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THE US has announced it will no longer act as the mediator to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine after Vladimir Putin refused to accept a full ceasefire. The State Department said the country is changing “the methodology of how we contribute” to the talks and will no longer “fly around the world at the…

GRAND plans are being made for a massive military parade on Donald Trump’s birthday – with some 7,000 troops marching and 50 helicopters flying over Washington DC. The president reportedly plans to splash a whopping $100 million on the full-blown military spectacle to show the US might. A source in Washington DC has revealed that Trump is…

Vance: Russia’s war in Ukraine not ending ‘any time soon’ US Vice President JD Vance said he did not believe the war in Ukraine was going to end “any time soon.” It is “going to be up to the Russians and Ukrainians now that each side knows what the other’s terms for peace are. It’s going to…

THE US and Ukraine have finally signed the historic minerals deal, leaving Vladimir Putin furious. The long-awaited agreement blames Putin for the three-year-long war, spares Ukraine from payback and will even allow Kyiv to join the EU. The US and Ukraine signed the minerals deal two months after it was derailed by Trump and Zelensky’s Oval Office…

China’s national flag was recently unfurled on a disputed reef in the South China Sea by its uniformed troops, an act broadcast by state media in what analysts believe to be a first public display in decades of what had previously been quiet actions. In contrast with how Chinese fishermen, maritime militia, and even civilian groups have…

The United States and Ukraine on Wednesday (Apr 30) signed a minerals deal after a two-month delay, in what President Donald Trump’s administration called a new form of US commitment to Kyiv after the end of military aid. Ukraine said it secured key interests after protracted negotiations, including full sovereignty over its own rare earths, which are…

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday approved additional relief for domestic automakers from his 25% vehicle and auto parts tariffs set in motion less than a month ago, saying it would help the industry to move more production back to the U.S. Trump’s latest orders mark the latest softening of his multi-layered tariff assault on trading partners…

Spain and Portugal held emergency Cabinet meetings as evacuations from some public spaces took place. Spain’s Interior Ministry has declared a state of emergency for affected regions that need it. Follow DW. Over 61% of electricity restored in mainland Spain Electricity has been restored to over 61% of mainland Spain following the massive blackout that affected the…

A protracted rift between Malaysia’s national oil corporation Petronas and the Sarawak state government appears to be causing investor disquiet following a surprise withdrawal by United States oil firm ConocoPhillips from an oil project off the Borneo coast. In a little-publicised surprise move this month, ConocoPhillips decided to withdraw from operating the Salam-Patawali deepwater oil and gas…

Israel carried out an air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday, after ordering an evacuation of a building that it said was being used by the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah. The attack occurred despite a ceasefire that came into force five months ago which put an end to the conflict between Israel and the military group. Israel…

A LIP reader has revealed Trump’s five-word warning to Emmanuel Macron moments before speaking with Volodymyr Zelensky at the Pope’s funeral. Trump and Zelensky were pictured meeting for the first time since their historic White House spat just before the late pontiff’s final farewell. The impromptu meeting took place inside the holy St Peter’s Basilica with the…