A rare protest attacking President Xi Jinping and China’s Covid restrictions has taken place in Beijing, days before a historic Communist Party congress. Images showed two protest banners on a bridge in
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he risk of a nuclear “Armageddon” is at its highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, US President Joe Biden has said. Mr Biden said Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was “not
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The suspect in a deadly mass stabbing that stunned Canada acted on his own – and his own brother was among the victims, police say. Myles Sanderson, 32, died after being arrested
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A jailed Belarus activist and two groups from Ukraine and Russia have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for championing human rights and democracy. The decision to honour Ales Bialiatsky, Russia’s Memorial
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President Joe Biden has warned Russia that the United States will not be intimidated by reckless threats after Vladimir Putin annexed four occupied regions of Ukraine. Mr Putin appeared to make a
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This week, one Russian newspaper, Moskovsky Komsomolets, concluded: “Vladimir Putin has nowhere to retreat. So, he’ll continue to attack.” Cue St George’s Hall of the Kremlin Palace and the controversial signing ceremony
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Post-Tropical Cyclone Ian is lashing South Carolina in its second US landfall after carving a swathe of deadly destruction across Florida. Ian returned as a category one hurricane near Georgetown at 14:05
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