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G7
The G-7 will soon discuss how Ukraine can benefit from Russia’s central bank’s frozen funds, as Moscow’s economy moves to a war footing and increases military spending by 70 percent.
May. 30
Russia
In a shock to donors, the former US president is reported to have suggested he would have bombed the two capitals if they invaded Ukraine and Taiwan during his presidency.
May. 29
China
China's two-day military drills around Taiwan were a "blatant provocation to the international order", Taipei said in a statement Saturday after the war games encircling the self-ruled island ended.
May. 26
China
China’s latest military exercise took place unannounced three days after the island nation’s presidential inauguration and covered certain outlying islands for the first time.
May. 23
Russia
China and Russia's strategic partnership has only grown closer since the invasion of Ukraine, but Beijing has rebuffed Western claims that it is aiding Moscow's war effort.
May. 23
War in Ukraine
UK slams Beijing for providing weapons to Moscow; Lego releases Ukrainian-landmark-designed sets for charity; Three reported killed in AFU strikes on border towns; France holds nuke tests
May. 23
Ukraine
Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation also does not rule out using Chinese vendors when the country can establish 5G connections after the war.
May. 18
War in Ukraine
On Thursday, Putin arrived in China on a two-day visit as Moscow is seeking more support from President Xi Jinping for the war effort in Ukraine following multiple rounds of Western sanctions.
May. 17
War in Ukraine
Putin thanks Chinese autocrat for help in Ukrainian “crisis”; Moscow accuses Kyiv of civilian deaths in Donetsk and Belgorod; Zelensky says the country’s western gas infrastructure is now a target.
May. 17
War in Ukraine
Western countries say vague peace proposals that Beijing issued last year would enable Russia to hold onto much of the territory it has seized in Ukraine.
May. 16
Putin
It is Putin's first trip abroad since his March re-election and the second in just over six months to China, an economic lifeline for Russia after the West hit it with unprecedented sanctions.
May. 16
War in Ukraine
Putin arrives in China; As Blinken discusses latest $2B in aid to Kyiv, White House and Germany signal more Patriots on the way; AFU claims 700 Russian troops lost in Kharkiv front in the past week.
May. 16
War in Ukraine
Putin arrives in Beijing on Thursday to meet his "dear friend" Xi Jinping, seeking to win greater support from China for his war effort in Ukraine and isolated economy.
May. 15
Europe
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
May. 10
War in Ukraine
The Russian state-owned energy company has posted its biggest losses in a quarter of a century after gas sales more than halved with the loss of its European markets because of the war in Ukraine.
May. 9
Mongolia, planned as a transit country for Russia’s Power of Siberia-2 gas pipeline to northeastern China, did not include the project in its development plans through to 2028.
Aug. 22