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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 28: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky leaves the White House on February 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. Zelensky is leaving the White House early following a heated meeting in the Oval Office with U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. Zelensky and Trump were scheduled to sign a preliminary agreement on sharing Ukraine’s mineral resources and negotiate ongoing security support from Ukraine. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Western allies rally around Zelensky after spat deepens rift with Europe
Top EU diplomat says it’s ‘clear that the free world needs a new leader’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds an American flag that was gifted to him by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., after he addressed a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
FACT CHECK
33 times Zelensky thanked Americans and US leaders

Zelensky bristles at his berating by Trump and Vance

Mandatory Credit: Photo by JIM LO SCALZO/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (15173270aj) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) talks with US President Donald Trump (C) and US Vice President JD Vance (R) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 28 February 2025. Zelensky is in Washington to sign the framework of a deal, pushed by President Trump, to share Ukraines's mineral wealth with the US. US President Donald Trump welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House, Washington, USA - 28 Feb 2025
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The fiery personality clash was the most consequential moment of the war in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion
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UK prime minister spoke to both Trump and Zelensky following Oval Office clash
Watch tense argument between Zelensky, Trump and Vance 7:05
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Christiane Amanpour stunned watching Trump-Zelensky meeting go off the rails 1:26
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What Kaitlan Collins saw during fiery Trump-Zelensky argument 1:55
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Pope Francis leading the vespers at St Peter's basilica in The Vatican on February 1, 2025.
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Supporters of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party display flags with a portrait of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party leader Abdullah Ocalan during a rally to celebrate Nowruz in Istanbul in March 2024.
Kurdish militia declares ceasefire following leader’s call to end five-decade insurgency with Turkey
Actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa pose for a portrait in 1986 in Los Angeles, California.
Gene Hackman was likely dead for 9 days before he and his wife were found, sheriff says
Russian servicemen stand with the Kremlin's Spasskaya tower and Saint Basil's cathedral before the Victory Day military parade rehearsal in central Moscow, on April 27, 2023. - Russia will celebrate the 78h anniversary of the 1945 victory over Nazi Germany on May 9. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)
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Muslims around the world observe Ramadan
TOPSHOT - Muslim faithful gather as the wait for the special morning prayer to start the Eid al-Fitr festival, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, at the Kigali Pele Stadium in Kigali's Muslim quarter of Nyamirambo, on April 10, 2024. (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP) (Photo by LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images)
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TOPSHOT - Muslim worshippers pray around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan on April 21, 2023. (Photo by Abdel Ghani BASHIR / AFP) (Photo by ABDEL GHANI BASHIR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Indus Art - 2.500 b.C. - Stone (steatite) seal of the Indus Valley.
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Boxes are loaded onto Air Force One before President Donald Trump's departure at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
Trump takes seized boxes back to Florida on Air Force One
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Andrew Huberman talks modern masculinity and mental health 11:48
This photo taken on Jan. 12, 2024 shows skyscrapers at the international business center in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Cao Yang/Xinhua via Getty Images)
America says there are ‘extraordinary’ economic opportunities in Russia. Huh?
Gene Hackman, right, and his longtime friend, Daniel Lenihan, discuss the book they co-authored, "Wake of the Perdido Star," Nov. 19, 1999, in Cloud Clift Cafe, Santa Fe, N.M. It was here that they dreamed up their adventure novel about 19th century sailors.
Friends of Gene Hackman and wife say couple were ‘alive and well’ in recent meeting
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People gather close to the site of bomb exploded in a mosque within a pro-Taliban seminary in Akora Khattak, a district in the Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Rasool Dawar)
Suicide bombing at Pakistan Islamic seminary kills six, including Taliban-linked cleric
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Millie Bobby Brown attends for press conference of her new film "The Electric State" in Madrid, Spain, on February 27, 2025.
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Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin.
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China's rover makes stunning discovery in search for evidence of ancient water on Mars
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Newly discovered Pompeii frieze reveals wild side of ancient Romans
Microsoft is shutting down Skype in May.
Skype is shutting down after two decades

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SPACE AND SCIENCE

SpaceX's mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
FAA clears SpaceX to launch Starship after explosive failure rained debris over populated islands
A man’s brain turned to glass during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Scientists say they’ve figured out how
Katy Perry and Gayle King are among 6 women headed to space aboard New Shepard
Ancient glacier finding reveals clues to how complex life on Earth evolved, scientists say

GLOBAL TRAVEL

This photo taken on September 13, 2024 shows a terminal at the New Gwadar International Airport in Gwadar, Pakistan.
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In Switzerland, sledding is not for the faint of heart
New, faster train routes connecting Britain to France and Germany might be on their way

GLOBAL BUSINESS

Citibank building in Canada Square, at the heart of Canary Wharf financial district on 15th August 2023 in London, United Kingdom. The Citigroup Centre houses Citigroup's EMEA headquarters. Canary Wharf is an area located near the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and is defined by the Greater London Authority as being part of London's central business district. Along with the City of London, it constitutes one of the main financial centres in the United Kingdom and the world, containing many high-rise buildings including the third-tallest in the UK, One Canada Square. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)
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SPORT

Lewis Hamilton during day one of F1 Testing at Bahrain International Circuit on Wednesday.
Lewis Hamilton dismisses criticism from ‘older, ultimately, White men’ after Ferrari switch
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
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Jake Knapp shoots 15th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history with 59 at the Cognizant Classic

US POLITICS

President Donald Trump signs the No Men in Women's Sports Executive Order into law in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 5.
ANALYSIS
Trump tries to impose the red-state social agenda onto blue states that have rejected it
Trump ally demotes at least 8 senior federal prosecutors who worked on January 6 cases
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Experts explain why the possibility of withdrawal when quitting antidepressants doesn't mean the medications are addictive.
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TECH

The Facebook app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration, taken in 2021.
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by CAROLINE BREHMAN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (15164964bb) Actor Harrison Ford arrives on the red carpet for the 31st annual Screen Actor Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, USA, 23 February 2025. The annual SAG Awards presents 13 awards exclusively to actors in TV and film. 31st Annual Screen Actor Guild Awards - Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 23 Feb 2025
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Gene Hackman won an Oscar for his portrayal of New York cop Popeye Doyle in 1971’s “The French Connection." The film also won best picture.
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Northern hairy nosed wombat walking on grass.
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<strong>Rare carvings: </strong>About an hour's drive north of Doha, Al Jassasiya is the site of some 900 "petroglyph" rock carvings, many of which are unique to the area.
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Ancient rock carvings emerge in the desert
LOS ANGELES, CA - 1996: Actor Gene Hackman poses for a portrait circa 1996 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ron Davis/Getty Images)
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