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Lithuania to teach thousands, including schoolchildren, how to build and pilot drones

Lithuania's government plans to open nine drone training centers to teach thousands of people, including schoolchildren, skills in flying and building drones

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025

How Russia’s war on Ukraine led to crucial Trump-Putin summit - and why the stakes are so high

ANALYSIS: World affairs editor Sam Kiley looks what all sides want and what hopes there are for a ceasefire, ahead of what could be a pivotal meeting on the Ukraine war

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025

‘Not politicking for it’: Trump goes all in on Nobel push with risky Putin summit - Roll Call

President Trump has made a second-term push for a Nobel Peace Prize, but his Friday summit with Vladimir Putin could dent in his efforts.

Roll Call · Aug 12, 2025

North Koreans ‘worked like slaves’ to make up for Russian losses in Ukraine – report

Defectors describe 18-hour shifts, violence from managers and round-the-clock surveillance as Moscow bypasses UN ban to bring in labourers

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025

Hurry, hurry, hurry! It’s Trump’s great Ukraine giveaway. Bargains galore, if your name is Vladimir Putin

The Art of the Deal, the Art of War: I doubt the US president has read or understood either. If Zelenskyy is a worried man, who can blame him?, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2025

Trump says crime in Washington DC is ‘out of control’. The stats suggest otherwise

President insists capital in need of ‘liberation’ from ‘violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people’ but data says no such problem exists

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth belongs to an archconservative church network. Here's what to know

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has expressed pride in being part of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, a conservative Christian network

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025

Markets cashed in on the war in Ukraine but may like peace with Russia even more, top analysts say

Russia has broken 190 different “deals” over Ukraine since 1994, so it is unlikely that Europe will stop preparing for future action from Moscow.

Fortune · Aug 12, 2025

Trump suggests both Ukraine and Russia will have to give up land for peace

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The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025

Otter pelts, Orthodox priests and a $7.2m bargain: how Russia sold Alaska to the US

Tsar Alexander II sold oil-rich territory to the US in 1867. Will Friday’s high-stakes summit between Putin and Trump result in a warming of historic ties?

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2025