Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles while visiting the We Are Together Fourm and Awards Ceremony, on December 3, 2025 in Moscow, Russia. Contributor | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Moscow will take Ukrainian territory by force if Kyiv’s troops do not withdraw, signaling rigidity over a key sticking point in peace talks. … Read more
Russia’s security council chief warned on Thursday that should the European Union use its seized frozen assets to support Ukraine, that could be tantamount to justification for war. The European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, has been looking at how to use frozen Russian assets held in Europe to further support Ukraine. The move could be tantamount to an act justifying … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to journalists during his press conference at the VTB Investment Forum ‘Russia Calling!’, on December 2, 2025 in Moscow, Russia. Putin visited an annual forum, hosted by the VTB Group, prior his talk with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff. Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Peace talks held … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin observes the Russia-Belarus joint military exercises, codenamed Zapad-2025 (West-2025), at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia September 16, 2025. Mikhail Metzel | Via Reuters All eyes are on Russia this week as talks over a peace plan to end the war in Ukraine shift to Moscow and … Read more
Regent Street in London celebrates the Christmas season on November 13, 2025 in London, England. Ben Montgomery | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks started the last trading month of the year in negative territory. The Stoxx 600 began Monday in negative territory, with the pan-European benchmark down 0.3% shortly after … Read more
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak pose for the press, as they meet with Spain’s King Felipe (not pictured), at the Zarzuela Palace, in Madrid, Spain, Nov. 18, 2025. Violeta Santos Moura | Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s powerful chief of staff, a close ally of … Read more
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) Heads of State Council at the Yntymak Ordo (Palace of Unity) presidential residence in Bishkek on November 27, 2025. Alexander Kazakov | Afp | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting on development of ‘new regions’, annexed from Ukraine, at the Kremlin, June 30, 2025, in Moscow, Russia. Contributor | Getty Images All eyes are now on Russia’s response to a fledgling peace plan to end the war in Ukraine after Kyiv appeared willing to move forward with a … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump looks at Gobble one of two turkeys to ceremonially pardoned for Thanksgiving in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 25, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Gobble and Waddle won’t get gobbled this Thanksgiving — they’re waddling off to freedom instead after President Donald Trump granted … Read more
European stocks are set for a soft open on Tuesday as regional markets shrugged off Wall Street’s rebound at the start of the week.