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Ukraine

Scoop: White House accuses Europe of prolonging Ukraine war

Senior White House officials believe some European leaders are publicly supporting President Trump's effort to end the war in Ukraine, while quietly trying to undo behind-the-scenes progress since the Alaska summit, Axios has learned. The White House has asked the Treasury Department to compile a list of sanctions that could…

bubmagAugust 30, 2025

Ukraine

Leading political figure shot dead in Ukraine

Ukraininan politician Andriy Parubiy -- seen here speaking to members of parliament in Kyiv in a December 6, 2018 file picture -- was shot dead in Lviv, in the west of the country - Copyright AFP GENYA SAVILOV A former Ukrainian speaker of parliament who was a leading figure in…

bubmagAugust 30, 2025

Volodymyr Zelensky

Leading Ukrainian ‘statesman’ and Maidan protest leader assassinated in Ukraine

A former Ukrainian speaker of parliament who was a leading figure in the country's pro-European protest movements of 2004 and 2014 was shot dead on Saturday in western Ukraine, officials said. Andriy Parubiy, 54, who also previously served as secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, was killed in…

bubmagAugust 30, 2025

Belfast

Teen who died at Belfast festival was ‘full of life’ with ‘big dreams’, funeral hears

A 17-year-old girl who died at a musical festival in Belfast last weekend will be remembered for being “feisty, loving and full of life”, mourners at her funeral Mass have heard. Mia Keevan from Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary, had been attending the Emerge Music Festival in Boucher Road Fields, south Belfast,…

bubmagAugust 30, 2025

Electric Car

Why China can build so quickly and America can’t

America has a hard time building stuff. Roads. Trains. Light rail. Bridges. Housing. Everything takes seemingly forever, if it even happens at all. Meanwhile, there’s China. A country that builds much faster — high-speed trains, solar panels, electric cars, bridges, ports, drones — all churned out at breakneck speed. Why…

bubmagAugust 30, 2025

Times Square

Independent rapper LaRussell has made millions by allowing his fans to set the prices

Packed into a gritty, bare-bones music venue on the edge of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York, on a Sunday in July, about 500 fans of Bay Area rapper LaRussell were taken to church. Except there was no pastor or choir and no pews. Instead it was a 2 p.m. show…

bubmagAugust 30, 2025

Volodymyr Zelensky

Russia strikes across Ukraine as peace prospects flounder

A residential building damaged in Russian strikes on the southern city of Zaporizhzhia - Copyright AFP Marina Moiseyenko Russia launched “massive” strikes across Ukraine overnight, rescue services said on Saturday, a new blow to peace efforts that drew a fresh appeal from President Volodymyr Zelensky for US and European help.…

bubmagAugust 30, 2025

Ukraine

The Risk in Trump’s Ukraine War Exertions

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bubmagAugust 30, 2025

Narendra Modi

Indian PM Modi Tours Chip Plant With Japan’s Ishiba

Article content (Bloomberg) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi toured a chip-making equipment factory in Japan’s Miyagi prefecture on Saturday, a day after he and his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba pledged deeper ties as US tariffs hit the global economy. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to…

bubmagAugust 30, 2025

Times Square

Trump administration blocks Palestinian leaders from attending U.N. meeting in New York

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is barring Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from attending the meeting of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York next month, where several countries including France, Canada and the U.K. are expected to formally recognize a Palestinian state. Abbas, along with approximately…

bubmagAugust 30, 2025

Scoop: White House accuses Europe of prolonging Ukraine war

Leading political figure shot dead in Ukraine

Leading Ukrainian ‘statesman’ and Maidan protest leader assassinated in Ukraine

Teen who died at Belfast festival was ‘full of life’ with ‘big dreams’, funeral hears

Why China can build so quickly and America can’t

Independent rapper LaRussell has made millions by allowing his fans to set the prices

Russia strikes across Ukraine as peace prospects flounder

The Risk in Trump’s Ukraine War Exertions

Indian PM Modi Tours Chip Plant With Japan’s Ishiba

Trump administration blocks Palestinian leaders from attending U.N. meeting in New York

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