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missiles and drones and leaving more than a million households without power, Ukrainian officials said. Russia's second major aerial attack on Ukraine's power grid in less than two weeks amplified fears that the Kremlin aims to cripple the country's power generation capacity before winter. «Attacks on energy facilities are happening all over Ukraine,» Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said in a post on Facebook. He added that emergency power outages were implemented nationwide.

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Oreshnik hypersonic missile to attack «decision-making centres» in Kyiv in response to Ukraine's firing of Western missiles at Russian territory, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. Russia has not so far struck Ukrainian government ministries, parliament or the president's office in the course of the 33-month war. Kyiv is heavily protected by air defences, but Putin says the Oreshnik, which Russia fired for the first time at a Ukrainian city last week, is incapable of being intercepted — a claim greeted with scepticism by Western experts.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Biden administration doesn’t have enough time left to use the billions of dollars lawmakers have authorized to arm Ukraine, U.S. and congressional officials said, leaving in President-Elect Donald Trump’s hands what to do with the remaining money.

Defence Ministry said on Wednesday its forces had taken control of the settlement of Nova Illinka, close to the embattled Donetsk region town of Kurakhove in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine's military made no mention of Nova Illinka in its daily dispatches. The town lies on the opposite bank of a reservoir from Kurakhove, one of the focal points of a steady advance through Donetsk region by Russian forces. But Deep State, a popular Ukrainian blog tracking the movements of the armed forces, said more than a week ago that Nova Illinka had fallen into Russian hands.

Trump campaigned on a platform of ushering a swift end to the Ukraine war, boasting that he would quickly mediate a ceasefire deal between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. But his critics have warned that the incoming Republican will likely leverage US military aid to pressure Kyiv into an agreement that left it ceding occupied territory permanently or agreeing not to join NATO.

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president-elect's aide's adoring letters, Trump attacks the New York Times and its third-rate writer. In an overnight Truth Social tirade, Donald Trump attacked the failing New York Times, calling for an apology for its junk coverage of him and specifically targeting its correspondent Maggie Haberman. The president-elect wrote in the post, «Will the failing New York Times apologise to its readers for getting years of 'Trump' coverage so wrong?» They write such fake 'junk,' knowing full well how wrong it is, only to make fun of it, as quoted in a report by The Independent. The newspaper has a long history of rigorous fact-checking and has been transparent about its methods. Also Read: Is the war over and will Ukraine surrender? Russia is advancing in the country at the fastest rate since 2022

Ukraine at their fastest rate since the early days of the 2022 invasion while they have already captured approximately 235 square kilometers (91 square miles) in just the past week, reported Reuters. This actually marks a record for the year 2024, with eminent analysts noting that Russian troops have taken control of near about 600 square kilometers (232 square miles) throughout the month of November. According to Reuters, the front line which had been largely static for two years is now seeing renewed activity, specifically in the Donetsk region where Russian forces are pushing towards key towns such as Kurakhove and Pokrovsk. The situation is becoming increasingly precarious while reports are claiming that North Korean troops are being deployed to support the Russian operations. Reuters asserted that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has indicated that Russia's main objectives include occupying the entire Donbas region and pushing Ukrainian forces out of areas they have controlled since the month of August.

Bitcoin (BTC) traded flat on Monday around the $98,200 mark. On Friday, the cryptocurrency reached a record high of $99,830, fuelled by expectations of a more crypto-friendly regulatory environment under former President Donald Trump. At 11:01 AM IST, Bitcoin was up 0.05% at $98,270, with analysts speculating that the $100,000 milestone could soon be reached.

Bitcoin surged by 9% over the past week and 31% since its September low, as markets bet on a potential Trump victory in the US election on 5 November.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. KYIV, Ukraine—Ukraine’s European allies, struggling to produce enough weapons for Kyiv’s war effort, are pioneering a new method: Giving Ukrainians money to do it themselves. In the new approach, Europeans are financing Ukrainian government contracts with cash-strapped Ukrainian arms makers to produce equipment for the country’s armed forces, including long-range missiles and drones that can strike Russian territory.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. ON NOVEMBER 23rd Mark Rutte, the new head of NATO, and Donald Trump, America’s president-elect, were photographed together grinning delightedly and shaking hands in Palm Beach, Florida. Yet the mood in Europe’s defence ministries is one of grim foreboding.

Merkel served alongside four US presidents, four French presidents and five British prime ministers. But it is perhaps her dealings with Russian President Putin that have drawn the most scrutiny since she left office in late 2021.

film Unstoppable with her estranged husband Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez acknowledged that she had to let go of her ego in order to focus on her career, as quoted in a report by In Touch. In an interview with Amazon/MGM, Jennifer, 55, remarked of her role as Judy Robles, that it was an honour to be a part of Anthony Robles and to play Judy. Because it is her story, you have to go in there and have so much respect for the person you are playing, so she approached the role with a complete lack of ego. Judy is the only person on the screen. Fortunately, she was able to spend time with her and get to know her both as a mother and as a person.

CEO Bryan Johnson, he takes his last meal of the day at 11 a.m. as part of his multimillion-dollar plan to turn back time to his 18th birthday. For most people, breakfast, or even a morning cup of coffee, should be had by 11 a.m. Dinner is ready for wealthy health tech CEO Bryan Johnson. The 45-year-old businessman is two years into a project that aims to reverse his age by 27 years with the ultimate objective of achieving age 18 in every aspect of his health, from his teeth and hair to his organs. His company, Blueprint, has so far carried out experiments that have involved exchanging blood with his 17-year-old son and 70-year-old father, as well as enduring daily body fat scans and regular MRIs performed by a group of 30 medical professionals, as quoted in a report by Fortune.

Donald Trump's circle was speaking about a potential peace plan for Ukraine and Russia conflict while the current U.S. administration of Joe Biden was not and was seeking to escalate the conflict instead. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made his remarks after being asked to comment on an interview that Mike Waltz, Trump's pick for national security adviser, gave to Fox News on Sunday, Reuters report. Waltz said that Trump had been «very concerned» about an escalation in fighting between Russia and Ukraine and that the war must be brought «to a responsible end».

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Leading China hawks in the U.S. House of Representatives are calling for a rethink on whether Hong Kong should continue to enjoy the cozy banking relationship it has with the U.S., saying the city is becoming a hub for money-laundering and sanctions evasion.

The facility, known as the February 11 plant, is part of the Ryongsong Machine Complex in Hamhung, North Korea's second-largest city, on the country's east coast. Sam Lair, a research associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), located at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, said the plant was the only one known to produce the Hwasong-11 class of solid-fuel ballistic missiles. Ukrainian officials say these munitions — known as the KN-23 in the West — have been used by Russian forces in their assault on Ukraine.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. SUMY , UKRAINE : In Russia’s Kursk region just north of here, Russian assaults are so intense that their infantrymen sometimes step on the bodies of fallen comrades, according to Ukrainian soldiers opposing them there. Russian glide bombs weighing one ton crash onto Ukrainian supply roads.