Chinese leader Xi Jinping is investigating his military’s most powerful officer. Is it a political coup or a further bid to clear out corruption?

In a prisoner-of-war camp in western Ukraine, a former miner from the east is being interviewed about how he ended up fighting for Russia. His speech is slurred and one arm paralysed: the results not

China is expanding its High North knowledge by paying to join Russian scientific expeditions, further fueling the West’s concerns about potential military use of research

Donald Trump has backed down from his threats of steep tariffs on European allies and the use of military force to take Greenland, saying that he has agreed the “framework of a future deal” with Nato

The conflict between Kyiv and Moscow has become one of attrition, analysts say, with both sides paying a high price for small gains

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