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March 10, 2025
Ukraine will propose a limited ceasefire during talks with the U.S. in Saudi Arabia, officials say
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Two senior Ukrainian officials say a Kyiv delegation that will meet with America’s top diplomat in Saudi Arabia will propose a ceasefire with Russia covering the Black Sea and long-range missile strikes. The officials also told The Associated Press that the delegation is ready to sign an agreement with the United States on access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals. That’s a deal that U.S. President Donald Trump is keen to secure. The Ukrainian delegation is due to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday. Ukraine’s president is also in Saudi Arabia but will not attend the talks.
What to know ahead of the talks between the US and Ukraine in Saudi Arabia
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia is to host talks on Tuesday between the United States and Ukraine. The oil-rich kingdom may seem like an unusual venue for talks aimed at smoothing over relations after the blowup. But Saudi Arabia under its assertive Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been positioning itself as an ideal location for possible peace negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow and even the first face-to-face talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump. On Friday, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said the talks would take place in Jeddah, a port city on the Red Sea.
Canada’s next prime minister has managed the financial crisis, Brexit
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s next prime minister has helped run two Group of Seven economies in crisis. Former central banker Mark Carney will become prime minister after the governing Liberal Party elected him its leader Sunday in a landside vote with 85.9% support. Carney replaces Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced his resignation in January but remains prime minister until his successor is sworn in in the coming days.
Doctors declare Pope Francis no longer in imminent danger due to pneumonia, but remains hospitalized
ROME (AP) — Doctors said Pope Francis is no longer in imminent danger of death as a result of pneumonia but have decided to keep him hospitalized for several more days to receive treatment. In a late update, the doctors said on Monday the 88-year-old pope remains stable and has consolidated improvements in recent days, as determined by blood tests and positive responses to drug treatments. Francis followed the Vatican’s weeklong spiritual retreat via videoconference as he continued his recovery from double pneumonia and looked ahead to the 12th anniversary of his election amid questions about what the future of his papacy might look like.
LA district attorney says he won’t support resentencing the Menendez brothers because they lied
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The district attorney of Los Angeles County says he does not support the resentencing of Lyle and Erik Menendez. District Attorney Nathan Hochman said Monday that the brothers have repeatedly lied about why they killed their parents at their Beverly Hills home in 1989. The brothers are serving life terms without the possibility of parole. Hochman, who took office in December, said last month that he opposes a new trial for the brothers. Hochman’s predecessor had recommended the brothers be resentenced to 50 years to life. That would make them immediately eligible for parole. A resentencing hearing originally scheduled for December is set for later this month.
Syria’s government signs a breakthrough deal with Kurdish-led authorities in the northeast
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s interim government has reached a deal with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country’s northeast, including a ceasefire and the merging of the main U.S.-backed force there into the Syrian army. The deal is a major breakthrough that would bring most of Syria under the control of the government. The deal was signed Monday by interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa and the commander of the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. The deal to be implemented by the end of the year would bring all border crossings with Iraq and Turkey, airports and oil fields in the northeast under central government control.
Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with 83% of agency’s programs gone
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is signaling that the Trump administration has finished its six-week dismantling of the six-decade-old U.S. Agency for International Development. Rubio made the announcement Monday in a post on X. Rubio says he will move the 18% of aid and development programs that survived the purge under the State Department. Rubio’s announcement marks one of the secretary of state’s relatively few public comments on a dramatic cutback of U.S. foreign aid and development work. It’s been executed by Trump political appointees and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency teams. The purge has marked a dramatic shift from decades of U.S. policy linking foreign aid to U.S. national security.
