2025 • Aug 17
European leaders including Starmer to join Zelenskyy in Washington for meeting with Trump
Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and others will aim to push back against ceding of Ukraine territory in ‘peace plan’
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2025 • Aug 17
Air Canada flight attendants to defy back-to-work order and remain on strike
Union to challenge order issued less than 12 hours after start of action that has left more than 100,000 travellers strandedAir Canada’s flight attendants plan to remain on strike, their uni...
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2025 • Aug 17
‘Pray for rain’: wildfires in Canada are now burning where they never used to
Canada’s response to the extreme weather threat is being upended as the traditional epicentre of the blazes shifts as the climate warmsRoad closures, evacuations, travel chaos and stern warn...
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2025 • Aug 17
European leaders from ‘coalition of the willing’ to hold conference call over Trump-Putin meeting – live
Leaders set to meet to try to protect peace deal after Putin demands Ukraine withdraws from Donetsk and LuhanskUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Russia is com...
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2025 • Aug 16
Malnourished Palestinian woman dies in Italy after Gaza evacuation
Marah Abu Zuhri, 20, arrived in Pisa on an Italian humanitarian flight along with other critical patientsA 20-year-old Palestinian woman suffering from severe malnutrition who was evacuated ...
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2025 • Aug 16
Putin demands full control of Donetsk and Luhansk as condition for ending Ukraine war – live
Putin told Trump he would halt further advances and freeze Ukrainian frontline where Russian forces occupy significant areas, sources say
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2025 • Aug 16
New Zealand woman and six-year-old son released from US detention
Sarah Shaw was detained by Ice owing to a problem with her ‘combo card’ visa as she tried to re-enter the US from Canada
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2025 • Aug 16
Trump-Putin summit: Zelenskyy to meet US president in Washington on Monday – live
Trump has briefed the Ukrainian president and Nato leaders on the outcome of his talk with his Russian counterpart, and earlier said it was now up to Zelenskyy to ‘get it done’
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2025 • Aug 16
Tuvalu considers pulling out of Pacific leaders’ summit amid China-linked power struggle
Exclusive: Prime minister Feletei Teo says Tuvalu may withdraw from crucial meeting after key countries such as Taiwan were barred from attendingTuvalu’s prime minister Fele...
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2025 • Aug 15
Online fashion retailer Shein’s UK sales leap by a third to more than £2bn
Profits rise 56% to £38.2m in 2024 as company overtakes British rival Boohoo and closes in on AsosShein, the online fast-fashion retailer founded in China, increased sales in the UK by about...
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2025 • Aug 15
African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continent’s size
Member states back Correct the Map campaign that urges governments and organisations to use more accurate mapThe African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and interna...
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2025 • Aug 15
Climate crisis harming world heritage painted houses in Burkina Faso, say residents
Tiébélé’s wavy-walled houses covered in geometric lines showing signs of disintegration amid erratic weatherA world heritage site that was once a famous tourist destination is suffering from...
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