Biden seeks diplomacy in prisoner swap,Putin may see different lesson

Biden seeks diplomacy in prisoner swap,Putin may see different lesson

Eleven days after his remarkable decision to drop out of the US election,America’s now lame-duck president had one of the most important breakthroughs of his time in office.

  • byFarrah Tomazin

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Rewriting history in real time:Russia builds Wikipedia copy … with a few edits

Rewriting history in real time:Russia builds Wikipedia copy … with a few edits

The most sensitive moments of history have been left out or rewritten on RuWiki. The Kremlin hopes millions of Russians will now embrace these new versions as the truth.

  • byThe Economist
Crimean beachgoers struck by deadly shrapnel shower from missile

Crimean beachgoers struck by deadly shrapnel shower from missile

Footage on Russian state television showed people running from a beach and some people being carried off on sun loungers.

  • byGuy Faulconbridge andFilipp Lebedev
Russia v the Olympics:How hacks,bedbug scares and a fake Tom Cruise could disrupt the Games

Russia v the Olympics:How hacks,bedbug scares and a fake Tom Cruise could disrupt the Games

Total meltdown or death by a thousand hacks? The Paris Games face the biggest cyber threat so far. And the fallout could reach well beyond cyberspace.

  • bySherryn Groch andMarta Pascual Juanola
World leaders just pledged ‘lasting peace’ in Ukraine. Achieving it is still a long way off

World leaders just pledged ‘lasting peace’ in Ukraine. Achieving it is still a long way off

Any path to ending war in Ukraine will cost many more lives and billions and billions of dollars.

  • byRob Harris
The Finns are the happiest people on the planet. Here’s why they’re not smiling
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The Finns are the happiest people on the planet. Here’s why they’re not smiling

A dreadful danger has risen on Finland’s border in the past couple of years which is no smiling matter.

  • byPeter Hartcher
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‘The mood is very anxious’:As Russians mass across the border,town braces for attack

‘The mood is very anxious’:As Russians mass across the border,town braces for attack

Sumy repulsed Russian forces during the 2022 full-scale invasion,now bombs,missiles and rockets are falling on its citizens.

  • byCarlotta Gall andOleksandr Chubko
Putin warns that Russia could arm others to strike Western targets

Putin warns that Russia could arm others to strike Western targets

Germany joined the United States recently in authorising Ukraine to hit some targets on Russian soil with the long-range weapons they are supplying to Kyiv.

  • byJames Jordan andHarriet Morris
Xi and Putin’s love-in is an ominous sign for the West

Xi and Putin’s love-in is an ominous sign for the West

Russia and China have traditionally treated each other with mutual suspicion and loathing. But now they are closer than ever.

  • byLiam Halligan
Fury in Georgia as ‘Russian law’ bill passes parliament
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Fury in Georgia as ‘Russian law’ bill passes parliament

Moscow uses similar legislation to crack down on independent news media,nonprofits and activists critical of the Kremlin,opposition says.

  • bySophiko Megrelidze
The world’s biggest country is off-limits. Here’s where to go instead
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The world’s biggest country is off-limits. Here’s where to go instead

You want vast and unknowable? Try the ninth-largest country in the world or one of its neighbours.

  • byBen Groundwater