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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

‘World must face moral failure of missing 1.5C’

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shake hands at the opening of the Belém Climate Summit plenary session, as part of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), in Belém on Thursday. — AFP

Collins’ Word of the Year for 2025 is vibe coding

AI-inspired word joins ‘biohacking’, ‘Henry’ and ‘broligarchy’ on tech-heavy 2025 list.

Czech cabinet to resign as election winner moves

Former Czech prime minister and leader of the ANO party, Andrej Babis, speaks during an interview with in Prague. - Reuters File

Poland seeks to train 500,000 volunteers to reinforce defence

Polish soldiers fire from a man-portable air-defence system Piorun as they take part in Polish forces with Nato soldiers hold military exercises 'Iron Defender' at a military range in Wierzbiny near Orzysz, Poland. — Reuters File

Brussels backs advancing Ukraine efforts to join EU

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky poses for a picture together with service members, in the town of Dobropillia in Donetsk region. — Reuters

Spain regional leader resigns, a year after deadly floods

Carlos Mazon gives a press conference to announce his resignation at Valencia's Palau de la Generalitat. — AFP

UK police probe mass train stabbing, 10 wounded

Police officers and members of the Emergency services search the track beneath an LNER Azuma train at Huntingdon Station in Huntingdon, eastern England. — AFP

Two children among dead in blitz on Ukraine

Apartment buildings damaged by a Russian military strike, in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, Ukraine. — Reuters

UK welcomes king's move to strip Andrew of royal titles

The front pages of most of Britain's national newspapers are pictured in a spread created in London dominated by stories about Andrew Mountbatten Windsor being stripped of his title of Prince, Duke of York. — AFP

Andrew: The king's brother, who is no longer a British prince

Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York

Saudi wealth fund to hit $1tn, NEOM still priority: chief

Yasir al Rumayyan, Governor of the Public Investment Fund, addresses the opening ceremony of the Future Investment Initiative, in Riyadh. — AFP

Russia warns Trump against resuming N-weapons testing

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov

French police hunting stolen Louvre jewels arrest more suspects

French soldiers from the 'Sentinelle' security plan patrol past the glass Pyramid of the Louvre Museum as French police have arrested more suspects linked to the theft of treasures from the Louvre museum's Galerie d'Apollon in Paris, — Reuters

Trump: Putin should end the Ukraine war

A man walks past Russia Iranian drone Shahed 136 (Geranium-2), a new exhibit of open-air exhibition destroyed Russian equipment in Kyiv on Monday, amid Russian attack on Ukraine. — AFP

Russian strike on Kyiv kills 3, injures 31 including children

Workers fix wires in front of a damaged house following what Russian-installed authorities described as an overnight Ukrainian missile strike in the Donetsk region. — Reuters
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