On Friday, the Ukrainian president said the US and Ukrainian teams were working on an agreement and Trump said he expects a deal will be signed soon.

Iraq’s oil minister made a surprise announcement on Monday that exports from Kurdistan would resume next week.

The brief US draft resolution mourns the loss of life during the “Russia-Ukraine conflict” and reiterates “that the principal purpose of the United Nations is to maintain international peace and security and to peacefully settle disputes.”

Some 1,200 people of total 55,000 population are at risk of having their homes tip into the widening abyss.

In lab experiments, the bat virus, HKU5-CoV-2, infected human cells with high ACE2 levels in test tubes and in models of human intestines and airways.

The failure to hand over the body and the staged public handover of the four coffins on Thursday, caused outrage in Israel and drew a threat of retaliation from Netanyahu.

The company’s commitment to open-source has distinguished it from most AI firms in China, which like their US rivals lean towards closed-sourced models.

China’s priorities are clear: it is focused on repairing its economy and trying to hammer out a deal with US President Donald Trump to avoid another damaging trade war.

While the Alaska LNG proposal faces cost and logistical hurdles, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and others are buying into the idea of increasing US gas imports more broadly, which could bolster the US economy and blunt the influence of China and Russia.

The Trump administration may seek to strike a simplified minerals deal and later negotiate detailed terms, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

If Yoon is removed, a new presidential election must be held within 60 days.

After the hostages were handed over by the Red Cross, the coffins were scanned for explosives, according to the military.

The handover will be the first return of dead bodies during the current agreement and Israel is not expected to confirm their identities until full DNA checks have been completed.

European officials have been left shocked and flat-footed by the Trump administration’s moves on Ukraine in recent days.

Trump’s rush to impose an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine has stoked fears of a peace deal with Putin that could undermine Kyiv and Europe's security and alter the geopolitical landscape.