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Trump Backs Putin on Ukraine Ceasefire as Starmer Seeks Security Guarantees

This is Beirut, 27/02 21:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Donald Trump said he trusted Russia's Vladimir Putin to stick to any Ukraine ceasefire Thursday, as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer tried to win security guarantees for Kyiv - with the help of a royal invitation to visit Britain. Trump struck a friendly tone as he and Starmer met in Washington and even walked back a comment about Ukrainian ...

Berezovsky: When Virtuosity Approaches the Absolute, but Misses the Revelation

Alain E. Andrea, 27/02 19:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Some concerts provoke an almost mystical anticipation. They carry within them a promise—a moment of weightlessness where music, liberated from time, becomes absolute. Boris Berezovsky belongs to the elite of artists whose mere presence is enough to awaken collective fervor. But while emotion often precedes judgment, it must not dictate it. In ...

Yalta 2.0: The New Masters of the World

Marc Saikali, 27/02 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Since Donald Trump’s rise to power, everything has accelerated. Geopolitical time has sped up. The Middle East, Ukraine... all fronts are moving rapidly. As if by magic, Donald Trump managed to make the Slavic enemies utter the words “ceasefire” to halt the senseless slaughter after three years of unprecedented violence, reminiscent of the ...

Ukraine Has Lost Almost Half Its Population Since 1991

Élie-Joe Kamel, 24/02 18:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The demographic crisis that Ukraine has been suffering from for decades has worsened over the past three years. After the collapse of the USSR in 1991 and the country’s independence a year later, Ukraine had approximately 52 million inhabitants. Today, the Ukrainian population is estimated at nearly 35 million, according to the United Nations ...

Explosives Thrown at Russian Consulate in Marseille on Ukraine War anniversary

This is Beirut, 24/02 13:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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  Three improvised explosive devices were thrown at the Russian consulate in the southern French port city of Marseille on Monday but no one was injured, a police source said. Only two of the three devices exploded in the attack on the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the source said. The consulate was sealed off ...

Three Years after Russia Invasion, UN Faces Difficult Votes on Ukraine

This is Beirut, 24/02 10:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Defying Kyiv and its European allies, Washington plans on Monday to submit to the UN Security Council and General Assembly a draft text that calls for a "swift end" to the Ukraine conflict but makes no reference to its territorial integrity, in an early test of Donald Trump's muscular approach to the crisis. Since Russian forces invaded Ukraine ...

Zelensky Offers to Resign in Exchange for Ukrainian NATO Membership

This is Beirut, 23/02 18:49 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday -- the eve of the third anniversary of Russia's invasion -- that he was ready to quit as Ukraine's president if it meant Kyiv would be admitted to the NATO military alliance. Zelensky has faced fierce criticism from the new US administration and said he wantss to meet Donald Trump before the US president ...

$350 Billion Ukraine's 'Critical' Resources in Russian-Held Territory

This is Beirut, 23/02 17:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Around $350 billion of worth of Ukraine's critical resources are in areas captured by Russia, Ukrainian authorities said Sunday, as Washington pushes for a deal to secure preferential access to the country's resource base. Kyiv is pushing back against President Donald Trump's calls for Ukraine's resources to be used as compensation to the United ...

Russia's Top Diplomat to Visit Turkey Monday

This is Beirut, 23/02 13:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Turkey on Monday, which marks the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Turkish diplomatic sources said Sunday. Lavrov will hold talks in Ankara with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan, the source said, adding that the men will discuss the war in Ukraine, among other ...

Trump Wants Return on US Aid Money to Ukraine

This is Beirut, 23/02 05:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was trying to get money back for the billions of dollars sent to support Ukraine's war against Russia. His comments came as Washington and Kyiv negotiate a mineral resources deal Trump wants as compensation for the wartime aid his predecessor Joe Biden gave Ukraine. It was the latest twist in a ...

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