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A Ukrainian delegation is travelling to the US for negotiations on security guarantees and a “prosperity package” in the event of a ceasefire.
Speaking to reporters in Kyiv, the Ukrainian president expressed hope that the documents could be signed on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos next week, where global leaders will gather for talks.
During the talks, Zelensky said his team would seek clarity from the US on the Russian stance towards diplomatic efforts to end the war. Moscow has refused to budge on its maximalist demands for a peace deal.
The trip comes after Trump accused Zelensky of holding up an agreement in the latest show of support from the US President for the Russian leader.
He claimed that Putin “is ready to ..
Matthew Perry’s assistant gets over three years in prison for injecting actor with ketamine
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Iwamasa, 60, received the sentence from Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett in a Los Angeles federal court, which also included two years of probation and a $10,000 fine.
This sentencing marks the fifth and final resolution in the 2 1/2-year investigation and prosecution following the death of the “Friends” star, who passed away at 54 on October 28, 2023.
Iwamasa was a constant presence in Perry’s final days, acting as an enabler, drug messenger, and de facto medical provider. He was the last person to see Perry alive and discovered his body in a Jacuzzi.
Iwamasa was the first to cooperate with prosecutors, pleading guilty in August 2024 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death.
His testimony became crucial to the prosecution’s case. His lawyers argued in a court filing that he was m..
US political violence generates a familiar cycle – this time it’s in overdrive
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Erika Kirk, whose husband, the conservative activist Charlie Kirk, was shot and killed last September, was in tears. Congressman Steve Scalise, majority leader in the House of Representatives who suffered life-threatening injuries in a shooting at a baseball practice with Republican teammates in 2017, was escorted out by security.
So was Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, who lost his father and uncle to assassin's bullets.
Many journalists in attendance had been at the 2024 rally in Butler, Penn..