Zelensky at Munich security meet as Trump-Putin talks spark alarm
MUNICH (GERMANY) — President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to meet United States Vice President JD Vance in Germany on Friday with a warning against trusting Russia's Vladimir Putin, as concerns mount in Kyiv and among its European allies that the Ukraine war will be settled over their heads.

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Air passenger from Bangkok arrested in Hong Kong over 'space oil' haul worth B36m
HONG KONG — A 22-year-old air passenger from Bangkok has been arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of bringing in eight kilogrammes of the key component of the emerging drug known as "space oil", worth an estimated HK$8.4 million (36 million baht).

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Trump eyes summit with Xi-Putin, shaking up world order
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump unveiled an extraordinary vision of a shake-up to the world order Thursday, eyeing a three-way summit with the Russian and Chinese leaders just a day after saying he had agreed with Vladimir Putin to start Ukraine peace talks.

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Afghan arrested after car ramming 'attack' wounds 28 in Germany
MUNICH (GERMANY) - Police have arrested an Afghan asylum seeker at the scene of what German leaders labelled a car ramming "attack" that wounded 28 people, some seriously, in the southern city of Munich on Thursday.

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Ecuador's wild west shows limits of Noboa's 'iron fist'
PUERTO BOLIVAR (ECUADOR) - On Ecuador's lawless southwest coast, drug gangs operate with impunity and terrified residents ask if their president's "iron fist" security policies are just words.

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Japan's Honda and Nissan scrap merger talks
TOKYO - Japanese auto giants Honda and Nissan confirmed on Thursday they had scrapped merger talks that would have created the world's third-largest automaker by unit sales.

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