Category: Politics
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Rosenberg: Putin enjoys Xi’s Chinese welcome but heads home without pipeline deal
For a moment you could have mistaken Beijing for Moscow. As Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping walked the red carpet towards the Great Hall of the People, a Chinese military band played the romantic Russian classic Moscow Nights. “If only you knew how these Moscow Nights are dear to me,” goes the refrain. Hidden in…
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Far-right Israeli minister condemned for taunting handcuffed Gaza flotilla activists
There has been international condemnation of Israel’s treatment of pro-Palestinian activists who were on board a Gaza-bound aid flotilla intercepted by Israeli naval forces. The US, the UK, France, Italy and Canada were among the countries which expressed outrage after far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video showing himself taunting activists kneeling with their hands…
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US charges Cuba’s Raúl Castro with murder over 1996 downing of two planes
The US has charged former Cuban leader Raúl Castro with conspiracy to kill US nationals and other crimes over the 1996 downing of two planes between Cuba and Florida. The case unveiled on Wednesday accuses Castro and five others in the shooting down of the aircraft belonging to Cuban-American group Brothers to the Rescue and…
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