For the first time in a decade, Vladimir Putin will be on US soil for a much-anticipated meeting with Donald Trump. The US president believes he can convince Putin to make a deal to put an end to Moscow’s war against Ukraine, but he did not specify on what conditions the deal could be made.
Category: 4. World
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Trump-Putin Alaska summit: High stakes at historic meeting — live updates
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31 shipwrecks found in Germany, including one believed to be steamer destroyed in WWII air raid
More than 30 shipwrecks have been discovered hidden in a lake in Germany, officials announced this week, including one vessel believed to be a steamer that was destroyed by an air raid in World War II.
The ships were uncovered on the floor of…
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Flash floods in India and Pakistan kill over 200 people, scores remain missing
Flash floods triggered by torrential rains killed over 200 people in India and Pakistan. Rescuers continued their search for 80 missing in a Himalayan village and evacuated hundreds across the region.
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Bolivia election could see lurch to right as once-dominant party’s time runs out | Bolivia
In Plaza Murillo, the heart of Bolivia’s political capital, La Paz – and home to the presidential palace, parliament and the country’s main Catholic cathedral – time may be running out for a clock that runs backwards.
Installed atop of the…
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African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continent’s size | African Union
The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organisations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favour of one that more accurately displays Africa’s size.
Created by the cartographer…
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Trump’s Tariff Pain Is Knocking at Your Door
If you’re a D.C. cop this minute, to whom are you actually supposed to report? According to Attorney General Pam Bondi, it’s Drug Enforcement Administration head Terry Cole, to whom she assigned the “powers and duties vested in the District…
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Modi Says India to Announce Reforms in Goods and Services Tax in Coming Months
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to lower consumption taxes for the first time since the levies were introduced nearly a decade ago, a move that could boost demand in the economy as US tariffs threaten to weigh on growth.
“We are…
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UN human rights office: E1 plan is illegal, settling occupied land is a war crime
The UN human rights office said Friday that a government plan to greenlight the construction of thousands of Israeli homes in a contentious area of the West Bank is illegal under international law, and would put nearby Palestinians at risk…
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