Author: Gordon Commins

The Ukrainian president said American negotiators asked for the first time whether Kyiv would pull out of Donbas if it could join Nato. He said no concrete offer had been made. US negotiators have raised the idea of Ukraine withdrawing its remaining forces from the eastern Donbas region in exchange for joining Nato, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. “The Americans raised a question: ‘What if Ukraine joins Nato? Would Ukraine withdraw from Donbas?’ This was the first time this had been raised,” Zelensky told reporters on Friday, in remarks released by his office on Saturday. He said no concrete offer…

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US consumer prices rose faster than expected in October, adding pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates again next month. The consumer price index rose 0.4% from September, the Labor Department said on Tuesday. That was down from 0.6% the previous month but above forecasts of 0.3%. Core prices, which exclude volatile food and energy, rose 0.3%, also a tenth of a point above expectations. The government did not publish an annual inflation rate, because no data was collected in October 2025 during a government shutdown. In the year to September, inflation was 3.7%. Riccardo Trezzi, a former…

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