Is peace in Ukraine finally top of Trump's agenda? – DW – 10/16/2025

Is peace in Ukraine finally top of Trump’s agenda? – DW – 10/16/2025

After unsuccessful negotiations with Russia in Alaska earlier this year, Donald Trump’s push for peace in Ukraine is shifting away from diplomacy and toward military pressure. He is now openly contemplating the deployment of Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine. The US President has recently ignored India’s offer to mediate between the parties and has escalated trade…

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Putin seeks more foreign fighters amid mounting Russian losses in Ukraine

Putin seeks more foreign fighters amid mounting Russian losses in Ukraine

As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches the four-year mark, Moscow is facing increasing difficulties replenishing the ranks of its invading army. With fewer Russians now prepared to volunteer, the Kremlin is seeking to recruit more foreign fighters to serve in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s colonial war. A number of recent media reports have highlighted…

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University of Pennsylvania declines President Donald Trump's proposal to sign 'Compact for Higher Education'

University of Pennsylvania declines President Donald Trump’s proposal to sign ‘Compact for Higher Education’

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — The University of Pennsylvania is the latest campus to reject President Donald Trump’s higher education “Compact for Academic Excellence.” The Ivy League university told Trump officials that it “respectfully declines” to sign the agreement, according to a campus message from Penn President J. Larry Jameson. Jameson says he consulted with faculty, alumni,…

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Morning Mail: Trump to meet Putin after ‘productive’ call, FOI fears revealed, new frogs found on island | Australia news

Morning Mail: Trump to meet Putin after ‘productive’ call, FOI fears revealed, new frogs found on island | Australia news

Morning everyone. Documents reveal government departments feared being overwhelmed by a deluge of online freedom of information inquiries from “automated generators”, prompting Labor’s controversial effort to restrict FoI requests. Two new species of frog and one new gecko have been discovered by scientists in Queensland, we weigh the odds of extreme weather over the summer,…

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Google Co-Founder Larry Page Once Said He'd Rather Leave His Billions To Elon Musk, Not Charity —'He Wants to Go to Mars...to Back up Humanity'

Google Co-Founder Larry Page Once Said He’d Rather Leave His Billions To Elon Musk, Not Charity —’He Wants to Go to Mars…to Back up Humanity’

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. When billionaires talk legacy, they usually mention foundations, endowments, or family trusts. But Google co-founder Larry Page once offered a more unconventional heir to his fortune — Elon Musk. During a 2014 TED interview with Charlie Rose, Page…

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Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott sells nearly half her Amazon stake, donates over $110 million to charity

Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott sells nearly half her Amazon stake, donates over $110 million to charity

MacKenzie Scott, billionaire philanthropist and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has significantly reduced her Amazon holdings over the past year. Regulatory filings show that Scott slashed her stake by 42 percent, selling or gifting roughly 58 million shares valued at about $12.6 billion. Despite this, she still retains 81.1 million shares, according to Bloomberg’s…

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