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Macron says he's counting on Xi Jinping to 'bring Russia to its senses'

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he is counting on his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to "bring Russia to its senses" over Moscow's war in Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

IMF Sees Global Growth Below 3% in 2023

The International Monetary Fund expects global economic growth to dip below 3% in 2023 and to remain around 3% for the next five years, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in prepared remarks on Thursday. That is the global lender's lowest medium-term growth forecast since 1990, and well below the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia continues information crackdown with new Wikimedia fine

The Wikimedia Foundation, owner of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, was fined by a Russian court on Thursday for failing to delete content considered extremist as Moscow pursues a drive to crack down on independent sources of information.

Reuters

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Putin, Lukashenko hold talks on defense, economic ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart are holding talks on expanding their economic cooperation and bolstering defense ties that include a plan to deploy Russia’ nuclear weapons to its neighbor and ally amid the fighting in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Ukraine war: the lessons from the Northern Ireland peace process

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…

The Conversation

Global economy heading for weakest growth since 1990, says IMF boss

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

The Guardian - UK

France implores China to ‘bring Russia to its senses’ on Ukraine

France’s president, accompanied by the European Commission chief, says he wants to ‘be a voice that unites Europe’.

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Drunk man breaks into SONG after falling from 19th floor and landing on a car

The man crashed down on to a parked car outside a building in the city of Voronezh in southwest Russia on April - but despite the car being wrecked, he was unharmed and even got up to start belting out a tune

Daily Mirror

Reporting is not espionage – but history shows that journalists doing the former get accused of the latter

The detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in Russia on espionage charges marks an unusual throwback to the old Soviet tactics for handling foreign correspondents.

The Conversation

The improbable story of DeFi platform Euler pressured a hacker into returning nearly $200M.

A high stakes negotiation resulted in allies of Euler bluffing a Russian hacker into returning a fortune he stole from the DeFi platform.

Fortune

Ukraine ‘may be willing to hold talks on Crimea with Russia if counter-offensive succeeds’

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

Evening Standard

Iga Swiatek says tennis authorities should have banned Russian players

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

The Independent UK

Russia's Prigozhin says no sign Ukraine quitting Bakhmut, more support needed

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.

Reuters

Ukrainian forces take fight to streets of besieged Bakhmut

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

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The Guardian - UK

Macron urges Xi to bring Russia ‘back to reason’ over Ukraine

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

Daily Mirror

World No.1 Iga Swiatek demands tennis do "better" after Wimbledon's U-turn on Russia ban

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

ABC News

Russian girl who drew anti-war picture leaves orphanage with mother, commissioner says

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.

Reuters

Kremlin: Nuclear deployment to Belarus is response to NATO expansion

The Kremlin on Wednesday defended its decision to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, rejecting criticism of the move by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.

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The Guardian - UK

Ukraine may be willing to hold talks on Crimea, suggests Zelenskiy adviser

Andriy Sybiha expresses Kyiv’s interest in negotiations with Moscow should Ukrainian forces reach region

Al Jazeera

Wagner advances in Bakhmut as Ukraine gears up for counterattack

Russian mercenaries say they have seized the centre of Bakhmut as Ukraine’s troops train for new offensives.

Radio France Internationale

Macron, von der Leyen meet with President Xi in Beijing

French President Emmanuel Macron met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, as the French leader seeks to dissuade China from supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Macron seeks China’s help on Ukraine as Xi ‘willing to call Zelensky’

‘I know I can count on you to bring back Russia to reason’

The Independent UK

Rustam Muradov: Putin ‘sacks one of Russia’s most senior commanders in Ukraine’

More military dismissals likely to follow, British defence ministry intelligence update says

Al Jazeera

Kazakh official: Not the time to resolve differences through war

Roman Vassilenko, Kazakhstan’s deputy foreign minister, calls for diplomacy to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

Reuters

State actor involvement in Nord Stream pipeline attacks is 'main scenario', says Swedish investigator

A state actor's involvement in the blast of the Nord Stream pipelines last year is the "absolute main scenario", though confirming identity will prove difficult, the Swedish prosecutor investigating the attack said on Thursday.

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