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Amid Russia's war, pope says faith cannot justify such evil

Pope Francis has told the Russian Orthodox hierarchy and other faith leaders that religion must never be used to justify the “evil” of war and that God must never “be held hostage to the human thirst for power.”

The Independent UK

Ukraine’s officials claim to have discovered ‘torture chamber’ used by Russian troops – as it happened

Ukraine says cell has Lord’s Prayer carved into the wall in Ukrainian

The Guardian - AU

Shooting breaks out between Kyrgyz, Tajik border guards - Russian agencies

Shooting broke out on Wednesday between guards patrolling the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, Russian news agencies said, citing the Kyrgyz border service.

Reuters

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Xi Jinping returns to world stage with Putin to counter US dominance

BEIJING: In the almost 1,000 days since Xi Jinping last ventured abroad, China has found itself increasingly isolated within the US-led world order. He’s finally reemerging this week alongside Russia’s Vladimir Putin to showcase his vision for a viable alternative.

The Times of India

China keeps West guessing about economic pressure on Russia

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is keeping the West guessing about whether Beijing will cooperate with tougher sanctions on Moscow as he meets President Vladimir Putin a year after declaring a “no limits” friendship ahead of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Supersonic anti-ship missile faster than any other torpedo developed by China

Chinese scientists are developing a supersonic anti-ship missile which they claim to be faster than any other rival torpedo and it comes as the global arms race has heated up

Daily Mirror

China must rebuke Russia's Putin: Albanese

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wants China's Xi Jinping to remind Vladimir Putin of Russia's international law obligations in relation to Ukraine.

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US has very close defence relationship with India: Pentagon

WASHINGTON: The United States has a very close defence relationship with India, the Pentagon has said as it dismissed questions about the latest multinational military exercises involving Russia, India and China.

The Times of India

Strength of ‘limitless’ China-Russia ties to be tested at summit

Military setback in Ukraine further weakens Russian position as leaders prepare to jostle for regional influence in Uzbekistan

The Guardian - UK

Richardson visits Moscow as Griner, Whelan remain jailed

Bill Richardson, who has worked to secure the releases of WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan, visited Moscow this week and held meetings with Russian leaders

The Independent UK

In liberated Ukraine town, locals sob with relief, relate harrowing accounts

The guns had gone quiet after three days of fighting in the battle-scarred northeast Ukrainian town of Balakliia, but Mariya Tymofiyeva said it was only when she saw Ukrainian soldiers that it hit her that over six months of Russian occupation had ended.

Reuters

Russian intelligence officers and military commanders flee Crimea, Kyiv claims – as it happened

Russian intelligence officers and military commanders in south ‘urgently resettling families’, Ukraine claims

The Guardian - AU

US says Russia covertly spent $300 million to sway foreign votes

Russia has secretly funneled more than $300 million to foreign political parties and candidates since 2014 in an effort to influence elections in more than two dozen countries, a senior U.S. official told reporters.

Tribune News Service

‘They were in a sad state’: Ukraine forces find Russians in retreat

The time and tide of the conflict is changing, temporarily at least, reports Kim Sengupta from Kyiv

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Russia’s Putin to meet Indian PM Modi to boost trade ties

Russian leader, Indian PM will hold talks in Uzbekistan on Friday to discuss trade and fertiliser sales, Kremlin says.

The Guardian - UK

Balakliia residents take stock after Ukraine recaptures frontline town

Local people paint picture of young Russian occupiers without conviction to the Kremlin’s cause

The Independent UK

Russian forces ‘ordered to retreat’ from Kharkiv as some leave weapons behind in ‘apparent panic’

Recent gains by Ukraine likened to ‘scoring a goal before half-time’

WEKU

Ukrainian ballet dancer Oleksandr Shapoval is killed on the battlefield

Shapoval volunteered to fight after Russia invaded Ukraine. His unit was recently sent to one of "the hottest zones" in the country, according to The National Opera of Ukraine.

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The Hindu

For India, the buzzword now is ‘all-alignment’

Its participation in the SCO summit is a clear signal of pursuing multi-alignment with its partners worldwide

Reuters

Exclusive-U.S. weighs China sanctions to deter Taiwan action, Taiwan presses EU

The United States is considering options for a sanctions package against China to deter it from invading Taiwan, with the European Union coming under diplomatic pressure from Taipei to do the same, according to sources familiar with the discussions.

Roll Call

Taiwan, US struggle over differences on weapons to counter China

Washington is likely to send Taiwan more weapons in coming years to counter China — if the two sides can agree on which arms are needed.

Reuters

Russian council faces dissolution after call for Putin's removal

A group of St Petersburg local politicians who called for President Vladimir Putin to be sacked over the war in Ukraine faces the likely dissolution of their district council following a judge's ruling on Tuesday, one of the deputies said.

Reuters

U.S. warns that Russia will step up covert political influence to undermine sanctions

The United States expects that Russia will increasingly turn to covert political financing in the coming months to undermine international sanctions over the war in Ukraine and maintain Moscow's influence abroad, a senior Biden administration official said on Tuesday, citing declassified U.S. intelligence.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine’s counteroffensive explained in maps

Ukraine says it has recaptured 8,000 square kilometres (3,090 square miles) of territory from Russian forces this month.

Irish Mirror

EU chief to announce Union will wean itself off Russian oil and gas

The speech is an annual event where the Commission ‘s President sets out her priorities for the year.

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