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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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The nose of the plane was smashed by what is thought to have been a collision with a vulture.

‘I love you’: Terror as plane loses nose after collision

Panicked passengers have sent messages to loved ones following a terrifying mid-air collision that smashed the nose of a passenger plane and damaged one of the engines.

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Artur Zahryviy, 38, head of Zviahel’s local district government council, holds a Russian FPV drone.

Three-word wishlist defining life and death for Ukrainians

Ukrainian lawmaker Artur Zahryviy, 38, says survival on the nation’s frontline against Russia now comes down to three equally inexpensive things.

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 By buying Russian oil, India is helping fund the war against Ukraine, says the Trump Administration. (AP PHOTO)

Trump aide accuses India of financing Russia's war

Days after enforcing a 25 per cent tariff on exports from India, a top Trump aide has accused it of funding the war in Ukraine by buying oil from Russia.

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Kyiv targeted oil refineries and a key military airfield for drones inside Russia

Three dead in Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia

Ukrainian drone attacks have killed three people, according to Russian officials.

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The US is Switzerland's top foreign watch market, accounting for 16.8 per cent of exports. (AP PHOTO)

Switzerland’s 39 per cent tariff shock

The nation was reportedly close to negotiating an outline deal similar to those struck by Australia, the European Union, the UK and Japan.

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The everyday life inside Russia’s notorious ransomware gang shared a lot of similarities with regular office jobs.

The mundane office life inside a ransomware criminal gang

From a micro-managing CEO to a powerful HR department, the world’s most notorious ransomware gang operated like a regular software business.

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Russia strikes Kyiv, Ukraine.

Six dead, 52 injured as Russia launches strikes on Ukraine

A fresh wave of attacks on Ukraine’s capital has left six people dead and more than 50 severely injured after a Russian drone struck a residential apartment tower after nightfall.  

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An F-18 fighter jet nearly crashed into a beach full of tourists and locals.

Beach goers lucky to be alive after near miss with F-18 jet

WATCH: Tourists and locals are lucky to be alive after a military fighter jet was forced to attempt a daring manoeuvre to avoid an explosive crash at a popular European beach

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A Ukrainian law enforcement officer inside a destroyed building in a correctional colony hit in a Russian air attack in Bilenke, Zaporizhzhia.

Russia strikes in Ukraine kill 27 as Kremlin defies Trump

Moscow’s bloody assault on a Ukrainian prison and a medical facility came just hours after the US President imposed a new deadline for Russia to end the bloody three-year war.

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A Brazilian woman has miraculously walked away unharmed after almost plunging to her death at a local carnival.

‘I’m going to die!’: Woman clings for life on Ferris wheel

A woman has miraculously walked away unharmed after almost plunging to her death at a local carnival. 

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The Kremlin has declined to comment on US President Donald Trump’s decision to cut a deadline for the Kremlin to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine from 50 to 10 days.

Russia quiet on US decision to cut ceasefire deadline

A Kremlin spokesman says he will not comment after US President Donald Trump shortened a deadline for Russia to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine.

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US President Donald Trump says he is setting a new 10 or 12-day deadline for Russia over its war in Ukraine.

Trump warns Putin he has ‘10 or 12 days’ to end Ukraine war

US President Donald Trump has threatened Vladimir Putin with a new deadline for Russia to end its war in Ukraine, expressing his ‘disappointment’.

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