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Ukrainian scammers thought to be tricking Russian pensioners into blowing up ATMs

Russian President Vladimir Putin last month dismissed a suggestion that he should target what are believed to be Ukrainian scammers behind the attacks.

  • Daniel Hardaker

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US President Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had told him he was ready to make a deal to end the war.

Trump tells the world to invest in US or pay the price

Donald Trump has sent a clear message to “every business in the world” as he addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos.

  • Michael Koziol
Kokkinakis signing

Thanasi Kokkinakis was warned against playing in Russia. He went anyway

The Australian tennis star was paid to play in the unofficial event, which was backed by a state-owned energy company blacklisted by the Australian government.

  • Chris Barrett
Russian soldiers at an artillery position in the Kursk region, in Russia, in December.

Fighting alongside Russia, North Koreans wage their own war

The difficulties have ranged from finding uniforms small enough to fit North Korean soldiers, to hiccups that have led to direct clashes with Russian forces.

  • Marc Santora and Helene Cooper
Chinese President Xi Jinping, front, and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Putin and Xi pick up the phone to talk close ties after Trump’s return

In the 1.5-hour video call, the leaders discussed the need to “cope with the uncertainty of the external environment”.

  • Vladimir Isachenkov
Mohammed Imran holds a picture of his brother Indian national Mohammed Asfan who last called family from the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don before being deployed to fight for Russia in Ukraine.

Indians lured to Russia are dying on the front lines in Ukraine

Families say most of the unwitting recruits were duped by offers of fictitious jobs in Russia.

  • Anant Gupta
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky smile as they stand in front one of the drones, built in Ukraine with funding from Britain, in Kyiv on Thursday.

UK signs 100-year agreement with Ukraine

Prime Minister Keir Starmer told President Volodymyr Zelensky, “We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, for this year or the next, but for 100 years.”

  • Jill Lawless
US President Joe Biden speaks on the death of Alexey Navalny, Russian opposition leader, in the White House.

Biden tightens the noose on Putin with a farewell blitz

In its dying days, the Biden administration has taken aim at Russia with a barrage of fresh sanctions. It will help Donald Trump.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, centre, meets soldiers who took part in a training in North Korea

‘Ready to sacrifice’: Evidence of North Korean soldiers detonating before capture

North Korea’s suicide soldiers fighting Russia’s war on Ukraine pose a new challenge for Zelensky.

  • Ju-min Park and John Geddie
Oscar Jenkins with his friend and fellow soldier “Gump” in Ukraine, right, before he was taken as a prisoner of war by Russia, left. Jenkins is reported to have died.

Pressure grows on government to act over Russia’s alleged killing of Oscar Jenkins

A foreign soldier who trained Oscar Jenkins in Ukraine has accused Russian troops of torturing and executing the Australian man, who he called a “hero”.

  • Matthew Knott and Alex Crowe

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