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Small bands of Russian soldiers thrust deeper into Eastern Ukraine on Tuesday before a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, which European leaders fear ...

On the surface, Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s back-to-back summits with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin ...

Less than a week after Xi rolled out the red carpet for Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin arrived to a similar welcome — with ...

Putin is said to be in the "most challenging period" of his nearly 30 years in power amid claims he has become increasingly isolated and paranoid as the conflict grinds on ...

There will be long-lasting consequences of Russian and American aggression ...

Xi Jinping's carefully choreographed hosting of Donald Trump (May 13-15) and Vladimir Putin (May 19-20) within the span of a single week was no coincidence. It was a calculated assertion of China's ...

Observers noted one key difference between Vladimir Putin's welcome in Beijing and Donald Trump's arrival days earlier as it ...

On the surface, Chinese leader Xi Jinping's back-to-back summits with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin ...

Xi and Putin jointly condemned Trump's Golden Dome missile defence shield plans, a week after Xi hosted Trump in Beijing.

Vladimir Putin landed in China on Tuesday to a warm welcome from his “dear friend” President Xi Jinping, but he arrived with ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in China for meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The visit comes less than ...