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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

US, Russia to resume high-level military talks

A Russian Topol-M ICBM drives across Red Square in a Victory Day Parade in Moscow. — AFP File

Russian captain jailed for 6 years for fatal North Sea crash

Smoke rises from the MV Solong cargo ship in the North Sea, off the coast of Withernsea, east of England, after it collided with the MV Stena Immaculate tanker. - AFP File

Heathrow still Europe's busiest airport

London Heathrow remained the busiest aviation hub in Europe last year.

'Expiring nuclear pact makes every crisis more dangerous'

US President Barack Obama (L) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START II) at Prague Castle in Prague

Energy truce collapses as Ukraine accuses Russia of 'winter genocide'

Residents react at the site of the apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Tuesday. — Reuters

WHO appeals for $1 bn for world's worst health crises in 2026

The UN health agency estimated 239 million people would need urgent humanitarian assistance this year and the money would keep essential health services going.

France summons Musk for questioning

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Russia accelerated Ukraine advance in January despite coldest temperatures

Ukrainian servicemen of the 33rd separate assault regiment participate in a training at an undisclosed location in Zaporizhzhia region. — AFP

WHO chief says turmoil creates chance for reset

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Ukraine conflict talks postponed to Wednesday

A local restaurant distributes hot soup to attendees of an outdoor party on a side of the frozen Dnipro River in a residential neighbourhood of Kyiv. — AFP

Ukraine N-safety concerns

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi at the IAEA Board of Governors emergency meeting on Ukraine in Vienna

Trump's new Minneapolis point man vows 'smarter' operation

A law enforcement member holds a weapon as they stand guard while people protest outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building

Trump picks ex-US Fed official as next central bank chief

Kevin Warsh, Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution and lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, speaks during the Sohn Investment Conference in New York City

EU eyes migration clampdown with push on deportations, visas

EU High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas talks to journalists upon arrival for a EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels. - AFP

Spain minister says oppn spreading false train crash claims

Spain Transport Minister Oscar Puente
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