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Zelenskyy asks Trump for 50 years of security guarantees, says meeting with Russia possible
- Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Monday that he had asked for security guarantees for up to 50 years for Ukraine. The current 20-point peace plan envisaged guarantees for 15 years, he said. Zelenskyy said he plans to meet with European leaders in the coming days to discuss the proposals. US President Donald Trump gestures as he greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he arrives for a meeting ...

Source: cnbc.com
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Chinese military to stage drills around Taiwan to warn 'external forces' after tensions with U.S. and Japan
- HONG KONG — China 's military on Monday dispatched air, navy and rocket troops to conduct joint military drills around the island of Taiwan , a move Beijing called a "stern warning" against separatist and "external interference" forces. Taiwan said it was placing its forces on alert and called the Chinese government "the biggest destroyer of peace." The drills came after Beijing expressed anger at U.S. arms ...

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Netanyahu brings a familiar message to Trump, who's grown wary of Israeli actions
- Repeatedly this year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has flown to the United States to praise President Donald Trump as Israel's greatest champion — and to quietly press him on taking more aggressive action against Israel's enemies. On Monday, when Netanyahu meets Trump at his estate in Palm Beach, Florida, the message will be similar: He is looking for a tougher approach to Hamas in Gaza, and is warning ...

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Patriots-Jets instant analysis: Flawless football counts, even against a joke opponent
- Instant analysis from the Patriots' 42-10 win over the Jets: ⋅ Beating up on the Jets and their undrafted rookie quarterback, Brady Cook, is obviously nothing to brag about. Sunday's game had a preseason feel, with Drake Maye pulled midway through the third quarter holding a 39-point lead. It marked the Jets' fourth straight loss by at least 21 points. Even the Saints and Dolphins beat them up. But the blowout ...

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Brigitte Bardot obituary
- Film star who shot to fame in And God Created Woman in the 1950s and later became a campaigner against animal cruelty Brigitte Bardot was a very carnal incarnation of the new, sexually liberated woman, wrote film critics in the 1950s and 60s. ("I understand your main interest is animals," said a flustered BBC interviewer. "No," replied Bardot, "my main interest is sex.") That was how Bardot, who ...

Source: theguardian.com
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One person dead and one injured after two helicopters crash in New Jersey
- Hammonton police responded to a report of a midair crash that engulfed one helicopter in flames on Sunday morning One person is dead and another has been left critically injured after two helicopters crashed in a southern New Jersey town. Hammonton police chief Kevin Friel said rescuers responded to a report of an aviation crash at about 11.25am. Video from the scene shows a helicopter spinning rapidly to the ...

Source: theguardian.com
Nick Kyrgios beats Aryna Sabalenka in latest 'Battle of the Sexes' in tennis
- DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Nick Kyrgios won the latest version of the "Battle of the Sexes" in tennis, beating top-ranked women's player Aryna Sabalenka, 6-3, 6-3, in an exhibition match that represented light entertainment rather than another landmark moment for gender equality. There was laughing and joking between the players, some under-arm serves, over-the-top grunting on shots, and even some dancing ...

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Christmas target practice turns deadly as stray bullet kills Oklahoma woman sitting on porch
- An Oklahoma man is facing a first-degree manslaughter charge after authorities say a bullet he fired while doing target practice in his backyard struck and killed a woman sitting with her family on Christmas Day. Cody Adams, 33, was charged with first-degree manslaughter in connection with the shooting, court records show. At approximately 3:15 p.m. on Dec. 25, the Stephens County Sheriff's Office responded to ...

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