L ONDON -- The Kremlin's top foreign policy aide called Tuesday's talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff "useful" but said "no compromise plan" has been found yet following the hourslong meeting in Moscow.

BELEM, Brazil - World governments agreed on Saturday to a compromise climate deal at the COP30 conference in Brazil that would boost finance for poor nations coping with global warming but omit any mention of the fossil fuels driving it.

YILAN, Taiwan, Dec 2 (Reuters) - There is no room for compromise when it comes to Taiwan's security, while freedom and democracy are core foundational values that have nothing to do with ideological disputes, President Lai Ching-te told army reservists on Tuesday.