Mallyon hits high note with Eagle Farm treble
Jockey Andrew Mallyon, who spent time in war-torn Ukraine with champion hoop Craig Williams last year, landed a winning treble at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Russia And Ukraine Conflict
Russian drone sets fire to Chernobyl’s containment shield
Radiation levels remain normal at site of 1986 nuclear meltdown, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Author leaves final testament
Victoria Amelina was bravely documenting the Russian war against Ukraine when a missile ended her life, but her story lives on in her posthumously released book
Trump’s ‘deal’ detrimental to Ukraine
Ukraine has been thrown under the proverbial bus and the US will not honour its NATO commitments. Beware Europe, Vladimir Putin can do as he pleases now.
Transactional Trump’s Ukraine ‘deal’ making Russia great again
By sidelining Ukraine, and conceding Ukrainian territory even before talks start, Trump has delivered a huge pay-off for Putin’s recent lavish praise.
Beware Trump, the global peacemaker
Donald Trump’s administration has sent a decisive message that will shake the world. Signs of a peace deal in Ukraine are emerging along with evidence that the President will scale back the US global alliance system and leave Europe to deter Vladimir Putin.
JD Vance pulls Putin into line on Ukraine
The US will hit Moscow with sanctions and potentially military action if Vladimir Putin doesn’t agree to a peace deal with Ukraine that guarantees Kyiv’s long-term independence, Vice-President JD Vance has warned.
Trump-Putin talks buoy markets
The US continues to bang the tariff drum but markets are betting a full-scale trade war will be averted, as European stocks soar on growing hopes the Russia-Ukraine war will soon end.
Putin’s ultimate goal in Ukraine is to reshape world order
The Russian leader is less interested in squabbling over territory than showing the US and NATO who is the boss.
How Trump’s man in the Mideast jump-started talks with Putin
Real estate developer Steve Witkoff engineered the release of American teacher Marc Fogel from a Russian prison this week – and opened the door to negotiations about Ukraine.
Ukraine will seek to lock US into minerals deal at Munich
Zelensky must convince Trump not to accept conditions being pushed by Moscow; the US president says further aid to Ukraine would be conditional on exclusive access to its resources.
How could the Ukraine war end? Three possible scenarios explored
President Donald Trump’s talks with Vladimir Putin could result in a deal to halt the conflict. Here’s an examination of how that agreement might shape up.
If this is peace, the world faces even more conflict
If Ukraine is forcibly partitioned, the outcome will be, at best, a Cold War 2.0 with Putin emboldened and China encouraged to risk its own military adventures.
Zelensky: Don’t trust Putin’s claim to want peace
Volodymyr Zelensky emphasised that Ukraine would not accept any bilateral peace talks in which Kyiv did not participate.
US ‘support’ did Ukraine no favours in Russian war
Unfortunately Henry Kissinger’s famous quip in the wake of the Vietnam War, that ‘to be America’s enemy is dangerous, to be its friend is fatal’, looks like it will prove true for Ukraine as well.
End to Ukraine war must not reward aggressor Putin
Donald Trump would be unwise to ignore the grave threat to European security that could potentially follow any peace deal that effectively hands Vladimir Putin victory in his brutal Ukrainian gambit.
Whatever the case, Ukraine must win in Trump-Putin deal
Vladimir Putin is still bombing Ukrainian cities, including the capital, to cause as much destruction as possible before any peace talks take place.
Trump warned against Munich 2.0
Donald Trump has been warned against appeasement of Russia after opening negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, with the US President flagging his opposition to Kyiv joining NATO or a return to pre-2014 borders.
Trump injects common sense into a deadlocked war
Donald Trump’s push to end the war in Ukraine is a triumph of pragmatism over wishful thinking, which is what is needed right now.
Don’t rely on us for protection from Putin: US
Britain and Europe will ‘step up’ support for Ukraine, Britain’s Defence Secretary has vowed after coming under pressure from the US.
Trump’s Ukraine plan risks appeasement, envoy warns
Ukraine’s top diplomat in Australia has warned Donald Trump’s plan to end his country’s war with Russia risks becoming an exercise in appeasement.
President’s change of tack: sweet nothings, long talks
Donald Trump seems to be giving away so much to Vladimir Putin so early. It’s very unclear that this is the best way to optimise Ukraine’s position or Western strategic interests.
‘New world order’: Russia’s delight at Trump call over Ukraine
Putin told Trump the ‘root causes’ of the war need to be eliminated before fighting ends; shorthand for Zelensky’s removal and the ascent to power of a Moscow-friendly leader in Kyiv.
Ukraine peace conditions already stacked in Russia’s favour
Donald Trump has made two major concessions to Russia even before peace talks start, raising fears peace on such a basis won’t last the test of time.
Ukraine spy chief arrests FSB ‘rat’ in the ranks
Ukraine’s intelligence service has detained one of its own officers on suspicion of spying for Moscow in an arrest led by Kyiv’s own espionage chief.
Trump, Putin to meet in Saudi for Ukraine peace talks
Donald Trump says a ceasefire in Ukraine will be achieved ‘in the not too distant future’ but it’s not ‘practical’ for Ukraine to join NATO: Hegseth says return to pre-2014 borders is ‘unrealistic’.
WA Treasurer’s warning over rise of unionisation under Albanese IR laws
Rita Saffioti said the federal government ‘has its agenda’ but WA wants to ensure its resources projects are profitable and continue to be supported.
Ukraine offers Russia land swap
Volodymyr Zelensky said he was ready to swap land in negotiations with Russia, which freed an American prisoner in a gesture Donald Trump described as a goodwill sign on ending the war.
US detainee freed from Russian custody ‘in Ukraine war move’
American Marc Fogel is on his way back to the US in a deal with Russia that the Trump administration hailed as possible progress on talks to end the war in Ukraine.
Kyiv ramps up rare earths push in return for continued US military aid
Ukraine has offered to strike a deal with US President Donald Trump for continued American military aid in exchange for developing Ukraine’s mineral industry.
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