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Today β€” 19 May 2025World News

China’s new β€˜drone mothership’ draws online ridicule: β€˜Big, Slow, and not Stealthy’

Beijing is boasting about having an aerial mothership capable of deploying more than 100 drones and missiles β€” but the rendering it released of the craft has drawn ridicule over what an easy target it will be.

Trump hopes for ceasefire progress in Russia-Ukraine war in Monday calls with Putin and Zelensky

President Donald Trump is hoping separate phone calls Monday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will make progress toward a ceasefire in theΒ war in Ukraine.

Jim Morrison statue found by chance nearly 4 decades after it was stolen from Doors’ singer’s Paris grave

The white marble bust of the "Riders on the Storm" singer -- made by Croatian artist Mladen Mikulin -- was placed at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris on the 10th anniversary of Morrison's death in 1981.

Putin is again pulling the strings over Ukraine - these peace talks will lead nowhere

By: Sam Kiley
19 May 2025 at 13:32

Donald Trump claims his two-hour phone call with Vladimir Putin went β€˜very well’, but it is the Russian president who calls the shots, writes Sam Kiley, The Independent’s world affairs editor

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Iconic Brooklyn Bridge suffered no significant structural damage when Mexican Navy crashed into span killing two

19 May 2025 at 12:40

The National Transport Safety Board confirmed the bridge escaped major damage but said it was β€˜too soon’ to release any information on the probable cause of the crash

Β© AP

Forgetting George Clooney to mulling a wheelchair: Five key takeaways from upcoming Biden book

19 May 2025 at 12:37

Excerpts of the book, out May 20, that have leaked before its official release, do not portray the 46th president or his closest advisers in a flattering light

Β© AFP/Getty

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