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NATO launches diplomatic attack on China over support for Russia’s war

NATO launches diplomatic attack on China over support for Russia’s war

NATO leaders issued the alliance’s strongest-ever language calling out China’s military support for Russia’s war in Ukraine.

  • by Donato Paolo Mancini and Peter Martin

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World of photos, July 12, 2024
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World of photos, July 12, 2024

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Rewriting history in real time: Russia builds Wikipedia copy … with a few edits

Rewriting history in real time: Russia builds Wikipedia copy … with a few edits

The most sensitive moments of history have been left out or rewritten on RuWiki. The Kremlin hopes millions of Russians will now embrace these new versions as the truth.

  • by The Economist
Respect for Macron falls to new low among French public

Respect for Macron falls to new low among French public

Emmanuel Macron was once France’s young and charismatic president who embodied hope. He is now widely despised, considered narcissistic and disconnected.

  • by Rob Harris
Suspected crossbow killer served in army and has brother who is a convicted murderer
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Suspected crossbow killer served in army and has brother who is a convicted murderer

A manhunt was sparked after Carol Hunt and her daughters Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25, were found fatally injured at the family home near London.

  • by Pan Pylas
King allows public to see other side of famous palace balcony for first time

King allows public to see other side of famous palace balcony for first time

Inside the Centre Room at Buckingham Palace, a first group of visitors will be allowed to peer out at where crowds gather for jubilees, royal weddings and birthdays.

  • by Hannah Furness
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Le Pen faces criminal investigation for French election campaign funding

Le Pen faces criminal investigation for French election campaign funding

Revelations about the investigation into her finances surrounding her 2022 presidential bid come as a new poll places her as the frontrunner in the next race.

  • by Gaspard Sebag and Ania Nussbaum
Ukrainians salvage what they can from key children’s hospital after Russian strike

Ukrainians salvage what they can from key children’s hospital after Russian strike

As rescue workers finished sifting through the rubble, doctors and nurses raced to help the scores of critically ill children who now must find care elsewhere.

  • by Marc Santora and Megan Specia
US officials say Russia unlikely to take much more Ukrainian territory

US officials say Russia unlikely to take much more Ukrainian territory

Russia’s problems represent a significant change in the dynamic of the war, which had favoured Moscow in recent months.

  • by Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt
Children in a cancer hospital are not soldiers of war
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Children in a cancer hospital are not soldiers of war

The Russian missile attack on a Kyiv paediatric hospital has brought worldwide condemnation yet Russia blamed Ukraine air defences.

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Private schools are meant to help you get ahead. Not in Starmer’s cabinet

Private schools are meant to help you get ahead. Not in Starmer’s cabinet

Two-thirds of Rishi Sunak’s cabinet were privately educated, but only one MP in Labour’s new cabinet paid to go to school. It’s a rapid turnaround.

  • by Rob Harris