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Putin, Xi Hail 'Great Power' Ties at Talks Defying West

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for their first face-to-face talks since the start of the conflict in Ukraine on Thursday, hailing their strategic ties in defiance of the West. Sitting across from each other at two long rounded tables and flanked by aides, the two…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Volodymyr Zelensky's wife 'to represent Ukraine at the Queen's funeral'

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's wife Olena reportedly will represent the country at the Queen's funeral on Monday and she will join the 500 leaders and dignitaries present

Daily Mirror

Russia and China pledge to be counterweight to US 'dominance'

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have met for their first face-to-face talks since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, hailing their strategic ties in defiance of the West.

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China's Xi skips dinner with Putin, allies as COVID precaution -source

Chinese leader Xi Jinping stayed away from a dinner attended by 11 heads of states at a regional security summit in line with his delegation's COVID-19 policy, a source in the Uzbek government told Reuters on Friday.

Reuters

China's top legislator to meet S. Korea leaders for talks

China’s top legislator is to meet South Korean leaders including new President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul, as Yoon’s push to buttress a military alliance with Washington has caused concerns that it could hamper Seoul’s ties with Beijing

The Independent UK

Russia calls Vladimir Putin snub for Queen's funeral 'immoral' and 'blasphemous'

Global leaders are set to descend on London on Monday for the Queen's funeral but there will be no Russian representation due to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Ukraine combs mass burial site in Izium, says signs of torture found

Bodies exhumed from a mass burial site near the easter Ukrainian town of Izium "showed signs of violent death", a Ukrainian official said on Friday in what President Volodymyr Zelensky called proof of war crimes by Russian forces. The discovery came as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi put pressure on…

France 24

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Hardened Russian prisoners offered freedom for six months fighting in Ukraine

The leader of infamous Wagner group, who has close ties with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, has been filmed telling hardened criminals that if they join the fight in Ukraine they could be freed after six months

Daily Mirror

Putin acknowledges Xi’s ‘concerns’ on Ukraine, showing tension

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Chinese leader Xi Jinping he understands Beijing’s “questions and concerns” about his invasion of Ukraine, a rare admission of tensions between the diplomatic allies.

Tribune News Service

GOP’s Putin apologists are a disgrace

These supposed conservatives are strangers to the most important themes of traditional conservatism. They dishonor the name. Conservatism was a worldview intimately bound up with opposition to tyranny.

Chicago Sun-Times

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 205 of the invasion

Mass burial site with 440 bodies found in recaptured Izium; Ukraine strikes occupied Kherson, damaging pro-Russia administration buildings

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine says some bodies found in mass burial site had been bound

Some bodies found in a mass burial site in northeastern Ukraine in territory recaptured from Russian forces were found with their hands tied behind their backs, the governor of Ukraine's Kharkiv province said on Friday.

Reuters

The Loop: Leaked document on French sub deal, Putin and Xi meet, Wallabies shattered by controversial call

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Xi Jinping travels out of China to see Putin and other leaders. Here's why it matters

The leaders of China and Russia have joined other foreign leaders in Central Asia. Top concerns include Russia's war in Ukraine.

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Russian energy exports in spotlight at Uzbekistan summit

Business ties are high on the agenda at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Uzbekistan. The countries represented are huge potential markets for Russian energy, and Vladimir Putin has been pushing for closer ties. China and India in particular have increased their imports of Russian oil, natural gas and coal…

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: Putin meets Xi, asylum seeker handcuffs ‘torture’, nuclear sub timeline

Friday: Chinese and Russian leaders meet for first time since invasion of Ukraine. Plus: the seven female stereotypes in advertising

Tribune News Service

US imposes new sanctions against Russia as war drags on

The U.S. announced a fresh wave of sanctions against Russia’s military intelligence and defense industry, as well as people accused of stealing Ukrainian crops, in a new push to restrict President Vladimir Putin’s ability to wage war.

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: US is ramping up its war on China

Another week and more shots fired in the US-China war, this time America the aggressor while Australia mutely remains in step.

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The Conversation

Direct democracy can force governments to better represent the people -- but it doesn't always work out

In August 2022, a statewide referendum in Kansas saw citizens overwhelmingly reject a plan to insert anti-abortion language into the state’s constitution. It comes as a slew of similar votes on abortion rights are planned in the coming months – putting the issue directly to the people after the Supreme…

Evening Standard

Putin admits China has ‘questions and concerns’ over Ukraine during key meeting with Xi

Vladimir Putin acknowledged China had questions and concerns about the situation in Ukraine

The Conversation

Ukraine recap: Russian setbacks on the battlefield, Putin's limited military and diplomatic options

While his troops struggle to regroup in the face of a lightning-fast Ukrainian offensive in the northeast, Vladimir Putin is in Samarkand, fabled halfway point of the silk road in Uzbekistan, for a summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). While he is there he has a busy schedule…

Salon

Trump offered Jordan the West Bank: book

Reporters offer behind-the-scenes look at a tumultuous Trump presidency — and his wife's criticism

Tribune News Service

Putin tells Xi he understands China's ‘concerns’ about war in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin told his counterpart Xi Jinping he understands Beijing’s “questions and concerns” about his invasion of Ukraine, as the Chinese leader said the two countries could “inject stability and positive energy to a world in chaos.”

The Hindu

PM Modi arrives in Samarkand for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting, skips photo ops

Friday will mark Modi’s first face-to-face meeting with Xi since April 2020 LAC stand-off

Reuters

Exclusive-With a Russian nudge, Turkey and Syria step up contacts

Turkey's intelligence chief has held multiple meetings with his Syrian counterpart in Damascus over the last few weeks, a sign of Russian efforts to encourage a thaw between states on opposite sides of Syria's war, four sources said.

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