Xi, Cast as Peacemaker, Wades Into Russia’s War in Ukraine
China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, is expected to meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia this month and speak with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.
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Xi Jinping to visit Russia in show of support for Vladimir Putin
China says president will meet Russian leader next week with aim of deepening partnershipRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesChina’s president is to visit Russia next week in an apparent show of support for Vladimir Putin, the Chinese foreign minis…
China’s Xi Jinping to Visit Moscow in Show of Support for Vladimir Putin
China says President Xi Jinping will visit Russia from Monday to Wednesday in an apparent show of support for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russia-Ukraine war: Putin’s ‘travel options extremely limited’ after international criminal court warrant – as it happened
Russian president accused of ‘unlawful deportation’ of children ‘from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation’What we know on day 387 of the invasionThe state-owned Russian news agency RIA is reporting that Russia’s defence secretary, Serge…
DAC Green Lights Proposal To Buy 307 Made-In-India ATAGS Artillery Guns After Years of Firing Trials By Army
Advanced Towed Artillery Gun SystemThe Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), led by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh, has granted the initial nod, or the Acceptance of Necessity, to the Indian Army’s proposal to buy the indigenously designed and developed Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS).Following extensive trial firings over several years, the Army had submitted a proposal to the Defence
The TikTok wars – why the US and China are feuding over the app
The US says the extremely popular video-sharing app ‘screams’ of national security concerns and considers a countrywide banTikTok is once again fending off claims that its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, would share user data from its popular video-…
Hong Kong: two arrested for possessing ‘seditious’ children’s book
Arrests believed to be first time police have detained citizens for possessing literature deemed seditious by authoritiesHong Kong’s national security police have arrested two men for possessing children’s books deemed seditious by the authorities, in …
MPs and peers ask information commissioner to investigate TikTok
Letter argues that Chinese-owned video-sharing app could be in breach of UK lawA cross-party group of MPs and peers have asked the information commissioner to investigate whether the Chinese-owned TikTok’s handling of personal information is in breach …
Opinion – China’s Saudi-Iran Deal and Omens for US Regional Influence
The pivot to Asia has caused tremendous damage to American leadership in the Middle East, leading to a power vacuum that is being filled by China.