French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu offered to suspend a landmark 2023 pension reform until after the 2027 presidential election, bowing to pressure from leftist lawmakers who demanded the move as a condition for his political survival.
Zelenskiy said on Sunday that a Ukrainian counteroffensive had made gains in southern Zaporizhzhia region as well as in Donetsk region, which is the focal point of the conflict and where Kyiv has been reporting successes.
China called U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariffs on Chinese goods hypocritical on Sunday and defended its curbs on exports of rare earth elements and equipment, but stopped short of imposing new levies on U.S. products.
The U.S. has been helping Ukraine mount long-range strikes on Russian energy facilities for months in a joint effort to weaken the economy and force President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table.
Trump threatened to hike tariffs against China and cancel a planned meeting with President Xi Jinping, in a broadside against Beijing that sent markets and relations between the world's largest economies into a spiral.
China is increasing military activities near Taiwan and honing its ability to stage a surprise attack, as well as seeking to undermine trust in the government with "hybrid" online warfare tactics, the island's defence ministry said on Thursday.
by Angela Stent, Nonresident Senior Fellow - The Brookings Institute
There is no indication that Putin has any interest in ending a war that he believes he is winning. He will only negotiate seriously when he believes that Russia cannot prevail.
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