Ukraine peace talks productive as ex-government official says country rethinking ‘uncompromising’ stance

[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Official peace talks between the U.S. and Ukraine on ending the Ukraine war moved to a productive phase Sunday – but only after President Zelenskyy sent a new-look team to Florida, according to a former Ukrainian government official. With Rustem Umerov now leading Zelenskyy’s team and … Read more

Ukraine agrees to peace proposal, with only

[ad_1] A U.S. official told CBS News on Tuesday that Ukraine’s government had “agreed to a peace deal” brokered by the Trump administration to stop Russia’s nearly four-year assault. The American official and Ukraine’s national security adviser Rustem Umerov said a common understanding on a proposal had been reached, with details still to be worked … Read more

Scene after Russian strike on Ukrainian bus was all

[ad_1] Russia’s bombardment of Ukrainian cities is relentless as Vladimir Putin tries to plunge civilians into a winter of cold and darkness.  President Putin’s war, approaching four years, threatens to draw in all of Europe. Targeting civilians has been an international war crime since 1949. The crimes you’re about to see are hard to watch. … Read more

Here’s what’s in the Trump administration’s proposed 28-point Russia-Ukraine peace plan

[ad_1] Trump administration officials have proposed a 28-point peace plan designed to end the Russia-Ukraine war — a framework that would require Ukraine to give up its eastern Donbas region and Crimea, and swear off NATO membership, according to a draft shared publicly by a Ukrainian opposition politician and confirmed by a White House official. The … Read more

As Russia is accused of hybrid warfare against the West, vital undersea cables show their vulnerability

[ad_1] London — Over 95% percent of the world’s internet traffic and voice and communication data flows through a vast network of fiber optic cables laid across the floors of oceans and seas. The cables are faster, more reliable and cheaper data carriers than alternatives such as satellites, and they have become indispensable to modern life.  … Read more

A cold gold rush? The race for the Arctic’s critical minerals is heating up

[ad_1] Traditional painted houses overlooking sea ice in the Old Nuuk district near the Sermitsiaq mountain in Nuuk, Greenland, on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A global scramble to exploit the Arctic’s untapped resources appears to be kicking into overdrive. In a push to break China’s mineral dominance, countries around … Read more

Underwater cables are a vital piece of the AI buildout and internet — investment is booming

[ad_1] Over 95% of international data and voice call traffic travels through nearly a million miles of underwater communication cables. These cables carry government communications, financial transactions, email, video calls and streaming around the world. The first commercial telecommunication subsea cable was used for telegraphs and was laid across the English Channel between Dover, England … Read more

After waffling between Russia and Ukraine, Trump slaps Kremlin with oil sanctions

[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After months of wavering between confrontation and conciliation toward Moscow, President Donald Trump has imposed new sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies and canceled a planned summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin — signaling a renewed attempt to pressure the Kremlin without committing to deeper … Read more

Ukraine welcomes new U.S., EU sanctions against Russia, as top Russian official declares them

[ad_1] Ukraine’s leader welcomed a raft of new economic sanctions against Russia being imposed by the Trump administration and the European Union on Thursday, calling the increased pressure on Moscow “very important.” CBS News correspondent Ramy Inocencio says the new U.S. sanctions, announced by the Treasury on Wednesday, essentially block Americans from dealing with anyone … Read more

Trump calls for Ukraine war to halt with Russia in control of occupied territory:

[ad_1] President Trump reiterated his call on Sunday for an immediate halt to the three-and-a-half-year full-scale war in Ukraine, saying the battle lines should be frozen where they currently stand, with Russia’s invading forces occupying most of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region.  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly rejected the idea of forfeiting the Donbas, or … Read more