Russia yesterday demanded that Kyiv’s allies enter into negotiations with Moscow in order to halt its brutish attacks on Ukrainians, as the capital fended off a large-scale drone barrage overnight.

A US military judge has reinstated plea agreements for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants, an official said yesterday, three months after the deals were scrapped by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election has darkened the outlook for a strong deal at the COP29 global climate summit next week and will heap pressure on Europe and China to lead international progress in curbing planetary warming, according to climate negotiators.

The Brazilian Amazon experienced its smallest amount of yearly deforestation in nearly a decade, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s government reported Wednesday, in line with its promise to combat forest loss.

Australia’s Prime Minister yesterday vowed to ban children under 16 from social media, saying the pervasive influence of platforms like Facebook and TikTok was “doing real harm to our kids”.

Germany’s conservative opposition heaped pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s crisis-hit government yesterday to allow for speedy elections by calling a confidence vote next week rather than next year.

The world is nowhere near ready for the “calamity” being caused by climate change and must urgently prepare for even worse in the future, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said yesterday.

The Vatican’s secretary of state congratulated US president-elect Donald Trump yesterday, while expressing doubt that the Republican had a “magic wand” to end conflicts quickly as promised during the campaign.

Iran yesterday called Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election an opportunity for the United States to reassess past “wrong policies”.

US Vice President Kamala Harris vowed to keep fighting for the ideals that powered her presidential campaign on Wednesday in a concession speech that acknowledged President-elect Donald Trump’s win while warning of potential dark times to come.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said yesterday Beijing and Washington must find a way to “get along” in a message to US president-elect Donald Trump, state media reported.

"On January 20, we'll have a peaceful transfer of power here in America," said Biden

Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed 40 people around the eastern city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley on Wednesday, according to the country's health ministry, and at dusk more strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs

During his first term, Trump unilaterally withdrew the United States from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and imposed harsh sanctions on the Islamic republic

The impact of inflation on the cost of everyday items was pronounced, with consumer prices rising cumulatively by more than 20 percent during President Joe Biden's time in office, triggering a backlash from voters.

The White House said Biden spoke with Trump on Wednesday

Trump Trade went into overdrive Wednesday as it emerged that the tycoon would return to the White House after beating Democrat Kamala Harris

This will not be the first time Trump has used tariffs to exert pressure on other countries

He is a relatively unusual figure in Trump's inner circle

The Israeli premier was one of the first world leaders to congratulate Trump, calling the re-election "history's greatest comeback".