WASHINGTON — Ukraine’s defense minister has told American officials that Kyiv is “90%” on board with President Trump’s peace framework presented in Paris this week by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the two special envoys…
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Trump’s threat makes Ukraine mineral deal look like business move
Ukraine started the day with, for once, the diplomatic wind in its sails.
It had finally agreed a mineral deal “framework” with Washington. An agreement that would see the US invest in Ukraine’s recovery, in return for a share of the country’s future profits from its natural resources, energy…
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VA watchdog finds $6.8M in improper payments due to misdated PACT Act claims
(TNND) — Misdated veterans’ disability compensation awards for the PACT Act resulted in at least $6.8 million in improper payments, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ watchdog said this week.
The VA’s Office of Inspector General reviewed a…
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Italian court upholds life sentence for parents of Pakistani woman killed by her family
ROME (AP) — An Italian appeals court Friday upheld life sentences for a Pakistani couple convicted of murdering their 18-year-old daughter in a so-called honor killing after she refused an arranged…
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Congo boat disaster death toll rises to 148, with more than 100 still missing | Democratic Republic of the Congo
The death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in the Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this week has risen to 148 with more than 100 people still missing, officials said on Friday.
About 500 passengers were on board the wooden boat when it…
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Trump Declares Lab Leak as ‘True Origins’ of Covid on New Website
The Trump administration has replaced the government’s main portal for information about Covid with a website arguing that the virus leaked from a lab, throwing its weight behind a theory of the virus’s origins that is so far not backed by…
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Trump Administration Bolsters Putin With Hint of Abandoning Ukraine Talks
President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio both suggested Friday that the United States might wash its hands of the peace effort.
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Ukrainian forces destroy Russian Nona self-propelled mortar in Kharkiv region
Pilots of the FPV drones from the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade successfully destroyed a Russian 2S9 Nona self-propelled artillery system in the Kharkiv region.
That’s according to the press service of the Khortytsia Operational and Strategic Group of Forces, which…
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