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Giving up Donbas has long been part of the proposals put forward by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, including the 28-part plan for a peace agreement proposed by the White House in 2025. Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously demanded that Ukraine abandon its efforts to join NATO and accept strict limits on the size of its military. “I have said repeatedly: Ukraine is not retreating and is not giving up its land to terrorists,” Zelenskyy told reporters. The White House and U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Zelenskyy said he was discussing a…
Published on 14 November 2026 – 11:35 GMT+1•Updated 11:42 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Washington had proposed the idea of Ukraine ceding land to Russia in exchange for NATO membership as efforts to bring an end to the war continue. “The Americans raised a question: ‘What if Ukraine joins NATO? Would Ukraine withdraw from Donbas?’ This was the first time this had been raised,” Zelenskyy told reporters on Friday in comments embargoed until Saturday, the AFP news agency reported. Zelenskyy added that Ukraine was discussing “specific security guarantees” from NATO and the European Union and that he would ask Ukrainians…
More than 50 years after its invention, the Rubik’s Cube is being manufactured in Hungary again, with a new automated production line launched in the country where the iconic puzzle was first created. Inventor Ernő Rubik, now 82, unveiled the facility in Jászberény, which is expected to produce up to one million cubes a year using robotic arms to assemble and test the puzzles. Rubik first developed the cube in 1974 while teaching design in Budapest, using 27 wooden blocks to create a three-dimensional puzzle. First sold in Hungary as the Magic Cube in 1977, it went on to become…
Russia proposed withdrawing its nuclear weapons from Belarus and refraining from stationing intermediate-range missiles there in exchange, Bild reported. But it remains unclear which proposals Russian President Vladimir Putin would support after discussions between intermediaries, according to the report. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a new security framework for Europe for after the war raised by the Americans “can be dangerous.” “Russia certainly cannot make decisions on behalf of all the societies that are members of NATO,” he told reporters on Friday. Zelenskyy’s comments were not in direct response to the demands reported by Bild, but came after a meeting…
Published on 14 November 2026 – 10:00 GMT+1•Updated 10:14 US President Donald Trump is set to meet with his Russian and Chinese counterparts Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in China next week, the White House said on Friday. The trilateral meeting is scheduled to take place in Shenzhen in southeastern China on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, according to the White House. “The president has made it clear that, among other topics, he will discuss the reduction of nuclear weapons in the world. This proliferation, President Trump believes, is very dangerous,” White House spokesperson Olivia Wales…
By Euronews with IJF Published on 14 November 2026 – 7:37 GMT+1 The Judo World Tour returns to Croatia for the Zagreb Grand Prix! The Arena Zagreb is set to host over 400 athletes from over 60 countries, all hunting for gold. At -48Kg former world champion Assunta SCUTTO of Italy was up against Galiya TYNBAYEVA of Kazakhstan. A beautiful counter from SCUTTO secured her, her second Grand Prix gold medal of 2026. Vice President of the International Judo Federation, Dr Laszlo TOTH awarded the medals. At -60kg Kazakhstan’s Aman BAKYTZHAN met Yung Wei YANG from Chinese Taipei.With both fighters scoring a waza-ari,…
By Chaima Chihi & يورونيوز Published on 14 November 2026 – 9:27 GMT+1 A scientific study carried out by the University of Copenhagen has found that drinking coffee regularly may affect the functioning of the digestive system, especially bowel movements and colon contractions and is also linked to greater diversity of gut bacteria. The study was published in the journal “Gut Microbiology”, which specialises in research on gut microorganisms, and aimed to explore the relationship between habitual coffee consumption and the physiological conditions inside the digestive system. What does coffee do inside your digestive system? The research team used a small electronic capsule…
Microsoft Outlook and Teams users around the world, including in Europe, were locked out of their emails and meetings this week after a global outage. The disruption has renewed questions about how much the continent relies on a few American firms. “The episode shows once again the downside of depending so heavily on a handful of large US tech companies,” Tommaso Valletti told Euronews Next. Valletti is Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School in London, United Kingdom, and was the European Commission’s chief competition economist from 2016 to 2019. The disruption began on Thursday afternoon European time and…
The Alps offer plenty of reasons to visit in winter, even if you have no intention of putting on a pair of skis. Think pretty mountain villages, cosy restaurants, snowy walking trails and spectacular views. Getting there is also becoming easier by train. For the 2026-2027 season, new direct rail links to Austria, upgraded sleeper services to Switzerland and the return of Eurostar Snow to the French Alps are opening up more ways to reach the mountains without flying. For anyone keen to cut the carbon footprint of their winter escape, going by train is also a solid choice, as…
The Russian Ice Hockey Federation is insisting that the World Junior Championship, due to take place in Canada next month, be postponed or cancelled after Ottawa decided not to allow the Russian team to take part in the tournament. As the official Russian news agency TASS reported on Thursday, the president of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation, Vladislav Tretiak, threatened to demand compensation from Canada and possibly also from Germany, which will host the men’s World Championship in 2027, if Russia is barred from participation. Speaking at a meeting of the Presidential Council for the Development of Physical Culture and…