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US State Department spokesman Ned Price to step down

State Department spokesman Ned Price is stepping down from his job as the daily face of U.S. foreign policy

The Independent UK

China 'prepares for war' as it unveils enormous £185billion defence budget

China Government spokesman Wang Chao gave no indication of whether the rate of increase to be announced on Sunday at the opening of the National People's Congress's annual session in Beijing would be above or below last year's 7.1%

Daily Mirror

China: Defense boost to meet 'complex security challenges'

China says increases in its defense budget have been “appropriate and reasonable” and are aimed at "meeting the complex security challenges and for China to fulfill its responsibilities as a major country."

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US Sending Bridge-launchers to Ukraine for Spring Fight

The US announced a new $400 million military aid package for Ukraine on Friday that for the first time includes armored vehicles that can launch bridges — allowing troops to cross rivers or other gaps as Russian and Ukrainian forces remain entrenched on opposite sides of the Dnieper River. The…

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claims US hypocrisy, says Ukraine war 'was launched against us'

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov provokes laughter after referring to the invasion of Ukraine as "the war which was launched against us" during a diplomatic forum in India.

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Narendra Modi called for civility at the G20, but divisions between Russia and the West made it a tense affair

Despite Narendra Modi pleading with G20 foreign ministers to be civil, the acrimonious gathering ended without a joint communique or the traditional family photo.

ABC News

US sending bridge-launchers to Ukraine for spring fight

The U.S. has announced a new $400 million military aid package for Ukraine that for the first time includes armored vehicles that can launch bridges

The Independent UK

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Day after Meeting, Blinken and Lavrov Exchange Diplomatic Swipes

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States of hypocrisy after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Russia cannot be allowed to wage war in Ukraine with impunity, during a security forum they attended in New Delhi on Friday. The top diplomats from Moscow and Washington had both…

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Battered Ukraine force all but surrounded in bloody rubble of Bakhmut

Russian troops and mercenaries have been closing off the last access routes to the besieged Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, on the cusp of Moscow's first major

The New Daily

Lavrov says Russia will ‘no longer rely’ on West for energy trade as Moscow pivots to India and China

Russia and China ‘wanted to include Nord Stream sabotage issue in G20 communique’

The Independent UK

Use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine ‘inadmissible’, says Quad group after Putin exits from New START treaty

Joint statement from Quad leaders comes a day after G20 foreign ministers are unable to reach consensus over Ukraine war

The Independent UK

Quad alliance partners warn Putin against nuking Ukraine

Russia cannot be allowed to wage war with impunity, Antony Blinken and his counterparts from India, Japan and Australia have said

The New Daily

Battle for Bakhmut Rages 'Round the Clock'; US Readies $400 Mln New Arms Aid for Ukraine

Ukrainian forces clinging to the eastern city of Bakhmut dug new trenches in an attempt to hold back Russian attackers, as the United States said new military aid for Ukraine would be discussed at a meeting with Germany's leader on Friday. Russian forces have been attacking Bakhmut in Donetsk province…

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Russia Must Be Punished for Ukraine War, US, Quad Allies Say

Russia cannot be allowed to wage war with impunity, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his counterparts from India, Japan and Australia said in a statement on Friday following a meeting in New Delhi. The so-called Quad group also said that the use, or threat of use, of nuclear…

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Quad not a military grouping, says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or Quad is not a military grouping, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Saudi FM Calls for Combating Cybercrime as Part of Fight against Terrorism

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah stressed on Thursday that combating terrorism also demands fighting cybercrimes through international cooperation and effective legislations. Addressing the second session of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi, India, he stressed that Saudi Arabia had adopted several local initiatives within…

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Russia-Ukraine war: Biden and Scholz hold talks as Russian forces close in on Bakhmut – as it happened

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, says Russian ‘pincers are getting tighter’ around contested city

The Independent UK

US to send more ammo, folding armored bridges to Ukraine

U.S. officials say the Biden administration will announce a new package of military aid for Ukraine Friday, including — for the first time — eight armored vehicles that can launch bridges and allow troops to cross rivers or other gaps

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ABC News

Penny Wong meets Chinese foreign minister, urges Beijing to help end Ukraine war

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Australia and "all countries" back Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's call for China to do the right thing and not supply weapons to Russia.

ABC News

Ukraine clings to Bakhmut, top US official tells Russian counterpart Washington backs Kyiv all the way

Ukrainian forces strengthen defensive positions as Russian soldiers backed by Wagner mercenaries encircle the key strategic city of Bakhmut.

The New Daily

Wong lobbies Chinese counterpart over trade, Ukraine

Australia has warned China against supplying weapons to Russia at the G20 meeting as the US reportedly lobbies allies to sanction Beijing if it aids Moscow.

The New Daily

US and allies spar with Russia at G20 meeting

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have met at the G20 summit foreign ministers in India.

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war news – latest: Zelensky’s forces ‘holding out’ against attacks in Bakhmut

Blinken reportedly “disabused” Lavrov of any idea that US support for Ukraine is wavering

Radio France Internationale

G20 talks fail to reach consensus over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

China joined Russia in refusing to sign a statement from the G20 foreign ministers meeting in New Delhi that called for Russia to cease hostilities in Ukraine – the second gathering of the bloc to fail to reach an accord in a week.

Tribune News Service

Blinken pressed Lavrov in rare but brief meeting at G-20 summit

Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a brief encounter with his Russian counterpart on the sidelines of the Group of 20 meeting in India, their first in-person meeting since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago.

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