Japan’s Fumio Kishida heads to Kyiv to meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Russia-Ukraine war News
Japanese prime minister to show ‘solidarity’ with Ukraine in visit that coincides with Chinese leader’s Moscow trip. Prime Minister Fumio
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Asia Pacific
China welcomes former Taiwan president’s plan to visit | Politics News
Ma Ying-jeou will become the first former or current leader of Taiwan to visit China since 1949. Beijing has welcomed
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‘No limits partnership’: Xi and Putin’s key economic priorities | Business and Economy
Chinese President Xi Jinping is meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on a three-day visit aimed at boosting Beijing-Moscow
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Pushback in Australia against increasingly draconian protest laws | Protests News
Australian climate campaigner Deanna ‘Violet’ CoCo found herself facing a 15-month prison sentence after she and three other activists drove
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Myanmar’s democratic struggle at stake in Thailand’s election | Elections News
Bangkok/Yangon – Thailand’s elections are important not only for the many Thais seeking the end of quasi-military rule in their
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hldHong Kong struggles to win back tourists, ‘World City’ crown | Business and Economy
Hong Kong, China – Early last year, when COVID cases in Hong Kong surged and the government closed schools and
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Putin says ready to discuss China’s Ukraine plan at Xi talks | Russia-Ukraine war News
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warmly welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a state visit to the Kremlin, sending a
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UN calls for rapid, ambitious action to tackle climate crisis | United Nations News
The world has the tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to secure a sustainable future if more ambitious actions
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The Imprisonment of Julian Assange | Julian Assange
From: Fault Lines Fault Lines examines what Assange’s case says about press freedom and the consequences of publishing state secrets.
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An ICC warrant against Putin is good – and hypocritical | Russia-Ukraine war
As faithful readers of this column may know, I write a lot about hypocrisy. Sometimes, it disappoints me. Sometimes, it
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