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07 December 2022, Saxony, Freiberg: Two employees work in crystal growth at Freiberg-based Compound Materials GmbH. Gallium arsenide wafers for microelectronics and optoelectronics are produced here. These are used for high-frequency components for 4G/5G communication or are used in LEDs or lasers. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa (Photo by Jan Woitas/picture alliance via Getty Images) Europe’s Great Catch-Up on China
With the Ukraine war as a wake-up call, Europe is gradually coming to grips with the China threat.
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Refugees disembark from a U.S. Air Force aircraft after an evacuation flight from Kabul at the Rota naval base in Rota, Spain. Bill That Would Provide Lifeline to Afghan Refugees Blocked in Congress
The Afghan Adjustment Act didn’t make it into the final major spending bill, leaving refugees in limbo.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin flies on a helicopter to visit a military outpost in Nalchik, Russia. Whatever Happened to Russia’s Vaunted Cyberoffensive?
The war in Ukraine is more about artillery shells than cyberexploits—for now.
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Then-U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on COVID-19. U.S. Intel Community Dropped the Ball on COVID-19, Congress Finds
But early missteps were made worse by White House inaction.
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Opposition supporters protest the Bangladeshi government in Dhaka on Dec. 10. Bangladeshis Have Had Enough
The country is meant to go to the polls next year. It might erupt first.
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Russia's United Nations ambassador, Vasily Nebenzya, attends a U.N. Security Council meeting where the United Kingdom officially announces the latest findings behind the poisoning of Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in March in New York City. Congress Wants to Boot Russia From U.N. Security Council
The Biden administration is also interested in watering down Russia’s influence at the United Nations.
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People are detained as pro-democracy protesters gather in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong on June 12, 2020. Hong Kong Activists Are Taking Note of Chinese Protest Successes
Beijing is still making an example of a rebel city.
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Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo speaks after casting his ballot at the polling station of the former Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Malabo during Equatorial Guinea's presidential, legislative and municipal elections on November 20, 2022. Biden Plays Nice With Equatorial Guinea to Spoil China’s Atlantic Ambitions
The world’s longest-serving autocrat will be feted this week in Washington.
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A demonstrator lights a candle at a makeshift memorial during a protest in front of the Chinese Embassy in Berlin in solidarity with protesters in China on Dec. 3. China’s Protests Electrify the Global Diaspora
The marches against zero-COVID policies have sparked movements worldwide.
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Employees work on the assembly line for the Volkswagen ID.3 electric car of German carmaker Volkswagen at a production site in Dresden, Germany. Brussels Is Ditching Its Free-Trade Gospel
With Biden continuing on Trump’s protectionist path, the EU is embracing the same.
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Chadian interim-President Mahamat Idriss Déby attends a forum. Chad’s Coup Leader Stops Democracy in Its Tracks
Chad’s transitional government asserts its power with violent repression.
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Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh (right) and Chinese ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian take part in a groundbreaking ceremony. U.S. Looks to Check Chinese Advances at Cambodian Naval Base
You can’t lay a string of pearls if you can’t get full access.
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French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Joe Biden talk. Macron’s Gone From ‘Strategic Autonomy’ to ‘Strategic Intimacy’
What a difference a war makes.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks with with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Senegalese President Macky Sall. Biden’s Big Africa Summit Carefully Sidesteps China
In a U-turn from the Trump administration, Team Biden wants to court African nations without talking about Beijing.
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A Ukrainian tank rolls along a road near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region. ‘General Frost’ Will Be Fighting for Both Sides This Time
Winter may slow down Ukraine’s advances, but Kyiv is better prepared than Russia’s ragtag forces.
