Sun 10 August 2025: The path to peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine, European leaders have said, ahead of US President Donald Trump’s planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The joint leaders’ statement from the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Finland, and the European Commission said: “We share the conviction that a diplomatic solution […]
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Sat 09 August 2025: Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov confirmed Saturday that a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump is scheduled for Aug. 15 in the American state of Alaska. Ushakov emphasized the logistical advantages of having the meeting in Alaska, noting its proximity to Russia across the Bering Strait. […]
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Sat 09 August 2025: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that Kyiv will not compromise on territorial issues while negotiating peace with Moscow. “The answer to the Ukrainian territorial question already is in the Constitution of Ukraine. No one will deviate from this – and no one will be able to. Ukrainians will not […]
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Sat 09 August 2025: French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou urged the public to back his drastic public spending cuts, warning that the country’s debt is growing by €5,000 ($5,784) every second. The €43.8 billion ($50.9 billion) deficit-cutting program unveiled last month targets a budget gap that hit 5.8% of GDP last year – nearly double […]
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Fri 08 August 2025: Italy has approved a $15.5bn suspension bridge which will connect the mainland to the island of Sicily. Italy has given final approval to a long-delayed plan to construct the world’s longest suspension bridge, connecting the mainland to Sicily in a project worth €13.5bn ($15.5bn). Transport Minister Matteo Salvini hailed the Strait […]
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Thu 07 August 2025: A Kremlin official announced that US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting in the near future. This follows Trump’s statement that he might soon meet both Putin and Ukrainian leaders to negotiate an end to the Ukraine conflict. Trump’s ultimatum for Russia to agree to […]
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Thu 07 August 2025: US electric vehicle (EV) giant Tesla saw a sharp sales decline in Europe’s two largest auto markets in July, according to data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) and Germany’s KBA. The new vehicle registrations plunged roughly 60% in the UK and over 55.1% in Germany, the data […]
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Thu 07 August 2025: French Prime Minister François Bayrou called the raging wildfire in southern France’s Aude region a “catastrophe on an unprecedented scale,” tying it directly to climate change and prolonged drought. Visiting the devastated area, where flames have consumed a region larger than Paris, Bayrou highlighted the crisis’s severity. Since Tuesday, the inferno […]
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Wed 06 August 2025: Murder offences decrease by 14.9 percent as US public safety continues to improve after pandemic, according to FBI data. A new report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has found that crime in the United States decreased in 2024, continuing a trend of improved public safety after a spike in murders during […]
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Wed 06 August 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin received US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff at the Kremlin on Wednesday, just two days before hitting a deadline for Moscow to reach a ceasefire in Ukraine or face new sanctions The meeting between Putin and Witkoff was announced by the Kremlin in a statement, […]
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