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JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 21, 2023
With renewed push, Kishida looks to put his own stamp on Japan's Indo-Pacific strategy
Kishida's newly unveiled plan to assist developing nations was widely seen as a bid to counter Beijing’s attempts to expand its influence among those countries.
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Mar 21, 2023
World Athletics set to tighten transgender rules and lift Russia doping ban
Administrators behind the leading Olympic sport have taken a different approach from that of swimming, which has effectively banned transgender athletes from elite female competition.
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WORLD / Politics
Mar 21, 2023
Xi calls Russia ties priority on Moscow trip
'We’ve carefully studied your proposals to resolve the acute crisis in Ukraine,” Putin told Xi in televised comments.
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WORLD
Mar 20, 2023
Xi arrives in Moscow, giving Putin boost amid war in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin will give a detailed account of his view of the year-old invasion and discuss China’s 12-point proposal for resolving it.
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WORLD
Mar 20, 2023
Wagner’s convicts tell of horrors of Ukraine war and loyalty to their leader
Fighters describe their recruitment and training, the combat they saw in Ukraine and their uncertain future in a Russia turned upside down by war with its neighbor.
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WORLD
Mar 20, 2023
Putin to welcome Xi to Moscow at critical moment
Xi will be the first world leader to shake Putin's hand since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for the Russian leader on Friday.
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WORLD
Mar 19, 2023
Putin makes surprise trip to occupied Ukraine, including Mariupol
The visit came after Putin traveled to Crimea on Saturday in an unannounced visit to mark the ninth anniversary of Russia's annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine.
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WORLD
Mar 19, 2023
Russia signals it will take more Ukrainian children, a crime in progress
Far from disguising the deportations, the Kremlin puts the children on display in Red Square photo-ops and at lavish concerts celebrating the war.
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WORLD / ANALYSIS
Mar 18, 2023
Xi, cast as peacemaker, wades into Russia’s war in Ukraine
The Chinese leader is expected to meet in person next week with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, and a call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine could follow.
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WORLD
Mar 18, 2023
Arrest warrant from criminal court pierces Putin’s aura of impunity
A highly symbolic move by the International Criminal Court, which accused President Vladimir Putin of war crimes, carries moral weight.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 18, 2023
Use of Chinese ammunition in Ukraine confirmed by U.S.
The U.S. government has determined that the ammunition found in Ukraine was produced in China after analyzing its composition and other factors. The type of ammunition was unclear.
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WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Mar 18, 2023
Will Russia's Vladimir Putin really ever be arrested?
The ICC has issued an arrest warrant, but does this mean the Russian president, accused of the war crime of deporting children, is really ever likely to stand trial in The Hague?
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WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 18, 2023
Kyiv obtains Soviet-era fighter jets and hopes for better
Ukraine has won promises of 17 Soviet-design MiG-29 jets to replace fighters lost in the war, yet the planes aren't expected to radically shift the balance on the ground.
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WORLD
Mar 18, 2023
NATO edges closer to expansion as Finland wins over holdouts
Turkey and Hungary both signaled they plan to ratify Finland’s entry into NATO, bringing the military alliance a step closer to welcoming its 31st member.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 17, 2023
Xi to visit Russia for first time since invasion of Ukraine
The Chinese leader needs to strike a careful balance — projecting an image as a potential neutral mediator, while also managing his close ties to Putin.
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Mar 17, 2023
Germany cancels fencing event after athletes from Russia and Belarus allowed to compete
Germany's fencing federation has canceled a women's foil World Cup event after the sport's global governing body (FIE) reversed a ban on athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus, it said on Thursday.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 17, 2023
Should Japan have a nuclear-sharing agreement?
While Japan may be softening to the idea of taking a more active role in its own security, persuading the Japanese to accept the idea of hosting nuclear weapons will not be easy.
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WORLD
Mar 17, 2023
Web of secret chip deals allegedly help U.S. tech flow to Russia
Customs data shows that semiconductors made by large U.S. companies have been getting to Russia via third-party firms since the Ukraine war started.
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WORLD
Mar 17, 2023
U.S. says video of drone encounter shows Russia ‘flat-out lying’
The 42-second video, filmed from the bottom of the MQ-9 Reaper, shows a jet approach in a clear blue sky, release a plume of fuel then swerve away.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 16, 2023
China’s precarious balancing act
While the China has no interest in being isolated, it also cannot afford to abandon its warmongering friend and neighbor, Russia.

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