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The war in Ukraine remains a wildcard for the global economy.

The tables have turned – and Putin’s country is now in dire trouble

The alarm bells are ringing for the Russian president as he tries to hold together an exhausted war economy.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

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Russian President Vladimir Putin works at the Kremlin on Friday.

Has he finally realised Putin is playing him, or is Trump just blowing in the wind?

Donald Trump’s comments after meeting Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican marked a shift in tone. But the US president is prone to adopt the rhetoric of whoever he spoke with last.

  • Michael Koziol
Trump and zelensky

They came to bury a pope, but ended up negotiating to end a war

Fifteen minutes. No aides. No flags, no formalities – just two men locked in a contest over Ukraine’s future, in the most unlikely of arenas.

  • Rob Harris
Kevin Rudd AC Twitter / X @AmboRudd It was an honour to deliver my reflections on ANZAC Day at the National Cathedral in Washington DC today. Lest we forget.

Kevin Rudd warns against showing weakness on Ukraine

In a Washington Anzac Day speech, Australia’s ambassador to the US says one of the messages from the Anzac story is that defending freedom takes human, physical and individual courage.

  • Michael Koziol
Investigators at the scene where Yaroslav Moskalik was killed by an explosive device placed in his car in Balashikha, just outside Moscow.

Kremlin blames Ukraine after Russian general killed in car bomb explosion

Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik was killed by an explosive device placed in his car in Balashikha, just outside Moscow, authorities said.

US President Donald Trump and Pope Francis at the Vatican on May 24, 2017, during Trump’s first presidential term.

Almost biblical in its timing, Francis’ funeral falls under the same shadow as his papacy

As the world teeters under the weight of war, its leaders, adversaries and allies alike will sit shoulder to shoulder in an extraordinary – and historically charged – gathering.

  • Rob Harris
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Trump urges Putin to ‘STOP!’ after deadly Russian attack on Kyiv

Russia struck Ukraine’s capital with an hours-long barrage of missiles and drones in the deadliest assault on the city since last July.

  • Aamer Madhani and Samuel Petrequin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump during their argument at the White House on Friday.

‘No cards to play’: Furious Trump takes aim at Zelensky for rejecting US idea

The US president’s social media post illustrates his sensitivity to any comments from the Ukrainian leader he interprets as dragging the chain on a peace deal.

  • Michael Koziol
Illustration by Dionne Gain

Trump’s peacemaker charade has failed. Ukraine and the West will pay a price

After two years of insisting that he could end the Russia-Ukraine war in his first 24 hours if returned to the White House, Trump is preparing to walk away from the problem entirely.

  • Peter Hartcher
A touring exhibition for school kids in Russia compares Ukraine with Nazi Germany and describes Australia, the EU and Nordic countries as supporters of Nazism.

Russian children taught Australia ‘supports Nazism’ in propaganda push

The content falsely equates Western military and financial aid to Ukraine with ideological support for Nazism.

  • Rob Harris

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