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US President Donald Trump called Friday for his Ukrainian and Russian counterparts Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin to “get together” to end the Ukraine conflict. “I think that President Putin and President Zelenskyy are going to have to get together. Because you know what? We want to stop killing millions of people,” Trump told reporters at the White House. Trump has been pushing for a deal to end the war soon and has held separate calls with both leaders. His top officials recently met their Russian counterparts in Saudi Arabia in talks that did not include Ukraine. Trump’s new call follows comments by…

There is no doubt that further feverish behind-the-scenes mediation to try and ensure the ceasefire remains on track – and that Saturday’s exchange goes ahead.Hamas says as much, that it has “received the occupation’s allegations and claims from the mediators” and will examine them “with complete seriousness”. Israel is accusing Hamas of the utmost cynicism, by returning a body Israel claims Hamas knew was not that of Shiri Bibas. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 1:11 Israel will ‘never forget and never forgive’ There is no reason in any of these past 16 months of horror…

In the three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, nothing has changed as much economically for Moscow as its trade relations with the rest of the world. In 2021, almost 50% of Russia’s exports went to European countries, including Belarus and Ukraine, according to the Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC). The bulk of those exports were energy products, primarily crude oil and gas. Yet, by the end of 2023, less than two years after the invasion began on February 24, 2022, the picture was completely transformed. The OEC’s recently published figures for 2023 show China and India out in…

In an Instagram post last Sunday, Oscar-winning actress Julianne Moore wrote she was “deeply saddened” by the Trump administration’s decision to put her 2007 children’s book “Freckleface Strawberry” under review and removing it from schools serving the children of US military personnel and civilian defense employees. It tells the tale of a red-headed youngster who hates her freckles but eventually learns to love them — as well as the differences of others. According to The Guardian, the Department of Defense circulated a memo stating that all library books “potentially related to gender ideology or discriminatory equity ideology topics” were being looked into,…

Expert observers are calling it an end of an era: By all appearances, the US, at least under the administration of President Donald Trump, has turned its back on Ukraine — and possibly the rest of Europe. After having sidelined European partners last week in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on conditions to end the war in Ukraine, and alienating partners at the recent Munich Security Conference, on Wednesday, Trump fired off a social media post slamming his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a “dictator” for postponing elections and blaming his country for Russia’s war of aggression. ‘Europe has slept through quite…

Former Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales has been found guilty of sexually assaulting Jenni Hermoso by kissing her on the lips without her consent after the 2023 Women’s World Cup final and fined €10,800 euros ($11,284), Spain’s High Court revealed on Thursday. He was also ordered not to go within 200 meters (656 feet) of Hermoso or contact the player for a year. Rubiales was, however, acquitted of coercion. The charges against Rubiales included kissing Hermoso without her consent and then attempting to coerce Hermoso into declaring the kiss as consensual. Rubiales denied the charges, saying the kiss had been consensual.…

Manslaughter charges over the death of Liam Payne have been dropped for his friend Roger Nores and two hotel workers.Rogelio “Roger” Nores, hotel operator Gilda Martin, and head of reception Esteban Grassi were charged in December, two months after the One Direction star’s death at the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the same time, hotel employee Ezequiel Pereyra and waiter Braian Paiz were charged with supplying cocaine to Payne. Image: Payne (second left) rose to fame in One Direction. Pic: Ken McKay/Shutterstock Following an appeal, the manslaughter charges against Nores, Martin and Grassi have now been dropped,…

Many have proclaimed the death of the German business model in recent months with headlines of deindustrialization. Looking back, the country has relied on engineering things, high-end exports and cheap Russian gas to power its energy-intensive manufacturing. In the runup to parliamentary elections on February 23, much of the focus has been on migration, but Europe’s biggest economy has been in a recession for the past two years. The likely winner of the election, Friedrich Merz, the head of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), faces big challenges. Last week, Porsche announced it would lay off 1,900 workers when a job…

The tomb of an 18th Dynasty ancient Egyptian king has been unveiled in the tourist southern city of Luxor, Egyptian authorities said, hailing it as the first royal tomb discovery in over a century. Though Egypt celebrates royal tomb discoveries frequently, this stands out for being that of a former king rather than a member of the royal family. The tomb of King Thutmose II was considered the last missing tomb of the 18th Dynasty kings. This was the first find of its kind since British archaeologist Howard Carter unveiled King Tutankhamun’s Tomb in 1922, Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry said. Thutmose…

Giving a love interest the ‘ick’ is one of the worst things a potential partner can do, at least in modern parlance. The term has become popularized through reality TV shows and has gone viral through social media posts. It’s a phrase that encapsulates a sudden feeling of revulsion towards a romantic partner.   While the ick might be a meme expanding across social media, psychologists and researchers are trying to explain some of the triggers which to bring the ick on.  “I first heard the term “the ick” while watching Love Island UK, where a contestant suddenly lost attraction to…