Saturday, August 09, 2025
WESTERN MEDIA COLLECTIVE FRENZY: Trump Offers DONETSK To Russia In Exchange For Ceasefire!
ALASKA MAKES A LOT OF SENSE: IT IS THE SYMBOLISM
- Bloomberg, WSJ and The New York Times have reported that Putin demands Donetsk in order to accept a ceasefire.
Trump, Putin Set to Meet in Alaska On Aug 15; Kremlin Calls Choice of Al...
Kremlin confirms that Putin-Trump summit to take place in Alaska on August 15
MOSCOW, August 9. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump will meet in Alaska on August 15, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov told reporters.
Earlier, Trump said he hoped to meet with his Russian counterpart in Alaska on August 15. The US president made this announcement on his Truth Social page. This will be their first face-to-face meeting since Trump returned to the White House in January 2025.
On August 7, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov announced that Russia and the US had agreed to a meeting between the two leaders in the coming days. That same day, Vladimir Putin confirmed preparations for a meeting with Trump, noting mutual interest in a bilateral meeting.
These statements about the upcoming meeting came after US special presidential envoy Steve Witkoff visited Moscow on August 6 and met with Putin. The conversation lasted about three hours.
Trump and Putin to meet in Alaska
LIU HONGJIE in Moscow | Updated: 2025-08-09 21:45
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a summit on Aug 15 in Alaska, both leaders confirmed this week. The meeting marks their first in-person talks since 2021 and follows months of escalating US pressure on Russia over the Ukraine conflict.
Trump announced the meeting via his Truth Social platform on Aug 8, stating, "Will be meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska next week — big things on the table!" Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov confirmed the details hours later, noting the talks would focus on a "long-term peaceful solution for Ukraine".
The choice of Alaska — where Russia and the US are separated by around 85 kilometers across the Bering Strait — carries deep historical weight. Putin will become the first Russian leader to visit Alaska, a region Russia sold to the US in 1867. Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy welcomed the event, calling the state "a bridge between nations".
In remarks on Aug 8, Trump hinted at potential land swaps between Ukraine and Russia, stating, "We're actually going to take back some land and exchange some...There will be territorial adjustments beneficial to both sides." While he provided no specifics, sources indicate US and Russian officials are drafting proposals involving recognition of Russian-controlled territories (Luhansk, Donetsk, Crimea) in exchange for Russia relinquishing claims to Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. Trump also asserted his interventions prevented the Ukraine crisis from escalating into "World War III".
On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, excluded from the summit, urgently coordinated with European leaders after Trump declared Putin did not need to meet him first. In a video address, Zelensky insisted Russia must "initiate a ceasefire" and stressed Europe's role in ensuring "just and lasting peace".
Meanwhile, according to American news media platform Axios, senior US, Ukrainian, and European officials will gather this weekend in London to align positions, fearing Trump may accept Putin's terms without consulting allies.
The US-Russian summit occurs just days after Trump imposed 25 percent tariffs on Indian goods to punish New Delhi for buying Russian oil — a move underscoring his pressure campaign on Moscow. European leaders, though briefed by Trump, were reportedly "stunned" by their exclusion from the talks. Kremlin aide Ushakov acknowledged preparations "won't be easy", and revealed Russia has invited Trump for a follow-up meeting on Russian soil.
PRE-CONTACT DOGS: The Chihuahua
- Interestingly, the Pre-Contact Meso-American maternal origin of the Chihuahua has persisted in some modern individuals.
How One Chihuahua Proved to Be a Link to the Ancient Dogs That Moved to Latin America With the Spread of Agriculture
A handler holds her Chihuahua dogs in the grooming area
at the 149th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Jacob K. Javits
Convention Center on February 10, 2025, in New York City.
Andres Kudacki
New research shows that ancient dogs did not join Indigenous people in Central and South America until farming became popular—especially of maize
From the sixteenth century onwards, the introduction of dogs by the European settlers impacted the population of pre-contact dogs, whose genomic signature is now almost completely diluted in European dogs ancestry.
One notable exception are Chihuahuas that still carry, for some individuals, a pre-contact maternal line, providing evidence of their Mexican origin.
This study sheds new light on the depth of the shared histories of human societies and dogs in the Americas and highlights the importance of agrarian societies in the spread of dogs. While dog domestication is intrinsically associated with hunter–gatherer groups [76,78], there is a growing body of evidence that early farmers were instrumental for dog dispersal. A similar pattern has been found in East Asia, where dog population expansion around 7500 BP has been associated with the spread of agricultural communities across the region and a growth in food supply [90].
Ancient dog mitogenomes support the dual dispersal of dogs and agriculture into South America
Abstract
- Hunter–gatherer groups spread quickly towards the south of the continent, but it is unclear when dogs reached Central and South America.
- Specifically, the divergence time between North, Central and South American dog clades is consistent with the spread of agriculture and the adoption of maize in South America between 7000 and 5000 years ago.
- An isolation-by-distance best characterizes how dogs expanded into South America.
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