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As the French and Chinese presidents, Emmanuel Macron and Xi Jinping, were discussing the need for more constructive international engagement to end the war in Ukraine, it emerged this week that Ukraine, too, was open to reconsidering its options. A top adviser to Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, noted that Kyiv…

Kristalina Georgieva says slowdown last year after Covid pandemic and Russian invasion of Ukraine could persist for five years

It is the most explicit suggestion yet of Ukraine’s interest in negotiaton since peace talks failed last April

The world No 1 believes the tennis authorities should banned Russian and Belarusian players from competing in any tournament from the beginning

The head of Russia's private Wagner militia said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces were not abandoning the city of Bakhmut but that, even if they did, he would need more support from the regular military before trying to advance further.

Ukrainian and Russian forces are battling in the streets of Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine's devastated "fortress" city.

French president makes plea as two leaders hold first of series of high-level meetings in Beijing

Wimbledon will permit Russian and Belarusian tennis players to compete at SW19 this year, following a U-turn on the sanction that saw them banned for the 2022 event

A Russian girl who was sent to an orphanage after drawing an anti-war picture, for which her father was convicted for discrediting the armed forces, has been collected by her mother who has not lived with the family for at least seven years.