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Vladimir Putin has suggested that Ukraine should temporarily be placed under UN control to elect what he called a more “competent” government. It is the latest attempt by the Russian president to challenge the legitimacy of the Kyiv government. Ukraine…

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Watch: Ros Atkins on… Trump’s plan for Greenland Andrew Harding, Anthony Zurcher & Adrienne Murray BBC News in Nuuk, Greenland, Washington DC and Copenhagen A high-powered delegation of US officials will spend Friday at a remote military base on Greenland…

Elon Musk is heading back to the campaign trail. Mr. Musk, the Republican megadonor, said early Friday that he would be going to Wisconsin, apparently to campaign for the conservative candidate in a high-profile judicial contest. The visit, two days…

Thomas Mackintosh BBC News BBC A Sindbad submarine (not the vessel lost) in Hurghada on Thursday Egyptian authorities have questioned the crew of a tourist submarine which sank in the Red Sea killing six of the 45 passengers on board.…

Over the last two decades, countries like Turkey, Hungary, Venezuela and India gave the world a lesson on how democracy can erode into “competitive authoritarianism” — a system in which elections are still meaningful, but leaders manipulate the rules to…

Katy Watson Australia correspondent Getty Images Albanese’s term has been marked by an agenda on climate change, cost of living and Indigenous issues When Cyclone Alfred barrelled over Australia’s east coast earlier this month, it also blew the government’s election…

The University of Michigan will eliminate its central diversity, equity and inclusion program, the school announced on Thursday, seeking to overhaul an ambitious and expensive initiative that it had long cast as a model for American higher education. Michigan —…

Steve Rosenberg Russia Editor Getty Images Speaking in the Russian Arctic on Thursday, Putin said competition in the region was intensifying In Murmansk, the largest city north of the Arctic circle, President Vladimir Putin vowed to “strengthen Russia’s global leadership…

The elite law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has had discussions with President Trump’s advisers about a deal to avert the type of executive order that the White House has been imposing on many of its competitors, according…