14 h. ago Putin warns West as Russia eyes more Ukrainian territory, as peace talks stall

Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Friday said the ball was in the court of the West and Kyiv in talks to end the war in Ukraine, while hailing Moscow’s recent battlefield gains and threatening more. Putin spoke during his annual end-of-year press conference – a staple of his 25-year rule – in which he told Russians Moscow was intent on pressing on in Ukraine, striking a confident tone. The 73-year-old has repeatedly said in recent weeks that Moscow will seize the rest of Ukrainian land he has...

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8 d. ago 'NO DRAMA PLEASE...': Beijing BLASTS Japan After U.S. Warning Over Russia

'NO DRAMA PLEASE...': Beijing BLASTS Japan After U.S. Warning Over Russia-China Patrol Drills  The Times of India

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1 week ago China and Russia must be on guard to stop Japan causing trouble, Chinese ex

Japan is likely to become the “most serious and direct” threat to both China and Russia in the Asia-Pacific, a former Chinese diplomat and foreign ministry official has warned. Wu Hailong, assistant minister of foreign affairs from 2009 to 2011, now heads the semi-official China Public Diplomacy Association. Russia should factor in the challenge from Japan, he told a forum in Beijing last week. “When discussing China-Russia relations, I cannot avoid mentioning the Japan factor,” Wu said,...

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2 w. ago Artists of China National Opera House perform in dance drama "Qiuci" in Beijing

Artists of China National Opera House perform in dance drama "Qiuci" in Beijing  Global Times

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2 w. ago Ukraine talks: Putin meets Trump envoys in Russia, sends Europe a warning

Russian President Vladimir Putin met US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner in the Kremlin on Tuesday for talks on a possible way to end the deadliest European conflict since World War II. Just before the meeting, Putin warned Europe that it would face swift defeat if it went to war with Russia, and he dismissed European counterproposals on Ukraine as being absolutely unacceptable to Russia. Trump has repeatedly said he wants to end the war but his...

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3 w. ago Pope warns ‘piecemeal’ third world war ‘threatening’ humanity

Pope Leo lamented that the world was seeing an unusual number of bloody conflicts during his first trip outside Italy as Catholic leader on Thursday, and he warned that a third world war was being “fought piecemeal”, with humanity’s future at risk. In his first speech given overseas since his election in May to lead the 1.4 billion-member Church, Leo, the first US pope, said “ambitions and choices that trample on justice and peace” were destabilising the world. He told political leaders in...

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3 w. ago Beijing blasts Japan for sending wrong signal on Taiwan, says move crosses red line

Beijing blasts Japan for sending wrong signal on Taiwan, says move crosses red line  Malay Mail

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3 w. ago Japan Blasts China’s ‘Entirely Baseless’ Claims Re UN Letter

Japan Blasts China’s ‘Entirely Baseless’ Claims Re UN Letter  Bloomberg.comChina spat with Japan on Taiwan deepens, reaches UN: What’s it all about?  Al JazeeraChina says Japan sent 'shocking' wrong signal on Taiwan  Reuters

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