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China and Russia reaffirm ties as Moscow presses offensive in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Chinese leader Xi Jinping for China’s effort to resolve the Ukraine conflict at a Beijing summit Thursday where the two leaders reaffirmed a “no-limits” partnership that has grown deeper as both countries face deepening tensions with the west More »
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What to know about Vladimir Putin's visit to China
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China underlines an increasingly close partnership between the two allies More »
Georgia's president says a controversial foreign influence bill passed by parliament is unacceptable
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili says a “foreign influence” bill passed by parliament that critics call a threat to free speech is “unacceptable.” More »
Slovak politicians call for cooling political divisions after shooting of prime minister
A hospital official says Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is in serious but stable condition More »
The Netherlands veers sharply to the right with a new government dominated by party of Geert Wilders
Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders and three other party leaders have agreed on a coalition deal that veers the Netherlands toward the hard right More »
South Korean court rejects effort to block plan that would boost medical school admissions
A South Korean court has ruled in favor of the government’s contentious plan to drastically boost medical school admissions More »
42 rescued but 3 still missing after a migrant boat sends a distress signal south of Greece
Greece’s coast guard says 42 people have been rescued while another three are missing after a boat believed to have been carrying migrants sent out a distress call while sailing in the Mediterranean south of the Greek island of Crete More »
Pro-cannabis advocates in Thailand rally ahead of the government's plan to recriminalize the plant
Dozens of pro-cannabis advocates in Thailand gathered at the health ministry on Thursday to oppose the government’s plan to relist it as narcotics, two years after it was decriminalized More »
Venezuela's barred opposition candidate is now the fiery surrogate of her lesser-known replacement
At an intersection packed in four directions, rally-goers scream and light up cellphones in the evening as Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado climbs onto a flatbed truck like a presidential candidate More »
As countries tighten anti-gay laws, more and more LGBTQ+ migrants seek safety and asylum in Europe
While many of the migrants who reach Europe are escaping war, conflict and poverty, an increasing number are fleeing possible prison terms and death sentences because they are gay More »
