Russian army special forces on patrol in Chechnya in 1995.
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International responses to previous Russian military interventions have given the Kremlin understanding of the west’s likely reaction to Ukraine.
Chinese President Xi Jinping meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Brazil in 2019.
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China’s rocky relationship with the US may influence the way it reacts to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
High-level diplomacy: representatives of the US and UK on the UN Security Council talk with Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations, Sergiy Kyslytsya.
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The question centres on whether Russia legally inherited the permanent seat formerly occupied by the Soviet Union.
Making history: US president Richard Nixon meeting Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Beijing in1972.
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Richard Nixon’s visit sparked a new era of collaboration but now the relationship between US and China is beginning to unravel.
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Risky life-science projects need global governance. Unfortunately, current standards and practices are not up to the task.
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‘Attention snacking’ may help keep us alert.
Armed and Security Forces of Mali servicemen stand guard on a military vehicle.
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A new wave of military coups could put the dividends of democracy out of reach in a region troubled by the effects of jihadism.
Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba is sworn in as head of state in Burkina Faso on February 16 after the January military coup.
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Arguments to suspend ECT are based on selective and poor-quality assessments of the evidence.
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Previous research on this therapy has been poorly conducted and biased.
Gay Pride parade in Kosovo in 2021.
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Promising findings in Serbia, Ukraine and Turkey show what can be achieved with a bit of information.
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It remains to be seen what the reset of the relations between the two countries will actually mean for the rest of the world.
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Curfews are associated with a long history of racism and prejudice.
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How to make sense of ‘polygenic’ risk scores.
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Recent research found around a quarter of people with classic COVID symptoms didn’t get tested.
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2022 has been declared the ‘year of European defence’. If the UK wants to be Global Britain, it should take part.
Although African nations contribute the least to climate change, many are bearing its worst burdens.
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The African continent stands to lose the most from climate change - here’s what local governments can do to protect it.
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Omicron is continuing the trend set by delta, causing symptoms that resemble the common cold.
A man walks on rail track near the bauxite factory of Guinea’s largest mining firm, Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee (CBG), at Kamsar, north of the capital Conakry.
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Successive regimes in Guinea have used mining to maintain the status quo.
Nearly half of people in the UK report experiencing loneliness.
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With projections that 68% of the world’s population will be living in cities by 2050, it’s important we tackle loneliness now before it becomes epidemic.
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Scientists have created tiny self-replicating organisms made from frog stem cells. So is this as much of a Pandora’s Box as it sounds? Not yet, but we should carefully weigh the risks and rewards.