Donald Trump dismissed calls for an international agreement to put guardrails around the development of artificial intelligence, brushing off concerns about the dangers of frontier models going rogue.

French President Emmanuel Macron said he discussed the idea of a moratorium on deep strikes against energy assets between Ukraine and Russia at a meeting with Donald Trump in New York.

Senior government officials have warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that spending on the war in Ukraine is on an unaffordable path, the most serious sign of internal division in Moscow since the full-scale invasion began.

Russia is facing a labor shortage so severe it’s likely to be a drag on the economy for years, as an aging population and the war in Ukraine shrink the available workforce.

Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced the heads of two regions bordering on Ukraine that have been repeatedly targeted by Kyiv’s forces since the war began more than four years ago.

For years, many Russians cheered on Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in a wave of nationalist fervor. Others kept silent, fearful of the state cracking down against even mild criticism of the social and economic fallout.

For years, many Russians cheered on Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in a wave of nationalist fervor. Others kept silent, fearful of the state cracking down against even mild criticism of the social and economic fallout.

Russia detained the general director of the country’s largest publishing house as part of an extremism case as authorities deepen their crackdown on LGBTQ content.

Russia may start rebuilding its sovereign wealth fund as soon as next month from windfall oil gains following the surge in crude prices over the Middle East war.

Russia may start rebuilding its sovereign wealth fund as soon as next month from windfall oil gains following the surge in crude prices over the Middle East war.

US envoy Steve Witkoff said he and Jared Kushner will travel to Russia on Thursday for talks with President Vladimir Putin on the latest proposals for a peace plan to end the war in Ukraine.

The European Union faces a stress test of whether it can respond as a united force when its sovereignty is challenged.

Iran has sold nearly $3 billion worth of missiles to Russia to aid President Vladimir Putin’s nearly four-year-long war in Ukraine, according to an assessment from a Western security official.

The European Union still seems overshadowed by other global powers.