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Germany's Merz meets Xi in China, seeking closer ties

BEIJING: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday, hoping to bolster ties with his country's largest trade partner and high-tech rival as Europe's biggest...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (2nd L) participates in a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd R) at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. — AFP

French Prime Minister faces parliament in political crisis

France's PM Sebastien Lecornu (C) addresses general political remarks, at the French National Assembly, in Paris. — AFP

Russia struck aid convoy in southern Ukraine, says UN

Ukrainian firefighters work to extinguish a smouldering building, in Kharkiv. — AFP

Russia halts Putin-Trump call after Tomahawks warning

Infantry recruits protect against a simulated drone attack, in eastern Ukraine. — AFP

France's Macron rejects to resign, as no-confidence votes threaten new govt

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to the media, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. — Reuters

Ukraine stronghold evacuates families as Russia nears

Firefighters work inside the burned-out Sigma shopping mall, in Donetsk, Ukraine. — Reuters

Reappointed French PM scrambles to form government

France's PM Sebastien Lecornu (C), speaks to journalists, on the southern outskirts of Paris. — AFP

Zelensky urges Trump to broker Ukraine peace

This combination shows US President Donald Trump (L) and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky. — AFP

Machado dedicates Nobel win to people of Venezuela, and Trump

Maria Corina Machado

Kyiv plunged into darkness after mass Russian attack

A municipal service worker cleans up debris near buildings damaged during a strike, in the town of Brovary, Kyiv. — Reuters

Hungary's 'master of the apocalypse' wins literature Nobel

Laszlo Krasznahorkai

European Union rolls out automated border checks

A man operates an automated EES kiosk during a demonstration of the European Union's Entry/Exit System (EES) at the Eurotunnel terminal in Folkestone, Britain. — Reuters file photo

Putin admits Russian role in 2024 Azerbaijani jet crash

The crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, 2024. — AFP file photo

Trio wins chemistry Nobel for new form of molecular architecture

The Nobel Committee for Chemistry announces the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Wednesday. — AFP

Britain's storied Conservative party faces uncertain future

Kemi Badenoch delivers a speech on the final day of the annual Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Wednesday. — AFP

Britain's Conservative Party faces an uncertain future

Conservative Party Conference, in Manchester
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