President Xi is positioning himself as the leader who could bring the Ukraine war to an end.
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China’s approach to ending the Ukraine war will determine the future of the European security order.
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, talks with Chinese president Xi Jinping from his office in Kyiv.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Devastation: much of central Khartoum has been destroyed in heavy fighting.
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The role of the Wagner Group in the Sudan crisis is not yet clear, but its mercenaries are reported to be involved in a number of African countries.
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France is one of a growing number of countries urging a negotiated settlement to the war mediated by China.
Oil price uncertainty.
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Alongside the global economic outlook, Russian supply and Chinese demand are contributing to ‘a cocktail of uncertainty’ for oil prices.
Running a few bilateral ideas up the flagpole.
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The meeting is just the second US state visit during the Biden administration. It comes as Washington and Seoul face common concerns.
U.S. President Joe Biden walks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy near a Kyiv cathedral during Biden’s surprise visit in February 2023.
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Will Joe Biden be able to maintain the balance that has so far allowed him to avoid serious Vietnam-like errors in Ukraine?
Africa is plagued by paramilitary militias and foreign mercenary groups.
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Armed group, mercenaries, mining, power struggles. It’s a familiar story in Africa, sadly.
‘Spy ship’: Russian oceanographic research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky during a military parade off the coast of St.Petersburg in 2020.
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A new documentary has tracked a Russian vessel apparently collecting data on energy and communications infrastructure in the North Sea and Baltic.
The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich faces up to 20 years behind bars on espionage charges.
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A scholar of Russia’s legal code explains the case against the Wall Street Journal reporter accused of espionage.
A tank in the Donbas, an area of eastern Ukraine where armed conflict with Russian forces has been going on since 2014.
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Western society has become strangely unaware of the horrors of modern war, says an expert.
In for the long haul: Ukrainian troops digging in around Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
A Russian peacekeeper guards the Lachin corridor connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia.
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Renewed fighting in the South Caucasus has some wondering, “Where are the great powers?”
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is one of the democratic leaders who have not condemned Russia for invading Ukraine.
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South Africa, India and Brazil are not prepared to condemn Russia for invading Ukraine.
Endless battle? Bitter fighting has raged around the town of Bakhmut since the middle of 2022.
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The leaks suggest neither side has the capacity to force an outright victory this year.
The Day of Memory for Truth and Justice is held every year in the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires commemorating the victims of the military dictatorship, March 24 1976 to December 10 1983.
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Hundreds of children were stolen from their parents during the dictatorship in Argentina, but over the years some have been reunited with their families.
The 2024 Summer Olympic Games are scheduled to take place from July 26 to Aug. 11 in France.
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The IOC has an opportunity to disavow the violence and illegality of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by extending the platform and status of refugee athletes to Russian and Belarusian athletes.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich being taken into custody on March 30, 2023.
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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is far from the first American journalist to be accused of spying, a media historian explains.
A kindergarten in Kharkiv, Ukraine, destroyed by Russian shelling.
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The deportation of children during war goes to the heart of important and far-reaching human rights conventions. But bringing perpetrators to justice will be a long and complex process.
Finnish military personnel raise their country’s flag at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
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A historian looks at the steps leading up to Finland joining the Western strategic alliance – and what that means for small nations elsewhere.