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VLADIMIR PUTIN

Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be using U.S. President Donald Trump's desire to present himself as a strong dealmaker against him, some European officials said.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 27, 2025
Putin’s tactics are pushing Trump toward tough choice on Ukraine
Moscow seems intent on prolonging discussions and keeping the scope of talks narrow to pressure Washington into giving ground.
Ukraine will do its "job" and hold up its end of agreements reached with the United States, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in Kyiv on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 26, 2025
U.S. says Black Sea truce set even as the Kremlin lays out terms
The U.S. said Russia and Ukraine agreed to the ceasefire even as the Kremlin said its involvement would depend on a series of preconditions.
A Ukrainian coast guard serviceman on a patrol boat as a cargo ship passes by in the Black Sea on Feb. 7, 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 25, 2025
U.S. and Russia wrap up Saudi Arabia talks on proposed Black Sea ceasefire
Even as the talks were underway, a Russian missile strike damaged a school and a hospital in Ukraine wounding at least 88 people.
The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh, on Sunday, where talks are underway with U.S. mediation to try to reach a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war.
WORLD
Mar 24, 2025
U.S.-Russia talks on Ukraine begin in Saudi Arabia
U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing for a rapid end to the three-year war and hopes talks in Riyadh could pave the way for a breakthrough.
A firefighter works at a site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike in Kyiv on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 24, 2025
Ukraine and U.S. teams hold talks in Saudi Arabia, with U.S. envoy hopeful on ending war
Moscow agreed to a U.S. proposal to stop attacks on energy infrastructure but both Russia and Ukraine have reportedly continued strikes.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to Royal Navy soldiers outside a BAE Systems factory in Barrow-in-Furness, England, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 23, 2025
Keir Starmer on Putin, Trump and Europe’s challenge: ‘We’ve known this moment was coming’
Behind a whirlwind of diplomacy is Starmer's true goal: Persuading Trump of the value of NATO.
One of Vladimir Putin’s key conditions for ending the Ukraine conflict is a “complete cessation” of foreign military and intelligence assistance to Kyiv — in other words, stripping it naked of any ability to resist.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2025
I don’t believe a single word Trump and Putin say about Ukraine
One of Putin’s key conditions for ending the conflict: Cut all foreign aid and leave Ukraine defenseless.
An example of a Russian disinformation poster that was spread via Telegram. Some analysts said that reducing work to counter Moscow's hybrid war tactics would prove dangerous for the U.S.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 20, 2025
U.S. suspends some efforts to counter Russian sabotage
Since U.S. President Donald Trump took office, much of the work on monitoring and countering Russia's hybrid warfare campaign has come to a standstill.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting in Moscow on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 20, 2025
Putin advances strategic aims while ceding little to Trump
The agreement to a narrow ceasefire in which Russia and Ukraine would stop attacking each other's energy facilities gives Moscow an edge against Kyiv.
After U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin's phone call, talks aimed at advancing toward a broader peace plan will begin immediately, the White House, though it was unclear whether Ukraine will be involved.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 19, 2025
Putin spurns a Ukraine ceasefire but Trump calls talk a win
The Russian leader agreed only to limit attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, with experts saying Moscow could be playing for time.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin hold a bilateral meeting at the Group of 20 leaders summit in Osaka in June 2019.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 18, 2025
Trump discussion with Putin to focus on what Ukraine will lose
In an echo of the Yalta Conference in 1945, the American and Russian leaders will talk on Tuesday about who gets what in the process of ending the war in Ukraine.
A Russian service member walks past destroyed buildings in the town of Sudzha, which was recently retaken by Russia's armed forces in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Kursk region, Russia, in this still image from video released on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 18, 2025
Trump and Putin to discuss power plants, land in talks to end Ukraine war
Trump has been trying to win Putin's support for a 30-day ceasefire proposal that Ukraine accepted last week.
The Lakhta Center business tower, which serves as the headquarters of Russia's largest gas producer Gazprom, in St. Petersburg on March 7
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 17, 2025
Gazprom's grandeur fades as Europe abandons Russian gas
Gazprom is arguably the Russian business hardest hit by the international sanctions imposed after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago.
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, in July 2017.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 17, 2025
Trump says he will speak with Putin on Tuesday about ending war in Ukraine
The U.S. president said Moscow, Kyiv and Washington were already talking about "dividing up certain assets," as he seeks Putin's support for a 30-day ceasefire proposal.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a press briefing in Kyiv on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 16, 2025
Zelenskyy accuses Russia of trying to trap Ukraine’s forces amid ceasefire talks
Fighting is raging in and around the part of the Kursk region that Ukraine seized in a surprise offensive into Russian territory last summer.
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a video meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on Friday.
WORLD
Mar 15, 2025
Putin tells Ukraine troops in Russian region to 'surrender'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused his Russian counterpart of seeking to sabotage a ceasefire initiative.
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a news conference following a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart at the Kremlin in Moscow on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 14, 2025
Putin suggests U.S. ceasefire idea for Ukraine needs serious reworking
Putin's statements looked designed to signal goodwill to Washington, but his conditions appeared to rule out a swift ceasefire.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki in July 2018.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 14, 2025
Americans worry Trump is too closely aligned with Russia, poll finds
The two-day poll also found little appetite among Americans for Trump's expansionist agenda.
Ukrainian officers fire a D-30 howitzer toward Russian troops on a front line in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on March 7.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 13, 2025
Cautious Russia weighs Ukraine ceasefire plan as U.S. tries to seal a deal
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there was hope for a positive response and that a negative one would say a lot about the Kremlin's true intentions.
U.S. President Donald Trump is often portrayed as a master dealmaker, but his approach tends to be erratic, his business record includes notable failures and his style leans more toward performance than strategic negotiation.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 11, 2025
Trump’s dealmaking is all about him
From effectively ending the war in Ukraine to setting tariffs, the president’s negotiating skills are coming up short.
Japan considers all possible options as Trump threatens new auto tariffs
Subaru cars awaiting export at a port in Yokohama on Thursday.
Massive quake kills at least 150 in Myanmar and Thailand
Medical workers treat a earthquake survivor on a bed in the compound of a hospital in Naypyitaw on Friday, after an earthquake in central Myanmar.
Tokyo police seek public's help on Setagaya family murder 24 years ago
Police seek information from the public on a high-profile murder case, in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, on Saturday
Student suicides in Japan hit all-time high
A volunteer handles an incoming call at the Tokyo Befrienders call center, a suicide hotline center in Japan's capital.
Copyright questions loom as ChatGPT's Ghibli-style images go viral
A screenshot of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Ghibli-style profile picture on X
Recent spate of wildfires in Japan and South Korea linked to climate change
Smoke and flames rise from a wildfire in Andong, South Korea, on Tuesday.
Hanami season to have record ¥1.39 trillion economic impact on Japan
Cherry blossoms along a road in Tokyo on Tuesday. The 2025 cherry blossom season is expected to have an economic impact of around ¥1.39 trillion on Japan.
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Tokyo Series proves to be big business for MLB — and Japanese companies
An advertisement featuring Shohei Ohtani in Tokyo.
New SDF command will be key for contingency planning, Australian commander says
A Maritime Self-Defense Force SH-60K "Super Auk" from JS Shiranui prepares to land on HMAS Brisbane during Exercise Malabar 2023 while off the coast of New South Wales, Australia.

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