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The Thucydides trap – how the Greek historian’s words were lost in translation | Letter
Tim Rood and Phil Coughlin on Xi Jinping’s reference to the Thucydides trap in a meeting with Donald TrumpIn e…
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Trump asks if Xi brings other presidents to secret garden during private tour – video
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, gave the US president, Donald Trump, a tour of Beijing’s walled-off Zhongna…
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US president Donald Trump meets China leader Xi Jinping – in pictures
Trump is meeting Xi in Beijing, with the two superpower leaders expected to discuss the Iran war, trade, Taiwa…
- Asia Pacific, International criminal court, International criminal justice, Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte
Gunshots fired at Philippine senate after senator’s two-day standoff with authorities – video
Video shows journalists scrambling after gunshots were fired in the Philippine senate on Wednesday. The video …
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Raghu Rai’s masterful images of Indian life – in pictures
Recruited to Magnum Photos by Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1977, the veteran photographer, who has died aged 83, m…
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New Zealand officials reject ‘comfort women’ statue after objections from Japan
Statue recognising Japan’s sexual slavery of up to 200,000 women in second world war will no longer be erected…
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Ukraine war briefing: Kim Jong-un strengthens military ties with Russia and hails soldiers who fought in Kursk
Russian delegation visits Pyongyang; 16 killed in drone strikes across region; Zelenskyy accuses Putin of ‘nuc…
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‘They tore up everything’: the wolf hunters of Kyrgyzstan – in pictures
In the remote village of Ottuk, men protect their precious sheep by heading into the mountains. Luke Oppenheim…
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Iran war briefing: US lets India buy Russian oil after energy prices jump
US claims temporary waiver won’t provide ‘significant financial benefit’ to Moscow; IDF strikes Lebanon after …
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Jimmy Lai and the rule of law in Hong Kong | Letter
Bi Haibo of the Chinese embassy in the UK responds to an editorialRegarding your editorial (The Guardian view …
- Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kurds, Middle East and North Africa, Trump administration, UK news, US foreign policy, US news, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
Iran war briefing: Israeli military tells hundreds of thousands to leave Beirut
Evacuation order covers all of Beirut’s southern suburbs; Azerbaijani president orders armed forces to be at ‘…
- Donald Trump, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East and North Africa, Sri Lanka, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
Israel launches new wave of strikes on Iran: what we know on day five of war
US defense secretary confirms US submarine sank Iranian warship; clerics in Tehran close to choosing Khamenei …
- Afghanistan, Charities, Contraception and family planning, Reproductive rights, Women's health, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Progress on family planning in Afghanistan is still possible | Letter
George Papachristou and Gigih Yudhistira offer some hope in response to a report on how the Taliban’s ban on b…
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Bangladesh Nationalist Party wins pivotal election – in pictures
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has won a landmark parliamentary election on Friday, local TV stations showed…
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Treaties to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons are failing | Letters
Sue Miller suggests that there are diplomatic and practical steps that could make us all much saferSimon Tisda…