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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

Putin threatens to target any Western troops in Ukraine

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) and European Council President Antonio Costa attend a press conference in Uzhhorod. — AFP

11 foreigners killed in Portugal funicular crash

Relatives and colleagues of victims leave Sao Roque church after a memorial mass, in Lisbon. — AFP

Portugal mourns 16 killed in Lisbon funicular crash

A view shows the site of the accident after Gloria funicular railway car, derailed and crashed, resulting in multiple casualties, in Lisbon, Portugal. - Reuters

Russia expels Estonian diplomat in tit-for-tat move

Russia expels Estonian diplomat in tit-for-tat move

Feud between key Ukraine law enforcement agencies flares again

Ukrainians protest in the first wartime rally against a newly passed law, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv. — Reuters

26 nations offer to participate in Ukraine post-war security

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and France's President Emmanuel Macron at The Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris. - AFP

Alarm in Germany as 'dangerous' Maddie suspect set to walk

Christian Wolters, chief procecutor in the case of the main suspect in the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann, during an interview in Braunschweig, northern Germany. - AFP

Lost for 50 years, Nobel patents found in Swedish summer home

A bust of Alfred Nobel stands outside the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway. — Reuters

UN pushes nations to submit overdue climate plans

UN pushes nations to submit overdue climate plans

Russia doesn't oppose Ukraine joining EU, says Putin

People attend a memorial service in Independence Square, in Kyiv. — Reuters

Belgium to recognise Palestinian state at UN summit

Belgium's Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Work David Clarinva

Xi, Putin round on West at China's regional summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shows the way to Russian President Vladimir Putin, at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Centre in Tianjin. — AFP

Greta Thunberg joins flotilla heading to Gaza

Greta Thunberg and other activists

Ukraine vows to retaliate after Russian attacks on power sector

Workers repair power line next to damaged houses, in Sloviansk. — AFP

Russia strikes across Ukraine as peace talks flounder

Local residents embrace each other next to a damaged residential building, in Zaporizhzhia. — AFP
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