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Trump shows willingness to support Ukraine's security in peace deal

Earlier Thursday, Zelenskyy floated the prospect of allowing Ukrainians to vote on whether to hand the Donbas region to Russia

Trump's intervention in Warner Bros sale pushes limits of executive power

Trump has already signalled one personal precondition for a sale: new ownership of longtime bogeyman CNN, in a bid to exert more favorable coverage from the cable network

US sanctions Maduro's nephews as pressure campaign against Venezuela grows

The new sanctions on Franqui Flores, Carlos Flores and Efrain Campo come a day after Trump announced that the US had seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela

Lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald to step down after year of weak sales in US

The board said it was conducting a comprehensive search in partnership with a leading executive search firm to select his successor

Brazil's Sao Paulo blackout leaves 1.4 mn without power; flights cancelled

Aviation authorities say most of the cancelled flights were at the local Congonhas airport, but added that Guarulhos International Airport, outside the city, was also affected

Awami League rejects Bangladesh election schedule, calls govt 'illegal'

The Awami League emphasised its legacy as an election-orientated party, noting that since its founding, it has participated in 13 national elections, winning nine and forming the government

House votes to nullify Trump order, restore rights for federal workers

The bill still needs Senate approval to become law, but 20 Republicans sided with Democrats in a rare break from the president

Crypto mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison for $40 bn fraud

Kwon, a Stanford graduate known by some as the cryptocurrency king, apologised after listening as victims -- one in court and others by telephone -- described the scam's toll

US federal judge orders release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from ICE detention

The ruling marked a major victory for the immigrant whose wrongful deportation to a notorious prison in El Salvador made him a flashpoint of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown

Nasa loses contact with Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars for past decade

Launched in 2013, Maven began studying the upper Martian atmosphere and its interaction with the solar wind once reaching the red planet the following year

Trump 'extremely frustrated' over delays in Russia-Ukraine peace deal: WH

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated the President was tired of meetings that achieve nothing and wanted results, not words, as the US acts as the primary mediator

US Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs set to rise

Most Democratic lawmakers opposed the move as many Republicans made clear that they wanted the tax credits to expire

Putin offers 'solidarity' for Venezuelan people as tensions with US rise

The Kremlin said in a statement that Putin spoke with Maduro by phone and reaffirmed his support for Venezuelan leader's policy of protecting national interests

Divisions in Federal Reserve underscore challenge for Trump's next chair

President Trump wants substantially lower borrowing costs, but officials at the central bank appear ready to resist delivering further cuts if the economic backdrop does not warrant it

Thailand and Cambodia hold border talks as Trump's mediation looms

Hundreds of Cambodian workers also gathered on the Thai side of the crossing in a bid to leave, but the official said it was unlikely to reopen on Thursday

Nobel winner Machado appears in Oslo after 'journey of extreme danger'

The perilous trip involved her taking a boat to Curacao, a Dutch Caribbean island about 40 miles away, a person familiar with the matter said

Disney invests $1 bn in OpenAI, to license characters for Sora video tool

As part of the licensing deal, Sora and ChatGPT Images will start generating videos using licensed Disney characters such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Mufasa, from early next year

Dasnac to invest Rs 2,000 cr in luxury housing project in Noida

The project, named Dasnac Westminster, will be developed on a 1.94-acre plot and will comprise 264 premium apartments

Trump eyes chance to make CNN serve his agenda. Netflix stands in the way

Trump has declared he 'would be involved' in deciding whether Netflix's proposed acquisition should move forward and the White House is signalling openness to a Paramount-Skydance victory

Former ISI chief Faiz Hameed gets 14-year jail term in Pakistan court

It is for the first time that a former chief of the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency has been convicted. He served as the Director General of the ISI from 2019 to 2021