Vladimir Putin
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Forgive him? Zelensky says what he really thinks about Vladimir Putin
The Ukrainian leader calls his Russian foe a child “murderer” in an angry exchange with US podcaster Lex Fridman.
- by Joe Barnes
Where’s the good in Riverwood? Get a heart!
With the number of homeless aged people on the rise, how heartwarming it would have been if the residents of Hardwicke Street had put out the welcome mat.
Opinion
Russia-Ukraine war
Putin sprints to his imagined finish line in Ukraine war
Putin is mobilising troops and stepping up collaboration with allies ahead of Trump’s inauguration on January 20, hoping the West tires of the conflict.
- by Mick Ryan
Opinion
Global economy
How has the 21st century gone so wrong?
How did we get here, and what are the chances that the next 25 years will be better than the last?
- by Adrian Wooldridge
Azerbaijan president says Russia shot at its plane, lied about cause of crash
“We witnessed clear attempts to cover up the matter,” said President Ilham Aliyev, who wants Russia to accept its guilt and to punish those responsible.
- by Nailia Bagirova and Anton Kolodyazhnyy
Opinion
Political leadership
The best – and worst – of 2024: My list isn’t objective, but that’s the fun of it
Here are my top 10, for better or worse.
- by George Brandis
Opinion
Political leadership
Politics, like comedy, is about timing. Albanese will be a victim of the liberal era’s fall
Voters around the world are choosing a rougher cut of leader to champion them into the second quarter of the 21st century. Anthony Albanese will never be that.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
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Air accident
Putin apologises over ‘tragic incident’ with Azerbaijan plane in Russian airspace
Flight J2-8243 crashed in a ball of fire near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after diverting from southern Russia. At least 38 people were killed.
- by Guy Faulconbridge, Andrew Osborn and Nailia Bagirova
‘Expendable’ North Korean troops suffer mass casualties fighting for Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says some North Koreans are being killed by their own men to avoid capture.
- by Gabriella Borter
Opinion
Putin's Russia
Putin’s spectacular act of self-sabotage has killed the Kremlin’s biggest market
Gazprom was for decades Russia’s biggest money-spinner and the most striking symbol of the Kremlin’s influence abroad.
- by Ben Marlow
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