Leaders worked hard to get President Volodymyr Zelensky back in the good graces of President Trump, no matter how humiliating ...

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Manganese is an essential element in steelmaking and batteries. Ukraine is estimated to have the largest total reserves in the world at 2.4 billion tons. However, the deposits are of fairly low grade ...

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Ukraine war latest: US ramps up pressure on Putin to accept ceasefire - and reveals territorial concessions discussed with Ukraine Trump's top diplomat Marco Rubio has urged Vladimir Putin to ...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine has accepted a US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia after the talks in Jeddah - something which has been welcomed by European leaders.

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