Ukraine

I don’t say this often, but let’s give Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt. During Trump’s instantly infamous Oval Office meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky last week, the Ukrainian president was determined to make one point above all: that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not to be trusted. Again and…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told President Trump on Tuesday that the time had come to “make things right” after the US paused all military aid to Ukraine, but stopped short of apologizing for his role in a dramatic Oval Office dispute the previous Friday. “Our meeting in Washington, at the White House on Friday,…

ANALYSIS — “I’m not playing cards.” Those are the now-infamous words Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told President Donald Trump during Friday’s contentious Oval Office showdown. Traditional Ukraine allies on Capitol Hill and Zelenskyy might want to shuffle up and deal — and fast. Tuesday brought signs they are starting to…

HERO surgeons on Ukraine's frontline have mocked their US critics by asking “should we wear a suit?” Frontline docs hit back after President Zelensky was accused of disrespecting America by wearing combat fatigues to the White House. 8 Medics from Ukraine's 59th Brigade save a wounded comrade's life in a…

Nintendo Switch 2 could be first new console available in Russia since Ukraine invasion The Nintendo Switch 2 could come to Russia despite the ongoing Ukraine invasion, but is likely to cost significantly more than elsewhere in Europe — here's all we know Tech Lloyd Coombes Gaming Editor 13:47, 04…

This episode of the BizNews Briefing features FMF head of policy Martin v Staden former Afriforum exec Dr Ernst Roets on why there has been so much effort to bring SA's 142 operative racial laws to the attention of the global community; US President Donald Trump freezes all aid to…

A five-part plan to bolster Europe’s defence industry and increase its military capability could raise nearly €800bn and help provide urgent military support for Ukraine after the US suspended aid to Kyiv, the head of the European Commission has said. Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday the 27-member bloc…

White House charges anti-Trump bias White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt talks Oval Office fallout, Elon Musk and DOGE's efforts, the White House's changes to the press pool and more on 'MediaBuzz.' Most of the media are blaming Donald Trump for the shocking shouting match that led to him kicking…

Even before the shocking treatment of Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, the US had voted with Russia in the UN. Alarm bells about the security threat now facing Europe were already ringing during JD Vance’s speech in Munich in February, when he questioned the point of defending Europe’s liberal…

China will be “the main beneficiary” of US President Donald Trump’s foreign policies, including his decision to align with Russia over Ukraine , Kyiv’s former foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba has said. “I’m not surprised by the fact, but I’m surprised by how quickly this fact was exposed and literally formalised,”…