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US President Donald Trump is preparing to host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and top European leaders for peace talks, and has levelled a blunt assessment.

Pro-democracy newspaper founder Jimmy Lai could be sentenced to up to life in prison if he is convicted under Beijing’s national security laws.

The demonstrations come amid growing concern that the IDF’s new military offensive could further endanger the remaining hostages held by Hamas.

The meeting follows President Donald Trump’s summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Alaska, after which Trump told allies that Putin wanted Ukraine’s Donbas.

THE WASHINGTON POST: With the details of a potential ceasefire up in the air, the race to an agreement opens the United States up to a score of risks.

Anthony Albanese has reiterated his desire to not let Russia be rewarded for its ‘illegal and immoral’ invasion of Ukraine, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US Donald Trump.

A flash flood in China's north has killed at least eight people, state media has reported, with others still missing.

A Houthi-run television station in Yemen is reporting that a power plant in the capital Sanaa has been hit, knocking out generators.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy will fly to Washington to meet Donald Trump after the US leader's summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin secured no deal on Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘didn’t get there’, sharing cryptic hints about the historic summit in Alaska.

The diplomat said there is an ‘enormous level of disappointment’ and ‘disgust’ at the move.

BEN HARVEY: Australia’s recognition of Palestine is not about national interest, it’s about Anthony Albanese and his attempt to secure Labor’s flimsy partyroom.

THE ECONOMIST: Why today’s authoritarian economies are struggling to match their ambitions.

AARON PATRICK: Former Navy commander Jennifer Parker said Monday’s confrontation in the South China Sea could have escalated into military conflict between China and the Philippines.

A Justice Department employee and Air Force veteran has been fired after he was arrested for allegedly throwing a sandwich at a federal law enforcement officer.