Shaun Tandon

US President Donald Trump (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the end of a joint press conference after participating in a US-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Drew ANGERER / AFP) (Photo by DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump moves away from Ukraine war ceasefire demand and seeks peace deal, echoing Putin’s stance

By Shaun Tandon and AFP

Senator Marco Rubio, a Republican from Florida and US secretary of state nominee for US President-elect Donald Trump, during a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, not pictured, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. The fate of Donald Trump’s nominees will come down to a handful of Republicans, a number of whom have a history of breaking with the party or clashes with Donald Trump, Lillianna Byington reports. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Marco Rubio, Secretary of State nominee, to argue that China ‘cheated’ and ‘hacked’ its way to ‘global superpower status’ at hearing

By Shaun Tandon and AFP