Putin announces three-day truce from midnight May 8Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday announced a three-day truce starting from midnight May 8 (2100 GMT May 7).The Kremlin said that Putin had ordered a full cessation of hostilities to mark the 80th anniversary of Russia's Victory Day, which falls on May 9.Russia called on Ukraine to join the truce, it said, adding that Russian troops would give "adequate and effective response" if Ukraine violates the ceasefire.Trump's approval rating hits lowest level in 80 yearsA poll conducted by ABC News, The Washington Post, and Ipsos showed that as U.S. President Donald Trump approaches the 100-day mark of his second term, his approval rating has fallen to the lowest level for any U.S. president at this point in office over the past 80 years.According to the poll, only 39 percent of respondents approve of Trump's performance in office, down six percentage points since February this year. Additionally, 55 percent of respondents disapprove of Trump's performance, setting a new worst record among U.S. presidents over the past eight decades.Millions of Canadians turn up for voting amid Trump's fresh threatMillions of Canadians are lining up to cast their ballots on Monday as U.S. President Donald Trump weighed in on the election with a new threat of annexation of the country.According to Elections Canada, there are 28,525,638 registered electors without those who registered on election day. Around 7.3 million electors voted on the four advance polling days.The agency said it will publish the preliminary results as the first polls close in the country on Monday and the first results will be available shortly after 7:00 p.m. (EST).DPRK confirms troops deployed to support Russia's operation in KurskThe Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) announced Monday that its military operations in Russia's Kursk region "were victoriously concluded," marking the first official confirmation of its military involvement.The military activities "conducted within the boundary of the Russian Federation fully conform to all the provisions and the spirit of the UN Charter and other international laws," according to a statement from the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea.Death toll from Iran's port blast reaches 65The death toll from a huge blast and the subsequent fire at Shahid Rajaee Port in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan on Saturday has reached 65, with over 1,200 others injured, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported Monday, citing the provincial governor.Earlier in the day, Iran's Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni identified "certain negligence" as one of the reasons behind the deadly explosion in the provincial capital Bandar Abbas, where this port, the country's largest maritime hub, is located.