China’s COVID Protests Put the Lie to Xi’s Triumphalism
Sunak Will Have Trouble Improving U.K.-China Ties, Even if He Wanted To
China’s ‘Zero-COVID Uprising’ Is Also a Cost-of-Living Protest
In Uganda’s Karamoja Region, Climate Change Means Hunger and Violence
China’s Protests Are a Wakeup Call for the EU, Too
Biden Says He Is Willing to Talk to Putin About Ukraine, With Conditions
By Roger Cohen & Zolan Kanno-Youngs | The New York Times
Standing beside the French leader who has championed the need for dialogue with Moscow, President Biden said Thursday that he would talk to President Vladimir Putin, but only in consultation with NATO allies and only if the Russian leader indicated he was “looking for a way to end the war.”
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Zelensky Proposes Banning Religious Groups ‘Affiliated’ With Moscow
By Marc Santora | The New York Times
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine called for the nation’s largest and oldest branch of Christian Orthodoxy to be outlawed as long as it continues to answer to church leaders in Moscow, proposing a new law that he said would ensure the nation will “never allow anyone to build an empire inside the Ukrainian soul.”
Netanyahu’s Most Extreme Coalition Partners to Oversee Restive Palestinians
By Shira Rubin | The Washington Post
Israeli Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu has finalized a deal with his far-right coalition partners granting the ultranationalist parties sweeping authority that could, critics say, herald new levels of bitter conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
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U.S. Eyes $156 Million Yacht in Dubai Linked to a Russian Oligarch
By Kate Kelly, Michael Forsythe & Julian E. Barnes | The New York Times
The U.S. Justice Department is taking steps to seize the Madame Gu, a 324-foot luxury yacht, but it will be diplomatically thorny.
Pentagon Eyes Major Expansion of Ukraine Military Training
By Dan Lamothe & Karen DeYoung | The Washington Post
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and other top Pentagon officials are weighing a major expansion in training for the Ukrainian military, a move that could significantly enhance its ability to evict Russian forces from occupied areas even as it deepens U.S. involvement in the war.
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