Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with US officials, including Vice President JD Vance, for the first time since Donald Trump spoke with Vladimir Putin about ending Russia’s war on Ukraine. Many in Europe are worried that Ukraine could be left out of negotiations.
Here is the situation on Wednesday, January 8: Fighting Kyiv said its forces are still actively fighting in Kurakhove, a strategic town in Ukraine’s east that Russia said it had seized. Moscow hailed the capture of the “important logistics hub”, saying it would enable Russian forces to take the rest of the eastern Donetsk region…
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At least five people have been killed as a string of wildfires ravage southern California in the United States, buffeted by strong winds. Tens of thousands of residents have been forced to flee their homes and businesses, in what some speculate could become one of the most expensive conflagrations in US history. At least six…
Inside Story Is US President Donald Trump using tariffs as a negotiating tactic? US trade taxes on Canada and Mexico have been paused for 30 days. Read more US President Donald Trump’s punishing tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico are on hold for a month, averting for now a devastating trade war among North…
The wreckage of a small plane that went missing in the United States with 10 people on board has been found with no survivors, authorities have said. The United States Coast Guard in Alaska said on Friday that it had found the wreckage of the aircraft near Nome, about 885 kilometres (550 miles) northwest of…
In an all-too-familiar display of ignorance, United States President Donald Trump recently denounced South Africa’s new Expropriation Act, falsely framing it as a racially driven attack on the white minority. His remarks, steeped in misinformation, echo the rhetoric of far-right groups that have long sought to delegitimise South Africa’s efforts to correct centuries of land…
