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Former Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico points with both hands as he speaks into a microphone while standing on an event stage. Fico is a white man in his 50s with graying hair, wearing a blue suit. Slovakia Is Headed Back to the (Recent) Past
Robert Fico is anti-Europe, pro-Russia, and could take back his seat as prime minister in this month’s snap elections.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) shakes hands with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of the G-20 leaders' summit in New Delhi on Sept. 9. Trudeau Says India Likely Behind Murder of Canadian Sikh Leader
Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s assassination has created a diplomatic crisis.
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (left) shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban as he arrives for the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11. Hungary Is Not Out to Scuttle Sweden and NATO
Orban just wants the Swedes to kiss the ring. Turkey might still be a problem.
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Customers try out smartphones at a Huawei flagship store in Shanghai on Sept. 3. China’s Tech Industry Shows It Still Means Business
Recent strides in chipmaking and artificial intelligence show Beijing’s post-export control world taking shape.
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A view from the cockpit shows backlit control panels and two pilots inside a KC-130J aerial refueler en route from Williamtown to Darwin as the sun sets on the horizon. America Prepares for a Pacific War With China It Doesn’t Want
Embedded with U.S. forces in the Pacific, I saw the dilemmas of deterrence firsthand.
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A woman with short hair and wearing camouflage fatigues is seen from behind as she speaks into a phone receiver. As she speaks she looks through the window in front of her, through which the surface of the ocean is visible, with another boat floating nearby. China Brings Out the Big Guns in the South China Sea
The Chinese navy and maritime militia are using water cannons, laser dazzlers, and harassing tactics to try to push smaller nations out of the area.
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A wide shot shows a large, round assembly hall room. At the end of an aisle is the front of the room, where U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at a podium beneath a gold United Nations insignia that hangs on the wall. What to Expect When You’re Expecting the U.N. General Assembly
Not a whole lot. But from Russia’s war to climate change and the global south, changes are afoot.
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Sevastopol Gov. Mikhail Razvozhaev speaks on a mobile phone as smoke and flames rise behind him from the burning Sevastopol Shipyard in Russian-annexed Crimea at night after an attack by Ukraine. Also seen are fire-fighhting vehicles. Russia’s Home Port in Occupied Crimea Is Under Fire
“If you’re on a Russian naval ship, you’re not safe anywhere in the Black Sea,” said one retired U.S. admiral.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un exchange gifts following their talks at the Far Eastern Federal University campus in Vladivostok, Russia. Weapons, Prestige, and Sticking It to the West: Why Putin and Kim Jong Un Are Meeting
Russia needs weapons for Ukraine. North Korea is looking for a quid pro quo.
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Military personnel wearing protective suits remove a police car and other vehicles from a public car park as they continue investigations into the poisoning of Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, England. Russia’s Would-Be Assassins Still Stalk Europe’s Streets
Moscow’s regular spies have been expelled. Their kill squads are still active.
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This aerial photo shows rescuers evacuating residents down a flooded street using a kayak after heavy rains in Xiamen, in China's eastern Fujian province Climate Change Could Drown China’s Food Security
China has a fifth of the world’s population but just 9 percent of its arable land—and that bit is increasingly underwater.
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A sign in the shape of the map of Ukraine in the blue and yellow colors of the flag with the inscription "Heroes do not die" in Cyrillic rests on the grave of a fallen soldier at Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine. A cross made of sticks and greenery and lanterns frame the scene. The Washington Whiz Kids Mapping the War in Ukraine
How the Institute For the Study of War became the media’s go-to source for tracking the Russian invasion.
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A man wearing a helmet and standing next to a parked moped holds a cell phone in his hands as he takes a photo of a wall next to the sidewalk. The wall is painted red and illustrated with the portrait of a candidate in the Maldives' upcoming presidential election, along with a hashtag reading "Free President Yameen." Maldives’ Months-Old Party Hopes to Shatter Establishment Grip
Elections might reshape a political landscape marked by corruption and violence.
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U.S. President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. Biden’s Absence at ASEAN Summit Seen as Snub to Southeast Asia
In the game of great-power competition against China, showing up is half the battle.
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Soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo runs across the grass on a pitch as he celebrates a goal. Ronaldo's arms are outstretched, and he sticks out his tongue as he looks up at the crowd in the stands. The Gulf Is Playing Hardball With European Soccer
Critics say petrodollars are wrecking the beautiful game—in a way that rubles, euros, and baht never quite did.
