Xi and Putin round on West at regional summit in China

TIANJIN, Sept 01 (AFP): Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin took turns Monday to swipe at the West during a gathering of Eurasian leaders for a showpiece summit aimed at putting Beijing front and centre of regional relations.The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), comprising China, India, Russia, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,...

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Ukraine war: Putin praises Turkey's mediation efforts

TIANJIN, Sept 01 (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Turkey's mediation attempts around the Ukraine war at a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in China on Monday."I'm confident that Turkey's special role in these matters will continue to be in demand," the Russian president said during talks...

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Airstrikes kill at least 19 in Gaza

GAZA, Sept 01(Reuters): Israel pushed tanks deeper into Gaza City and detonated explosives-laden vehicles in one suburb as airstrikes killed at least 19 people on Monday, Palestinian officials and witnesses said.Reports of the offensive came as the president of the world's leading genocide scholars' association said it had passed a...

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