Day: December 31, 2025

Analysis: As Russia approaches a grim milestone, Putin projects confidence

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date December 31, 2025

Russia is approaching a grim milestone: by mid-January, President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine will have dragged on longer than the war on the Eastern Front that ended with the fall of Berlin in May 1945.

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Slow Flood Recovery Stirs Anger in Far-Flung Corner of Indonesia

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date December 31, 2025

Protests have erupted in Aceh Province on the northern tip of Sumatra island, where anger and frustration are mounting over what many see as inadequate relief efforts by a distracted government.