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A meeting between representatives of the USA and Ukraine in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ended on Tuesday 11 March with a proposal for a ceasefire. In Paris, military leaders from around 30 NATO and European Union countries discussed a possible defence strategy without the USA. How is Russia's President Putin reacting to this development, which increasingly resembles a high-stakes game of cards?

Russia and Ukraine: Ceasefire?

How will Putin react to the proposed ceasefire negotiated between Ukraine and the USA?

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When four Israeli hostages were released by Hamas on 24 January 2025, the release ceremony was a highly controlled piece of propaganda which captured international attention.

Hostage Release as Propaganda Show

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On 4 December 2024, the head of America's largest health insurance company was murdered in Manhattan. The following day, a wanted poster revealed the face of the suspect. Social media instantly celebrated Luigi Mangione as a vigilante hero. What does this reaction online reveal about American society?

Luigi Mangione: Murderer and Folk Hero?

A vigilante hero for ordinary Americans, Luigi Mangione reveals America’s problems with healthcare insurance.

Donald Trump Junior visited Greenland in January 2025, claiming to be an ordinary tourist. But since his father has repeatedly expressed his interest in acquiring the Danish autonomous territory for the USA, how should his highly public visit be understood in light of America's imperialist ambitions?

Greenland: Donald Trump Jr. on Holiday

Donald Trump Junior in Greenland: political PR stunt or imperialist ambitions?

With America seeming to abandon Ukraine and taking a pro-Russian stance, European countries have decided to commit to significantly higher military spending. A special summit, with Ukrainian president Zelensky invited, took place on 7 March.

European Rearmament

With America abandoning Ukraine, European countries have decided to commit to significantly higher military spending

The war in Ukraine has intensified cooperation between Russia and the most politically isolated state in the world, North Korea. Pyongyang sends arms and soldiers to Russia whilst Moscow provides Russian technology to its neighbour in the East. A focus on a close relationship that began at the end of the Second World War.

Russia and North Korea: A Long History

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Donald Trump has placed 20% tariffs on all imports from China and in return Beijing has put tariffs on American goods. But beyond this tit-for-tat trade war, China must face serious structural problems at home with an ageing population and a property sector in crisis.

China and Trump's America

Donald Trump has placed 20% tariffs on all imports from China and in return Beijing has put tariffs on American goods.

After the blistering exchanges between Ukrainian president Zelensky and Donald Trump and JD Vance in Washington, Europe has been scrambling for an answer. At a summit in London on 2 March the first steps were taken to provide a European response to the war in Ukraine without the US military umbrella. But can Europe unite?

London Ukraine Summit: The European Response

 At a summit in London on 2 March the first steps were taken to provide a European response to the war in Ukraine without the US military umbrella.

In October 2024 a crowd of ten thousand people came together in Washington Square Park for a Timothée Chalamet lookalike competition. But it was when the actor lauded for his performances in Dune and Call Me By Your Name made an appearance, the event went viral.

Lookalike Contests

The Timothée Chalamet lookalike competition was an internet sensation. What is behind the craze for lookalikes?

In this photo, the Pope poses in front of the very first electric popemobile. The vehicle, which is as much about being seen as transporting the Pope from A to B, has become emblematic of the head of the Catholic Church.

Popemobile: The Pope's Parade Vehicle

A symbol of the modernity and dynamism of leaders of the Catholic Church in recent decades: The Popemobile.

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