5 h. ago Are we heading for another world war – or has it already started?

The rules-based world order is in retreat and violence is on the rise, forcing countries to rethink their relationshipsIn a week in which former allies in a redividing globe separately commemorated the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war, the sense of a runaway descent towards a third world war draws ever closer.The implosion of Pax Americana, the interconnectedness of conflicts, the new willingness to resort to unbridled state-sponsored violence and the irrelevance of the institutions of the rules-based order have all been on brutal display this week. From Kashmir to Khan Younis, Hodeidah, Port Sudan and Kursk, the only sound is of explosions, and the only lesson is that the old rules no longer apply. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump live: Carney heads to White House to meet president amid bitter trade war

Canadian prime minister’s Oval Office test comes a week after being elected on an anti-Trump platform

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1 week ago Russia returns body of female Ukrainian reporter with eyes and brain MISSING

Viktoria Roshchyna, 27, was taken as a prisoner of war after heading inside occupied areas of Ukraine to report on the invasion - her mutilated remains have now been returned

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1 week ago Pakistan warns an Indian incursion is 'imminent' and bolsters its forces amid fears nuclear

Fresh fighting erupted last week in Kashmir - a territory that has been disputed between India and Pakistan since the British partition of India in 1947 - after gunmen killed 26 civilians

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1 week ago Pakistani minister tells India 130 nukes are 'targeted at you' while Delhi test

Fresh fighting erupted last week in Kashmir - a territory that has been disputed between India and Pakistan since the British partition of India in 1947 - after gunmen killed 26 civilians

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2 w. ago Putin ready for direct talks with Ukraine, spokesperson says

Moscow turns down proposal to extend Easter ceasefire as Ukraine officials head to London to discuss US peace planRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe Kremlin says it is open to direct talks with Ukraine but has declined to back Kyiv’s proposal to extend the Easter ceasefire.Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson told reporters in Moscow on Tuesday that there were no concrete plans for negotiations on halting strikes against civilian targets, but that the Russian president was willing to discuss this directly with Ukraine if Kyiv removed “certain obstacles”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Chinese husband and wife are executed with gunshots to the head as Triad gang war erupts in Rome

Zhang Dayong, 53, dubbed 'Asheng,' was found dead alongside his partner Gong Xiaoqing, 38, outside their home in an eastern Roman neighbourhood, according to Italian police.

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3 w. ago Xi warns ‘no winners’ from Trump trade war as he heads to Vietnam

Chinese leader seeks to strengthen ties with export-dependent economies facing high US levies

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4 w. ago Inside the new WAR between Kyle Walker and Lauryn Goodman: Player's camp hit back over her money

While hardly an elevated slice of British history, it was the WAG war that dominated headlines for almost a year.

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4 w. ago Britain announces a surge of Ukraine support as Western backers meet to drum up arms and ammunition

Britain has announced a “surge” of military support to Ukraine, as the war-ravaged country’s Western backers gather at NATO headquarters to drum up weapons and ammunition

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last month 50 years later, Vietnam's battlefields draw retrospective veterans and other tourists

Hamburger Hill, Hue, the Ia Drang Valley, Khe Sanh: Some remember the Vietnam War battles from the headlines of the 1960s and 1970s, others from movies and history books

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