Cambodia and Thailand announce ceasefire; Zelensky meets Carney en route to Florida, and more
The World in Brief from The Economist
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🗓️ 28 December 2025
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| 0:45.3 | Philodomir Zelensky met Mark Carney in Canada on route to Mar-a-Lago, |
| 0:49.8 | where Ukraine's president will meet Donald Trump for peace negotiations. |
| 0:54.5 | Canada's Prime Minister said that Russia's large aerial attack on Kiev, |
| 0:58.4 | which killed two people and wounded dozens more on Saturday, |
| 1:01.8 | shows how important it is that we stand with Ukraine. |
| 1:05.9 | Mr. Carney pledged $2.5 billion Canadian dollars, 1.8 billion dollars, more in aid. |
| 1:13.1 | Cambodia and Thailand agreed to an immediate ceasefire after 20 days of fighting that killed |
| 1:18.5 | at least 101 people and displaced hundreds of thousands of others. The neighboring countries |
| 1:24.8 | said they would not advance their troops beyond current positions. |
| 1:28.6 | The recent clashes followed the breakdown of a previous ceasefire agreement that had been |
| 1:33.0 | brokered by Mr Trump. |
| 1:35.5 | Nigeria's government said that American strikes hit two Islamic State-linked camps in |
| 1:40.5 | northwestern Nigeria on Thursday. |
| 1:43.1 | Mr Trump claimed that Nigeria had requested the |
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