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In Turbulent Times, Xi Builds a Security Fortress for China, and Himself
Over informal, private meals with American leaders, China’s Xi Jinping let his guard down a little. It was a decade…
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Air War Between Gaza Militants and Israel Enters Second Day
The Israeli military and Palestinian militants in Gaza exchanged more fire on Saturday morning, as the biggest conflagration in the…
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Chinese Stages Show of Force Near Taiwan for a Third Day
China continued on Saturday to project its ire at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to Taiwan, with its third…
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Ukrainian Grandmaster Bids to Unseat Russian Head of World Chess Body
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s war against Ukraine has permeated even the seemingly sedate world of chess, where a Ukrainian grandmaster…
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Why Australia’s Climate Bill Matters
The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. CANBERRA, Australia…
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U.S. and Russia Ready to Negotiate Griner’s Release
On the day after Brittney Griner was sentenced to a Russian penal colony, the top diplomats of the United States…
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Griner’s Sentence Renews Pressure on President Biden
WASHINGTON — Immediately after a Moscow judge handed down Brittney Griner’s nine-year prison sentence on Thursday, calls grew louder for…
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A U.S. diplomat warns African countries against buying anything from Russia except grain and fertilizer.
Ahead of a trip to Uganda and Ghana this week, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said…
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Putin and Erdogan, both partners and foes, meet in Sochi, Russia.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, were meeting on Friday in the southern…
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‘Most Severe’ Drought Grips France as Extreme Heat Persists in Europe
PARIS — France declared Friday that it was in the grip of its “most severe” drought, one that has also…
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