Author: Mike Nova

The move will test Republican solidarity on an issue that split GOP ranks in the run-up to the election.

Donald Trump is singing the same song as the Kremlin, The Independent world affairs editor Sam Kiley told Newsnight on Tuesday, 18 February. US negotiators emerged from Ukraine war talks in Riyadh pushing back on criticism that they had sidelined Europe and Kyiv while promising warmer relations with Moscow on Tuesday. This came before Donald Trump sparked fresh concern over the conflict war during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, declaring Ukraine “should never have started” the conflict, even though its territory was invaded by Russian troops acting on Vladimir Putin’s orders three years ago, not vice versa.

Pope Francis, 88, slept well and ate breakfast on Wednesday morning after he was diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia, according to the Vatican.

More than 150 false killer whales have washed up on the coast of the Australian island state of Tasmania, with none of them expected to survive, officials said.