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Zelenskyy to meet with Trump as efforts to end Russia-Ukraine war remain elusive

President Donald Trump will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to try to close out a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia that would end nearly four years of war.

Protesters clash in Syria after deadly Alawite mosque bombing

Thailand's political parties name prime minister candidates for February election

Guinea votes in first election since 2021 coup with junta leader expected to win

A building collapse in South Africa kills three people, including a 1-year-old

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Brigitte Bardot, 1960s sultry sex symbol turned militant animal rights activist dies at 91

Debate over surfing in German park gets gnarly after city removes wave-creating device

Hounded by photographers for years, Bardot identified with the animals she later set out to save

Thai and Cambodian top diplomats meet in China to solidify ceasefire

Central African Republic's incumbent president, a Russian ally, eyes a third term in key elections

Kosovo voters cast ballots in a second attempt this year to elect a government and avoid more crisis

Polls open for Myanmar's first election since military seized power

Thailand and Cambodia sign a new ceasefire agreement to end border fighting

Bus accident leaves 15 dead in Guatemala and government declares 3-day national mourning period

Pilot dies in ultralight plane crash off Copacabana beach in Brazil

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes off the coast of Taiwan

Chilly Gaza braces for more winter rain and word of any progress in ceasefire talks

Brazilian judge puts coup plot convicts under house arrest after former police commander flees

Fire in Old Port of Portland, Maine, damages its historic waterfront and sinks at least 1 boat

Jeffrey R. Holland, next in line to lead Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies at 85

Winter storm snarls holiday travel across US Northeast, Great Lakes

Italian authorities arrest 9 for allegedly funding Hamas through charities

More countries reject Israel's recognition of Somaliland

Indonesian rescuers search for a Spanish coach and 3 children after tour boat sinks

Saudi-led coalition in Yemen warns United Arab Emirates-backed separatists of immediate action

Hundreds mourn in Syria's Homs after deadly mosque bombing

GLIMPSES: Prepping polling machines ahead of Myanmar's weekend election

Russia strikes Ukraine's capital and kills at least 1 person a day before Zelenskyy-Trump meeting

Libya holds funeral for military officials killed in plane crash in Turkey

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