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Moscow intent on pressing on in Ukraine: Putin

Russia's Vladimir Putin on Friday said the ball was in the court of the West and Kyiv in talks to end the war in Ukraine, while hailing Moscow's recent battlefield gains and threatening more.Speaking during his...

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his annual end-of-year press conference and phone-in in Moscow. — Reuters

Reappointed French PM scrambles to form government

France's PM Sebastien Lecornu (C), speaks to journalists, on the southern outskirts of Paris. — AFP

Zelensky urges Trump to broker Ukraine peace

This combination shows US President Donald Trump (L) and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky. — AFP

Machado dedicates Nobel win to people of Venezuela, and Trump

Maria Corina Machado

Kyiv plunged into darkness after mass Russian attack

A municipal service worker cleans up debris near buildings damaged during a strike, in the town of Brovary, Kyiv. — Reuters

Hungary's 'master of the apocalypse' wins literature Nobel

Laszlo Krasznahorkai

European Union rolls out automated border checks

A man operates an automated EES kiosk during a demonstration of the European Union's Entry/Exit System (EES) at the Eurotunnel terminal in Folkestone, Britain. — Reuters file photo

Putin admits Russian role in 2024 Azerbaijani jet crash

The crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, 2024. — AFP file photo

Trio wins chemistry Nobel for new form of molecular architecture

The Nobel Committee for Chemistry announces the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Wednesday. — AFP

Britain's storied Conservative party faces uncertain future

Kemi Badenoch delivers a speech on the final day of the annual Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Wednesday. — AFP

Britain's Conservative Party faces an uncertain future

Conservative Party Conference, in Manchester

Ukraine strike on Russia-held part of Kherson region kills four

Ukrainian rescuers work among the rubble at an energy infrastructure facility, in Kharkiv. — AFP

France's Macron pressed to end political 'mess'

Outgoing French PM Lecornu visits a memorial tent at Place des Vosges, in Paris. — Reuters

French govt collapses, deepening political crisis

French outgoing PM Sebastien Lecornu delivers a statement at the Hotel Matignon in Paris. — Reuters

Madagascar forces blame protesters for violence

Protesters run for cover after security forces fired tear gas canisters, in Antananarivo. — AFP

Babis pledges loyalty to Europe as Czech talks begin

Andrej Babis answers to media during the press conference at the ANO headquarter. — AFP
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