…

Puerto Rico has been immersed in darkness after a power grid failure sparked a blackout across much of the island. The outage happened in the early hours of Tuesday, the last day of 2024. While full blackouts are relatively rare on the island, power outages in general have become a regular occurrence in the years…

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Warning: This story contains references to child sexual abuse that some readers may find disturbing. Lacey, Washington, United States – Robert Shilling has seen many terrible things. Too much for him to forget. Too much to do anything other than file it away in part of his brain and try to keep it there. This…