A localized ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia took effect early Tuesday ahead of a humanitarian mission brokered by U.S. first lady Melania Trump, as missile attacks resumed in Kyiv.

Dinorah Figuera, who fled in 2018, ran Venezuela’s last democratically-elected legislative body. She’s been leading opposition talks with the remains of Maduro’s government.

Soccer star Kylian Mbappé apologized for comments in which he apparently referred to Mao Zedong, the founding leader of Communist China, as a dictator.“My comment was ill-judged, and I now understand that it hurt many people in China and in Chinese communities around the world,

Since undergoing surgery on October 13 to treat lung cancer, Pope Leo has weighed a major decision: whether ​to press ahead with an intense, three-country tour of South America just 24 days after having part of one lung removed.

Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees as the tech giant looks to cut costs while pouring billions into AI.

Trump says the presidential election looked “rigged” but did not say he planned to intervene on behalf of the right-wing politician.

Kane was followed in the voting by Kylian Mbappé. Spain star Alexia Putellas won her third women's Ballon d'Or. Outside, fans packed the streets and climbed light poles near the London Palladium.

The leaders of Finland and Norway called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to urge him to end the war in Ukraine, breaking with a longstanding practice among Western European leaders of shunning direct contact with the Kremlin.