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BEIJING: French President Emmanuel Macron called on his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping Thursday to "bring Russia to its senses" over Ukraine and urged him not to deliver weapons to Moscow. The French president, who arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a three-day state visit, has made clear he is seeking…

BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed willingness to speak to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the head of the E.U. said on Thursday, after French President Emmanuel Macron urged Beijing to talk sense to Russia over the war in Ukraine. In closely watched talks, European Union chief Ursula von der…

French President Emmanuel Macron called on his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping Thursday to “bring Russia to its senses” over Ukraine and urged him not to deliver weapons to Moscow. The French president, who arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a three-day state visit, has made clear he is seeking to…

Already have Rappler+? to listen to groundbreaking journalism. BASKETBALL. A basketball hoop is seen in a playground of School No. 134 in Ukraine that was destroyed by Russian military strikes in 2022. Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters Kyiv estimates 19,544 children have been deported to Russia during the invasion, with only 328 of…

March 28, 2023 - 8:26PM Oovvuu Germany has confirmed the first delivery of eighteen Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine. Ukraine's Defence Minister has also said British tanks have arrived as well. Kyiv has been calling on its western partners to ramp up deliveries of weapons, to roll back Russia's military gains across Ukraine. FRANCE 24's Andrew Hilliar explains. Read More

BRUSSELS (AP) — Finland joined the NATO military alliance Tuesday, dealing a major blow to Russia with a historic realignment of the continent triggered by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The Nordic country’s membership doubles Russia’s border with the world’s biggest security alliance and represents a major change in Europe’s security…

America’s booming solar industry has hit a major speed bump due to supply-chain disruption and the inflationary pressures driven by Covid, war in Ukraine, and trade restrictions with China. As a result, utility scale solar deployment dipped 40%, year-on-year, in 2022. April 4, 2023 Levent Gun Fortunately, all signs point…

Well-known Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed by a bomb blast in a St. Petersburg cafe on Sunday in what appeared to be the second assassination on Russian soil of a figure closely associated with the war in Ukraine. Russia's state Investigative Committee said 19 other people were wounded…

Vladlen Tatarsky.—TelegramAPRIL: Well-known Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed by a bomb blast in a St Petersburg cafe on Sunday in what appeared to be the second assassination on Russian soil of a figure closely associated with the war in Ukraine. Russia's state Investigative Committee said it had opened…

One of the strikingly clear outcomes of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is how deeply dependent Russia has now become on China. As Russia’s most important trade partner and the strongest ally in the global system, China has become indispensable to Russia. While this is often described as an “axis…