2 h. ago Photos of China military parade marking the 80th anniversary of WWII's end

China hosted several world leaders at a military parade in Beijing that marked the 80th anniversary Wednesday of the end of World War II.

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8 h. ago China military parade latest: Xi Jinping hosts Putin and Kim Jong Un in Beijing for major show of force

Xi Jinping welcomed his Russian and North Korean counterparts on Tuesday

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19 h. ago Xi hails relationship with Putin despite ‘international changes’ as China hosts Ukraine aggressors

Xi Jinping, flanked by Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, will oversee a major military parade in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Wednesday

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35 h. ago The Guardian view on Donald Trump and India: the tariff war that boosted China | Editorial

The White House wanted India to bow. Instead, Narendra Modi flew to China, shook Xi Jinping’s hand and left Washington sidelined Donald Trump’s imperial tendencies see the US president wield tariffs and sanctions in the expectation that America will receive tributes. Yet his latest move – punishing India with 50% tariffs for Russian oil purchases once encouraged by the US – has produced not submission but spectacle. It has sent India’s Narendra Modi to China for the first time in seven years as Xi Jinping hosted more than 20 leaders for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin. And it is in Tianjin, not Washington, where it looks as if the hinge of history is moving.The SCO is easy to dismiss: the bloc is a bundle of contradictions. India and Pakistan remain adversaries. China and India still stare across a garrisoned Himalayan frontier, though relations have thawed since last October’s border breakthrough. Russia and China vie for influence in Central Asia. Unl...

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52 h. ago Side by side in China, Putin and Xi in summit picture to chill the West... so what was Modi doing there alongside them?

On Sunday, China hosted the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, a grand meeting of the leaders of 26 nations, many of them opposed to the US and Europe.

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4 d. ago Xi to host Putin and Modi as China presents rival front to US

Shanghai Cooperation Organization security meeting will mark Indian PM’s first visit in 7 years

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4 d. ago Putin ignores international outrage over strikes on UK and EU buildings and launches new deadly barrage on Ukraine

In one of its deadliest onslaughts since the start of the war, Moscow launched 'egregious' attacks on Kyiv on Thursday, including the EU delegation and British Council buildings

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5 d. ago Justin Bieber's 'happy and healthy' return: Star quells fan fears as he swaps bleary

The singer, 31, had sparked rumours of trouble in his relationship to Hailey, 28, over lyrics in his new album SWAG where he discussed his troubles and marriage woes.

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7 d. ago MAGA firebrand Laura Loomer breaks with Trump in rare public spat over 600k China student visas: ‘Do the math’

Loomer, who has the ear of the president, criticized him after he hailed the ‘very important relationship’ with Beijing

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1 week ago Zelenskyy rejects Russia’s demand to be involved in security guarantees

Ukrainian president says he does not ‘quite understand what guarantees the aggressor needs’

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1 week ago Zelenskyy rebukes Russia’s demand to be involved in security guarantees

Ukrainian president says he does not ‘quite understand what guarantees the aggressor needs’

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1 week ago Justin Bieber and Hailey's source of marital 'tension' revealed as relationship hits stage of improvement

But now Justin and his wife Hailey Bieber are 'in a much better place' following the release of the pop singer's latest album, according to Us Weekly.

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1 week ago Russia says it must be part of international talks on Ukraine’s security

Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov dismisses European diplomacy as ‘clumsy effort to sway Trump’Russia-Ukraine war – live updatesMoscow has said it must be part of any international talks on Ukraine’s security, as Russia continues to stall on Donald Trump’s push for a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said on Wednesday that Moscow must be included in any talks on Ukraine’s security guarantees, dismissing European diplomacy as “aggressive escalation” and a “clumsy effort to sway Trump”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Tuvalu considers pulling out of Pacific leaders’ summit amid China

Exclusive: Prime minister Feletei Teo says Tuvalu may withdraw from crucial meeting after key countries such as Taiwan were barred from attendingTuvalu’s prime minister Feletei Teo said his country may pull out of the region’s top political meeting next month, after host nation Solomon Islands moved to block all external partners – including China, US and Taiwan – from attending.The Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting will be held in Honiara in September. On 7 August, Solomon Islands prime minister Jeremiah Manele told parliament that no dialogue partners would be invited to the annual gathering. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago European allies back Ukraine’s borders after Trump floats Russia land swap

Zelenskyy shores up international support ahead of meeting between US president and Putin next week

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4 w. ago How Putin is using his powers to block what Russians can see online

Some Russians have used VPNs to counteract the internet restrictions but these apps have been routinely blocked

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