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Global shares rise as $30bn lifeline for US bank eases fears of imminent collapse. Plus, a 5,000-mile stinking blob of seaweed heads to Florida

The Chinese president’s state visit, planned to take place from Monday through Wednesday, comes at the invitation of Vladimir Putin

The support team of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny have installed a small concrete box marked with the word SHIZO (meaning punishment cell in Russian) behind the Louvre Museum in Paris, to try and raise awareness over his dire conditions of detention.

China has offered a 12-point proposal that has had a lukewarm reception from both Ukraine and Russia

Better targeting of wealthy Russians’ ill-gotten gains abroad, combined with military defeats, might sway their loyalty, says academic Olga Chyzh

Dmytro Kuleba’s ’s appeal comes as it was announced China’s President Xi Jinping will visit Russia next week in an apparent show of support for Vladimir Putin

In framing the Ukraine war as a fight between democracy and autocracy, Biden shows that the US hasn’t learned from Iraq

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes, including his alleged involvement in the abductions of children from Ukraine. Russia is not party to the Rome Statute of the ICC and immediately dismissed the warrant as legally baseless. Ukraine,…

The visit comes as China offers to broker peace in Ukraine, an effort that has been met with scepticism in the West.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Russia next week to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin, the two countries said on Friday, as Beijing touts a plan to end the grinding Ukraine war that has received a lukewarm welcome on both sides. Xi's March 20-22 trip comes after China…

The UK stepped up calls for China to use its influence with Vladimir Putin to push for peace in Ukraine after it was announced that the Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia for talks next week.