Volodymyr Zelensky

By KATELYN CARALLE, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Published: 21:32 BST, 18 May 2025 | Updated: 21:34 BST, 18 May 2025 Vice President J.D. Vance came face-to-face with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for the first time since their Oval Office showdown earlier this year. The two attended Pope…

By Clément Melki AFP · 18 May, 2025 07:33 PM 4 mins to read Pope Leo XIV (formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost) presided over his inauguration mass in St Peter's Square. Photo / Getty Images Pope Leo XIV urged an end to exploiting nature and marginalising the poor at his…

Pope Leo XIV set the tone for his papacy with a call to stop exploiting nature and marginalising the poor at his inaugural mass on Sunday attended by dignitaries including Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and US Vice-President J.D. Vance. Ten days after he became the first American head of the…

JD Vance’s Vatican visits center his Catholicism in his vice presidency Reporting from Vatican City After leaving the Marines and beginning his higher education, Vice President JD Vance drifted into atheism — struggling, he would eventually write, with feelings of “irrelevance” in his faith and with “a desire for social acceptance among American…

Pope Leo XIV met one-on-one with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as the Ukrainian leader looked to the Roman Catholic Church's leader to help push for a cessation of fighting in Russia's nearly 39-month-old war on Ukraine. Leo's May 18 meeting with Zelenskyy came after the pontiff was formally installed and was only…

The fate of jailed Australian Oscar Jenkins is set to be discussed in face-to-face talks between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Rome. Jenkins faces 13 years in a Russian prison after a court found him guilty of taking part in an armed conflict as a…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump are scheduled to discuss ending the Ukraine war on Monday. File Photo by Michael Klimenthyev/Sputnik/Kremline Pool/EPA-EFE May 17 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump intends to call Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday to discuss ending the war…

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he'll speak separately to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday as he ramps up efforts to help the two nations reach a ceasefire. "I will be speaking, by telephone, to President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Monday, at 10:00…

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World Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Saturday for stronger sanctions on Moscow after a Russian drone killed nine bus passengers in northeastern Ukraine just hours after the two countries held their first peace talks in three years of war. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump said he plans to speak by phone Monday with Russian leader…