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The president said Moscow had protected people living on ‘ancestral Russian land’ Moscow is proud to have accepted four former Ukrainian regions into Russia, President Vladimir Putin has said. The Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, as well as the regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye, voted to secede from Ukraine and join Russia in referendums held in September 2022. In …

Trump promised “destruction” for Hamas if it failed to make peace (Image: Getty) As President Trump revealed his peace proposals for Israel and Gaza, the US leader issued stark warnings to Hamas, declaring that Netanyahu would receive “full backing to finish the job of destroying the threat.” During a joint press conference with Netanyahu, President Trump outlined plans for an …

International naval forces have scrambled in response to a ‘serious accident’ involving a Russian nuclear submarine that was forced to surface near UK territory over the weekend. More details have emerged regarding the incident in the Strait of Gibraltar, where the 74-metre missile-laden Novorossiysk became an “explosive hazard” after suffering a serious leak in its fuel system. Russian Telegram channels …

After a pivotal Allied victory, years into World War II, Winston Churchill famously proclaimed that when it came to hopes for the end of the war, it was “not even the beginning of the end. But it is perhaps the end of the beginning.” That sort of expectations setting is not President Donald Trump’s style. Appearing with Israeli Prime Minister …

Hoi joined Alibaba in January as chief scientist of its Intelligent Information Platform, which oversees consumer-facing businesses including the group’s chatbot, UC Browser and Quark search engine. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. At the time, he was tasked with leading multimodal foundation model research, agent-related studies and applied AI solutions for consumer products, according to a report by …

The Ukraine conflict is the biggest threat of the century, putting the future of Western civilization at risk, Donald Tusk has claimed The Ukraine conflict is also the war of the West, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has stated. The “most important task” for the EU leaders is to make their societies aware of the threat allegedly posed by Russia, …

A body language expert has suggested that Donald Trump was “fed up” during a press conference with the Israeli prime minister as the two world leaders unveiled a 20-point peace plan. Inbaal Honigman, speaking exclusively with Casino.org US, described how Benjamin Netanyahu walked onto the podium “with his gaze lowered, his eyes focused on the paperwork in front of him …

A 47-year-old Chinese woman on Monday told a UK court that she played a leading role in a multibillion-pound fraudulent bitcoin scheme. Businesswoman Qian Zhimin, alias Zhang Yadi, pleaded guilty at London’s Southwark Crown Court following what is believed to be the single largest cryptocurrency seizure in the world, now worth about £5.5 billion (US$7.4 billion). Qian admitted one count …

Russia is not interested in “sending drones to swarm us,” Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has said Russian President Vladimir Putin is not interested in igniting a global conflict, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Sunday, replying to claims that Moscow could send drones against the EU nation. Just a day earlier, Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky claimed that Russia could target …

A man who purposefully crashed into a police car had a bizarre eight-word answer when confronted by an officer. Keajion Jennings, 28, was caught on bodycam footage driving directly into the vehicle while it still had emergency lights on in Illinois, USA. The officer who had been driving it had already disembarked and was approaching the door of another car …