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At U.N. General Assembly, China underscored commitment to claim Taiwan
Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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U.S. steps up diplomatic efforts with China on Taiwan, Russia
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi during the 77th United Nations General Assembly on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. (David 'Dee' Delgado/Pool Photo via AP)
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Trudeau, South Korean leader discuss threats from Russia and China
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol are seen before a meeting in his office on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Putin’s nuclear threats put world on verge of new Cuban Missile Crisis, Ukraine warns
Ukrainian soldiers fire in the recently retaken city of Kupiansk, in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged missile and artillery barrages on Thursday as both sides refused to concede ground despite recent military setbacks for Moscow and the toll on the invaded country after almost seven months of war. (AP Photo/Kostiantyn Liberov)
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New ambassador to China must speak out on human-rights abuses, Trudeau says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to name career diplomat Jennifer May as ambassador to China. Photo credit Diplomat Magazine
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UN-mandated inquiry concludes war crimes were committed in Ukraine
Jasminka Dzumhur, Erik Mose and Pablo de Greiff, members of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, attend a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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The ‘friendship’ between Xi and Putin has hit a rough patch
Konrad Yakabuski
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Occupied Ukraine holds Kremlin-staged vote on joining Russia
FILE - A military vehicle drives along a street with a billboard that reads: "With Russia forever, September 27", prior to a referendum in Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic controlled by Russia-backed separatists, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Four occupied regions in Ukraine are set to start voting Friday Sept. 23, 2022 in Kremlin-engineered referendums on whether to become part of Russia, setting the stage for Moscow to annex the areas in a sharp escalation of the nearly seven-month war. (AP Photo/File)
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Finland says traffic on border with Russia remains busy
*** BESTPIX *** Vehicles queue to cross the border from Russia to Finland at the Nuijamaa border checkpoint in Lappeenranta, Finland, on September 22, 2022. - Finnish border authorities said on September 22, 2022 that they had seen an increase in traffic from Russia following Putin's announcement, but stressed that the influx was still at relatively low levels. Russian President Putin's decision this week to mobilise several hundred thousand reservists has spurred a fresh exodus over the country's borders. - Finland OUT (Photo by Lauri Heino / Lehtikuva / AFP) / Finland OUT (Photo by LAURI HEINO/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea for joint drills
The U.S. carrier USS Ronald Reagan is escorted as it arrives in Busan, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier arrived in Busan port on Friday ahead of the two countries' joint military exercise that aims to show their strength against growing North Korean threats. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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Trudeau to name career diplomat Jennifer May as Canada’s first female ambassador to China
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to name career diplomat Jennifer May as ambassador to China. Photo credit Diplomat Magazine
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UN-appointed expert says better sanctions on Myanmar needed
UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Tom Andrews gives a press conference during the 51th Human Rights Council in Geneva on September 22, 2022. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
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In Ukraine, Russia presses military and political campaigns
Cars queue to cross the border from Russia to Finland at the Nuijamaa border check point in Lappeenranta, Finland, September 22, 2022. Lauri Heino/Lehtikuva/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. FINLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN FINLAND.
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South Korean leader pushing for access to Canadian critical minerals, natural gas
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during the Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment Conference, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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In speech to UN, Zelensky urges world leaders to punish Russia for invasion
Ukraine’s President Volodimir Zelenski is pictured on video screens as he delivers a recorded address to the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Segar
opinion
Vladimir Putin is running out of options in Ukraine
The Editorial Board
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Putin’s partial military mobilization, nuclear threat draw condemnation from West
Riot police detain demonstrators during a protest against mobilization in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a partial mobilization of reservists in Russia, effective immediately. He risks a deeply unpopular step that follows humiliating setbacks for his troops nearly seven months after invading Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
analysis
The dangerous logic behind Russia’s plans to formally annex occupied Ukrainian regions
A billboard promoting contract army service with an image of a serviceman and the slogan reading "Serving Russia is a real job" sits in Saint Petersburg on September 20, 2022. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP) (Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Canada sails warship through Taiwan Strait
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Vancouver makes its approach on United States Naval Ship Yukon for a Replenishment-at-Sea on August 23, 2022, off the coast of Guam during Operation PROJECTION. Please credit: Sgt Ghislain Cotton, Canadian Armed Forces photo
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The world is in ‘peril’, UN chief warns General Assembly
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 20, 2022. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)