The Daily Populous

Tuesday March 18th, 2025 day edition

image for Trump comments on spat with Zelenskyy in Oval Office: We had to get Ukraine to do the right thing

Donald Trump has commented on the tense discussion that took place in the Oval Office during his meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 28 February.

He also stated that the US decision to halt arms supplies to Ukraine had no impact on the Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.

Quote: "We had to get Ukraine to do the right thing and it was not an easy situation.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy left the White House ahead of schedule on 28 February after a spat with his US counterpart Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

In response, Trump claimed that the Ukrainian president had "disrespected" the United States and that Zelenskyy was "not ready for peace".

In an interview with Fox News, Zelenskyy stressed that he does not believe "we did something bad.

With all respect to democracy and free media, but there are things where we have to understand the position of Ukraine". »

Surrey Pride co-founder Stephen Ireland guilty of raping boy, 12

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Air Force launches strikes in Gaza as cease-fire ends

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The cease-fire in Gaza ended late on Monday as the Air Force launched extensive strikes on the Gaza Strip.

Hamas also called on the UN Security Council to urgently convene and force Israel to stop the war.

Schools will remain shut along the Gaza border on Tuesday the Home Front Command said. »

Call Of Duty Veteran Creates New PlayStation Studio, Dark Outlaw Games

Authored by gamespot.com

Blundell said in an interview with Jeff Gerstmann that he's starting Dark Outlaw Games, which is a new studio inside of PlayStation Studios.

In 2021, Deviation Games signed a partnership with Sony to create a new IP that would exclusive to PlayStation.

He worked on a number of Call of Duty games over the years, and he directed 2015's Black Ops 3. »

Pentagon restores webpage for Black Medal of Honor winner but defends DEI purge

Authored by theguardian.com

The US defense department webpage celebrating a Black Medal of Honor recipient that was removed and had the letters “DEI” added to the site’s address has been restored – and the letters scrubbed – after an outcry.

On Saturday, the Guardian reported that US army Maj Gen Charles Calvin Rogers’s Medal of Honor webpage led to a “404” error message – and that the URL had been changed, with the word “medal” changed to “deimedal”.

President Richard Nixon awarded him the Medal of Honor, the country’s highest military honor, in 1970, making him the highest-ranking African American to receive it, according to the West Virginia military hall of fame. »