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Russia-Ukraine updates: Trump says hasn’t ‘talked about’ halting aid yet

These were the updates on Russia’s war on Ukraine for Monday, March 3, 2025.

US President Donald Trump meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Russia-Ukraine war updates: Ukraine pummeled by Russian missiles and drones

Moscow fires dozens of missiles at Ukrainian energy sites, forcing authorities to introduce preventive power cuts.

FILE - Ukrainian servicemen collect damaged ammunition on the road at the front line near Chasiv Yar town, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Jan. 10, 2025. (Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukraine's 24th Mechanised Brigade via AP, File)

New protests as Venezuela turmoil intensifies after disputed vote

Both President Maduro supporters and opponents plan to take to the streets after Sunday’s controversial election.

Protesters take cover from tear gas as Venezuelan opposition supporters protest in the capital Caracas [Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters]

Israel-Hamas war updates: Death toll rises as Israeli jets pound Gaza

These are the updates for the escalation between Palestinian fighters and Israel military on Sunday, October 8, 2023.

Mourners pray by the bodies of Salem Abu Quta family members, a Hamas fighter, during a funeral after they were killed in an Israeli strike on their house in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip

Ukraine latest updates: Moscow has ‘advantage’ in Severodonetsk

Ukraine news from June 6: ‘They are more powerful, but we have a chance to hold the advance,’ says Ukraine’s president.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

‘Grave threat to life’: UN climate chief issues warning for MENA

UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa discusses the first-ever MENA Climate Week conference in Dubai.

Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

COP26 deal denounced for ‘weasel words’ on ending fossil fuels

Analysts question the text of COP26’s final deal citing ‘watered down’ language on fossil fuel eradication.

President Xi Jinping has said China would stop financing coal-fired power plants abroad and 'step up support for other developing countries in developing green and low-carbon energy' [File: Li Bin/EPA-EFE]

Climate vulnerable in the Global South demand COP26 action

Those on the front line of extreme weather say words from world leaders are no longer enough.

Herder Yusuf Abdullahi walks past the carcasses of his 40 goats that died of hunger in Dertu, Kenya, as climate shocks continue to hit the Horn of Africa [Brian Inganga/AP]

‘Running out of time’: Climate critics challenge COP26 plan

Researchers say a climate change draft document is weak on the crucial issue of finance for poorer nations.

Ending fossil fuel subsidies was first proposed 12 years ago, but hydrocarbon-rich nations repeatedly refused [File: J David Ake/AP]

Climate activists decry ‘false solutions, fairy tales’ at COP26

While corporations promote carbon trading, critics say it is just a scheme to keep profiting from burning dirty energy.

Extinction Rebellion activists hold a banner during a protest outside COP26 in Glasgow [Hannah McKay/Reuters]