Starmer and Zelensky ‘welcomed’ Trump’s new deadline for Russia peace effort In a call on Friday, Sir Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelensky agreed that ‘it was clear Russia was the only barrier to peace’. Evening Standard · Aug 1, 2025
Putin offers no hint of concessions as he says he wants ‘stable’ peace in Ukraine Russian president’s remarks come as Kyiv rescuers find more than a dozen dead in apartment block after strikes The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2025
Putin Disregards Trump's Sanctions Deadline, Touts War Gains On Ukraine: 'Disappointments Arise From Inflated Expectations' Russian President Vladimir Putin has indicated that there will be no shift in Russia’s stance on the Ukraine conflict, despite the looming sanctions deadline set by President Donald Trump. Benzinga · Aug 1, 2025
Putin says Russia's hypersonic missile has entered service and will be deployed in Belarus President Vladimir Putin says Russia has started production of its newest hypersonic missile The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2025
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Trump’s tariff bullying: Why India must stand its ground Donald Trump’s chaotic act continues. His latest move: slapping a 25 percent tariff and a penalty on Indian goods exports to the United States.It’s vintage Trump – unapologetic – designed to get the other side, in this case India, to surrender to his demands. He is like a kid in… Newslaundry · Aug 1, 2025
Russian Opera Singer Anna Netrebko's National Origin Discrimination Lawsuit Over Firing by N.Y. Metropolitan Opera Can Go Forward So a federal judge held Tuesday, reversing its contrary decision from last year. Reason · Aug 1, 2025
Microsoft says Russian hackers are planting fake antivirus software in embassy attacks The hackers are using custom malware to target foreign governments. TechRadar · Aug 1, 2025
Kyiv mourns after a Russian attack that killed 31 people, including 5 children Kyiv is observing a day of mourning after a Russian drone and missile attack killed 31 people, including five children, and injured over 150 The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2025
Watch: Injured Ukrainian soldier stranded for days flees battlefield on e-bike delivered by drone The serviceman was reportedly surrounded by Russian forces near the northern city of Siversk, before he cycled away at speed Evening Standard · Aug 1, 2025
Death toll in 'vile' Russian missile strike on Kyiv rises to 31, including children Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the strike "vile" and said it "demonstrates the need for increased pressure on Moscow and additional sanctions." Euronews · Aug 1, 2025
Zelenskyy calls for direct talks with Putin after Russian president says he backs peace negotiations – as it happened Ukrainian leader says talks should go ahead if Putin’s remarks are ‘signals of a genuine willingness to end the war’ The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2025
'Liberation Day' 2.0: What's coming and who will feel it the most Trump’s sweeping package of tariffs, released on so-called "Liberation Day", targeted nearly every corner of the globe. Now, after months of pauses and delays, it’s soon set to come into force. Euronews · Aug 1, 2025
Top photos this week from Latin America and the Caribbean Colombia's former President Alvaro Uribe was convicted of witness tampering and bribery in a historic trial. Latin American nations with a Pacific coast braced for a tsunami that never materialized after one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded, off the coast of Russia. Meanwhile, Chilean investigators closed in on the… The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2025
Al Jazeera · Aug 1, 2025 Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,254 Here are the key events on day 1,254 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
The Guardian - AU · Aug 1, 2025 Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy calls for ‘regime change’ in Russia as attack on Kyiv kills 26 Ukrainian president says Moscow can be ‘pushed’ to stop war while Donald Trump denounces Russia’s ‘disgusting’ actions. What we know on day 1,255
The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2025 Animation reveals how tsunami, triggered by 8.8-magnitude earthquake, surged across Pacific Ocean New animation shows the moment a massive earthquake struck Russia and triggered multiple tsunami alerts across the world.
Al Jazeera · Jul 31, 2025 Microsoft accuses Russia’s FSB of using malware against foreign embassies Microsoft says cyber-espionage campaign ‘poses high risk’ to foreign embassies, diplomats and other groups in Moscow.
Euronews · Jul 31, 2025 Syria wants Russia 'by our side,' foreign minister Asaad al-Shibani says in Moscow Despite having been on opposite sides of the battle lines during the civil war, the new rulers in Damascus, headed by interim President Ahmed al-Sharra, have taken a pragmatic approach to relations with Moscow.
The Conversation · Jul 31, 2025 Why some underwater earthquakes cause tsunamis – and others, just little ripples After a massive earthquake off the coast of Kamchatka, a peninsula in the far east of Russia, on July 30 2025, the world watched as the resultant tsunami spread from the epicentre and across the Pacific Ocean at the speed of a jet plane.
Latin Times · Jul 31, 2025 Russian Official Warns Trump To Remember The 'Dead Hand,' an Automatic Nuclear Trigger If Leaders Are Attacked Former president of Russia and current deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev invoked the "Dead Hand," a Cold War nuclear command that allegedly triggers automatic retaliation if Moscow leadership is targeted
Euronews · Jul 31, 2025 'Trump is falling for Putin's flattery'- Russian opposition activist, Kara-Murza Russian opposition activist and former political prisoner, Vladimir Kara Murza says Western leaders’ treatment of Putin in the past was "shocking and shameful", and gave Putin leeway and erode democracy in Russia.
The Conversation · Jul 31, 2025 Why Donald Trump has stopped some conflicts but is failing with Ukraine and Gaza In yet another twist in his unpredictable decision making, US president Donald Trump has dramatically shortened his original 50-day ultimatum to Vladimir Putin to call a ceasefire in Ukraine to a mere ten days. It’s an unmistakable sign of Trump’s frustration with the Russian leader who he now appears to…
The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2025 ‘Ukraine doesn’t forget its cultural landmarks’: the team risking their lives to rescue statues from the frontline Operation has retrieved 11 babas from southern Ukraine, where Turkic nomadic people flourished in medieval times
Evening Standard · Jul 31, 2025 Boy, 6, among dead in Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv Seven people were killed and around 50 people were wounded in the strikes on the Ukrainian capital