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Catherine, Princess of Wales and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh view the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph on Sunday in London. Photo: Getty Images / Chris Jackson Britain's Princess Kate attended the Remembrance Sunday ceremony in London, her second public appearance in two days, as she gradually returns to public duties after her treatment for cancer. She watched from the balcony of a government building as members of the royal family, including King Charles, and politicians laid wreaths at the Cenotaph war memorial in central London. The Princess of Wales was wearing a black hat and jacket adorned with red poppies, which are worn by Britons as a symbol of respect for those who have lost their lives in conflict. On Saturday, she appeared at the Festival of Remembrance at L...

By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN US President-elect Donald Trump. Photo: CHIP SOMODEVILLA / Getty Images via AFP Analysis - It may be horrific and redefine the world order. Or it may be underwhelmingly bluster over substance. But US President-elect Donald Trump's second term will certainly be disruptive. And even the most severe American isolationism - the greatest amount of doing little - will likely herald significant change. We really know staggeringly little about Trump's foreign policy. He said he likes it that way. We know he's against wars that drag in America. He seems fond of dictators, or at least strongmen. He likes what he sees as good deals and destroys what he thinks of as bad ones. He dislikes American allies that he thinks take advantage. He doesn't believe in global warming....

By Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly, Reuters Damage to the Moscow International Business Centre following an earlier drone attack in July 2023. Photo: ALEXANDER NEMENOV / AFP Russia shoots down 32 drones flying to Moscow Three Moscow airports divert flights Biggest drone strike on the capital to date Multiple drone attacks on other Russian regions Ukraine has attacked Moscow with at least 32 drones, the biggest drone strike on the Russian capital since the start of the war in 2022, forcing flights to be diverted from three of the city's major airports and injuring at least one person. Russian air defences shot down 32 drones flying towards Moscow over the Ramenskoye and Kolomensky districts of the Moscow region, as well as in Domodedovo city, home to one of the city's biggest ...

By Barbie Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN Rome's Trevi Fountain is seen during the opening of the temporary public walkway. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images/CNN Rome's baroque Trevi Fountain opened Saturday morning (local time) with selfie-takers lining a newly installed metal walkway, as workers start the painstaking process of carefully cleaning the 18th-century masterpiece. The walkway, made of building scaffolding and covered with a vinyl rug, can hold 130 people at a time, giving tourists a chance to get a close look at the statue of Oceanus and his horse-drawn chariot. But a warning to those visiting the attraction because tossing a coin into the fountain, a long-standing tradition, is now banned. In fact, anyone who does so will face a €50 (NZ$90) fine. Coins are only ...