Russia plays hardball on Ukraine as Trump eyes peace plan

Russia&s point man for relations with the United States said yesterday that all of president Vladimir Putin&s conditions must be met in full before the war in Ukraine can end, suggesting Moscow is playing hardball with US president Donald Trump.

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Families& alarm as Hamas says it won&t release more hostages over Israeli ceasefire ‘violations&

Hamas says it is suspending the release of Israeli hostages from Gaza, leaving a ceasefire agreed with Israel to end 15 months of war inside Gaza on a knife edge.

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Luigi Mangione at New York Supreme Court. Photo: Reuters/Eduardo Munoz

Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has accepted nearly $300,000 in donations toward his legal defence, according to the fund.

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At least 50 die in Guatemala after bus plunges off bridge

A bus veered off a highway bridge into a polluted ravine in Guatemala City early on Monday, killing at least 51 people and trapping survivors, a spokesperson for the city's fire department said.

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Salman Rushdie was too stunned to react when a man started to stab him, court hears

Salman Rushdie was so stunned when a masked man started to stab him on a stage in western New York that the author didn't even try to fight back, a prosecutor has said during opening statements in the suspect's attempted murder trial.

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Scientists detect shape-shifting along Earth&s solid inner core
NEW YORK - The inner core at the centre of the Earth, a ball of iron and nickel about 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometres) wide, may not be perfectly solid. A new study finds evidence that the inner core&s outer boundary has noticeably changed shape over the past few decades.

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