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the United States is virtually the only country in the West that Putin can visit without worrying about arrest.

Why Putin can’t get in to most Western countries

THE NEW YORK TIMES: One legal requirement stops the Russian president from getting into most Western countries, so why was the United States able to roll out the red carpet for him?

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: If the substance remained unsettled, the atmospherics were extraordinary.

Trump, Putin meeting all atmosphere and no substance

THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin reached no agreement to end the war in Ukraine. But if the substance remained unsettled, the atmospherics were extraordinary.

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President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia meet in Anchorage, Alaska.

A timeline of Trump’s complicated relationship with Putin

THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Donald Trump’s posture toward Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has veered from admiring to infuriated over the years.

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President Trump wants to be seen as a peacemaker, but the Alaska meeting with the Russian leader comes with enormous stakes.

Why Trump wants to meet Putin

President Trump wants to be seen as a peacemaker, but the Alaska meeting with the Russian leader comes with enormous stakes.

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US President Donald Trump says he will make a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine.

Fundamental US strategy Putin knows and Trump ignores

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The war in Ukraine has become the political, psychological and economic centre of Putin’s regime.

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Firefighters leave an area on a scooter as flames approach during a wildfire near the city of Patras, western Greece on August 13, 2025.

Death toll rises as wildfires spread across Europe

Outside the Greek port city of Patras, firefighters struggled to protect homes and agricultural facilities as flames tore through pine forests and olive groves.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has told US President Donald Trump that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ‘bluffing’ about ending the war.

‘Bluffing’: Zelensky’s warning to Trump ahead of Putin talks

Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky and leaders from several NATO member nations held virtual talks just days before the US President’s scheduled summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

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The White House has confirmed US President Donald Trump will virtually meet with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday.

Trump-Zelensky meeting locked in, White House confirms

US President Donald Trump will hold a virtual meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of critical talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin later this week.

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US President Donald Trump said he would like to see a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. (AP PHOTO)

'I'm not going to make a deal' on Ukraine: Trump

US President Donald Trump says his face-to-face talks with Vladimir Putin will be a ‘feel-out meeting’ aimed at urging Russia to end the war in Ukraine.

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Pernille Sohl donated her daughter's pony, Chicago 57, to Aalborg Zoo as food for predators.

‘No regrets’: Mum gives daughter’s pony to zoo for lion food

The woman’s decision has sparked outrage on social media, with users calling the move ‘deeply perverse’.

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Alessandro Venier was drugged and injected with insulin before being strangled with hos own shoelace.

Mum strangles son with shoelaces, dumps chopped body in bin

They were the two people he most trusted — but his mum and girlfriend hatched a plot to kill him.

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At least one person is dead and 29 others are injured after magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkey’s northwestern province of Balikesir.

One killed, several injured after 6.1 earthquake hits Turkey

A huge earthquake has struck Turkey’s northwestern province of Balikesir, resulting in at least one death and multiple injuries after more than a dozen buildings collapsed.

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The White House is considering inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Alaska.

Trump ‘remains open’ to inviting Zelensky to Putin talks

The White House is considering inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Alaska, where President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week.

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Volodymyr Zelensky fears Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump may try to dictate terms for ending the Russia-Ukraine war.

Zelensky backed by EU, NATO as he seeks place at peace talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has won diplomatic backing from the EU and NATO ahead of a Russia-US summit this week, where Kyiv fears Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump may try to dictate terms for ending the three-and-a-half-year war.

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A building worker has miraculously survived after a stake pierced his chest.

Tradie miraculously survives stake piercing chest

A man has defied all odds and narrowly escaped death after a horror building site accident in which he fell backwards on an enormous iron rod that pierced through his chest.

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