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Zelensky Opens Way to Demilitarized Zone in Eastern Ukraine to Reach Peace

President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters on Tuesday that he was ready to pull his troops back from areas of the eastern Donetsk region still under Kyiv’s control and turn those areas into a demilitarized zone as part of a possible peace deal with Moscow.

The Truce Is 2 Months Old. So Why Have Hundreds of Gazans Been Killed?

Since the cease-fire took effect, Israel says it has targeted only militants. But the killing of Palestinians has not yet stopped for more than a day or two at a time.

China Is Shifting Its Nuclear Forces to Swifter Footing, Pentagon Says

China has been growing its stockpile of nuclear warheads by about 100 a year as its top leader, Xi Jinping, pushes to expand his nuclear options. But its production of warheads slowed last year, the Pentagon said, without specifying a cause.

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