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Czech Government Backs Hall of Fame Goalie Dominik Hasek Amid Russian Threats

The legendary netminder has been an outspoken critic of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 23, 2025

Poland's top diplomat decries Russia's war in Ukraine: 'Don't you have enough land?'

In a wide-ranging speech to the lower house of the Polish parliament, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski crticised Russia's "fantasies of dominance".

Euronews · Apr 23, 2025

JD Vance Says US Will 'Walk Away' From Ukraine-Russia Talks If They Don't Accept Its 'Final Offer'

Vice President JD Vance warned that the Trump administration is ready to walk away from negotiations between Russia and Ukraine if they don't accept its "final offer"

International Business Times · Apr 23, 2025

UK and Ukraine ministers meet as officials discuss peace plans

US secretary of state Marco Rubio did not attend the talks in London but defence and foreign ministers from the UK and Ukraine met.

Evening Standard · Apr 23, 2025

Thailand park ranger sacked after calling out Russian couple’s Chinese ‘ni hao’ greeting

Video sparks debate on whether the greeting hurt Thai cultural sensitivities

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2025

How Putin’s capture of Ukrainian nuclear power station puts whole world at risk

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was seized by Vladimir Putin’s troops in spring 2022 and has been held as a threat over the nearby Ukrainian residents ever since

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2025

UK peace talks on Ukraine downgraded as Marco Rubio pulls out

Planned ministerial-level talks replaced by discussions at official level amid reports of change in Kremlin stance

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2025

Russian drone attacks kill nine in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region

In the Ukrainian town of Marhanets, a bus was targeted by a Russian drone. Russia also launched an overnight attack on Kharkiv, Kherson, Poltava and Odesa.

Euronews · Apr 23, 2025

The global south has lost its pope. The world has lost its conscience

He was no liberal, but Francis embodied a spirit of international solidarity that is in alarmingly short supply, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2025

JD Vance’s bluster over peace in Ukraine shows why Zelensky swerved an American ambush in London

ANALYSIS: Marco Rubio cancelled his visit to London for ceasefire talks after it emerged that Volodymyr Zelensky wasn’t coming – and then JD Vance got cross. Ukraine’s president certainly swerved an ambush, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2025