President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met Sunday in Florida. have indicated they are close to a potential peace agreement that would end Russia's war in Ukraine..
At a press conference after the meeting, Trump and Zelensky sounded optimistic, acknowledging that challenges remain.
“You can say 95%, but I don't like to talk about percentages. I just think we're doing very well,” Trump said. “There are one or two very thorny issues, very difficult issues, but I think we're doing very well. We made a lot of progress today.”
Zelensky supported these sentiments.
“We had a really great discussion,” he told reporters. “We discussed all aspects of the peace agreement.”
He added that the overall deal was 90% agreed upon, saying security guarantees from the US, Europe and Ukraine were “almost agreed upon.”
As for the timeline for completing a potential deal, Trump said it would be “a few weeks” at best.
Hours before his meeting with Zelensky, Trump said on Truth Social that he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday morning in what he described as a “good and very productive phone call.”
Russia is relentless in its offensive. The meeting will take place just over a day after its launch massive missile strike on the capital of Ukrainekilling at least one person and wounding at least 20 others, according to the mayor of Kyiv.
Brigitte Bardot, French actress and animal rights activist, has died at the age of 91.
Screen siren Brigitte Bardot, whose images freedom-loving inventors made her an international sex symbol and the pride of France. and who abandoned film stardom in 1973 to become an animal rights activist, has died, according to French media and the Associated Press.
She was 91 years old.
Speaking in tribute, French President Emmanuel Macron said Bardot “embodied the life of freedom” and lived a “French existence.” Jordan Bardella of the far-right National Rally party, which Bardot publicly supported in her final years, called her a “passionate patriot” who represented “an entire era of French history.”
The Bardot Foundation paid tribute to her legacy in animal rights, from traveling to Arctic ice floes to help seal pups to lobbying for animal welfare legislation and bringing perpetrators of animal cruelty to justice.
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- Fate of the Senate: Democrats still face an uphill battle for control of the Senate, but they see a path forward amid Trump's poor ratings on the economy and concerns over health care. These are 10 races that will determine the balance of power.
- Faith and Politics: The election of Zohran Mamdani as the next mayor of New York was more than just a historic event for many Muslim New Yorkers. a moment of visibility and unity for the city's Muslim community.
2026 will be the year NASA astronauts fly around the moon again – if all goes according to plan
If all goes according to NASA's plans, 2026 will finally be the year when astronauts go to the Moon again.
A few months later, four astronauts are preparing to fly. fly around the moon during the roughly 10-day mission—the closest people will come in more than half a century.
The flight, known as Artemis II, which could launch as early as February, would be a long-awaited start for America's lagging lunar return program. The mission is designed to usher in a new era of space exploration, with the goal of eventually establishing long-term bases on the Moon before astronauts ever travel to Mars.
Palisades fire destroys seniors' communities, but many are determined to return
Pacific Palisades seemed like the perfect place to start over after Victoria Escalante lost everything she owned in the horrific 2018 Camp Fire in north central California. The quaint village was exactly what she wanted for retirement: family, community and a sense of security.
Escalante never imagined she'd be watching another one. The area she called home was reduced to ashes.
The Palisades fire was one of two infernos that engulfed large areas of Los Angeles County in January. Among the hardest-hit places were nursing homes and retirement communities where older people planned to spend their final years. Hundreds of patients and residents were denied access to essential services.
Recovery in the Pacific Palisades burn scar area has been slow. But nearly a year after the tragedy, seniors say returning to their homes has given them a new sense of possibility.
“I believe everything will be fine again,” Escalante said.
Famous Quote
You cannot look at a being who trusts you and eat in front of him without sharing.
Saeed Al-Aar, founder of Sulala Animal Rescue
A modest shelter remains, operating out of a tent the last beacon of hope for wounded and hungry animals in the war-torn Gaza Stripeven as its workers and volunteers face intolerable conditions. With veterinary supplies in short supply during the conflict, the rescue project relied on expired medicine, human medicine and its own food in a desperate attempt to keep cats and dogs alive.
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