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A mix of new factors; Mr.Justin Trudeau’s resignation after almost a decade as Prime Minister, the rise of Ex-Banker Mr.Mark Carney as his successor and U.S. President Mr.Donald Trump’s attacks on Canada, have flipped the script in the country.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said late Thursday that lawyers were studying the new proposal, which was different from the previous framework that had been agreed on.

Several countries have updated their travel advisories for the United States under the President Trump administration, warning of strictly enforced entry policies and the risk of detention at U.S. border points and advising transgender and nonbinary travelers about the categorizations of sex outlined by an executive order.

Russia and Ukraine agreed Tuesday to expand their initial limited ceasefire on energy infrastructure to include the Black Sea after U.S.-sponsored indirect talks in Saudi Arabia.

The framework for the deal would grant Washington access to Ukrainian mineral wealth on “much better terms” than those offered in an earlier proposal that Zelensky was not swift to accept, the Ukrainian official said.

BERLIN — Mr.Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union, is poised to become the country’s next chancellor, with preliminary results showing his party — and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union and initially winning a plurality in parliament after a vote on Sunday.

The conservative Christian Democrats appeared to be heading toward victory in Germany’s parliamentary election Sunday, early exit polls showed, while the far right was making historic gains, 80 years after the defeat of fascism.

BERLIN, The German government accused U.S. billionaire Mr.Elon Musk on Monday of trying to influence its election due in February with articles supporting the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, even though it suggested they amounted to "nonsense".

KYIV — Ukrainians from across the political spectrum rallied behind President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday, decrying President Donald Trump’s claims that he was failing, unpopular, illegitimate and to blame for Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine that has killed and wounded hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions.

President Donald Trump has spent his first few weeks in the White House talking about land deals like the real estate developer he once was. He has threatened to annex Greenland and has suggested using “economic force” to make Canada the 51st American state.

His Excellency Mr.Trump administration moves toward direct talks with Russian officials over the war in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron has called European leaders to an emergency meeting to discuss how they might Potentially influence the talks.

A federal judge on Thursday issued a two-week restraining order blocking the Mr.Trump administration from moving forward on an effort to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants and foreign visitors.