Sir Keir Starmer has said he told Xi Jinping he wanted “respectful” relations with Beijing as he became the first prime minister to meet the Chinese president since 2018. The Prime Minister raised the case of detained pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai in a sign he was prepared to challenge China over human rights abuses, but…
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to meet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday on the sidelines of G20 summit in Brazil, state broadcaster China Central Television said. Downing Street said earlier on Monday that the talks were expected to be “serious, pragmatic discussions”. The two countries have tried to mend their ties in…
While Russian gains are putting pressure on the Ukrainian front, Radakin said, Moscow is suffering losses “for tiny increments of land.” The Kremlin does not provide figures on the impact the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has had on the Russian military. A Wall Street Journal report in September said more than a million…