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Footage released on Thursday shows flashes over the Ukrainian city of Dnipro during a Russian missile attack. Photo: Ukrainian charity Come Back Alive via AFP

Ukraine war: Putin says will test more Oreshnik missiles in combat

The Russian leader has ordered the new hypersonic weapon to be put into serial production, saying other advanced systems are being developed.

Outside In | It’s goodbye to ‘peace dividend’, hello to wars and defence binges

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Seoul says North Korea received Russian missiles in return for troop dispatch

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Russian scientists hail discovery of 32,000-year-old sabre-toothed cat cub

A remarkably well-preserved cat cub, tens of thousands of years old, was discovered in Russia’s permafrost.

The 32,000-year-old sabre-toothed tiger cub, which was found by Russian scientists in the Siberian permafrost. Photo: Academy of Sciences Yakutia via Reuters

Russian ballet world farewells star dancer who died in balcony fall

Renowned Mariinsky dancer Vladimir Shklyarov, 39, died on Saturday after falling from a balcony in St Petersburg.

Little room to mend EU-China ties amid differences over trade, Ukraine

Dialogue and action urged ahead of Donald Trump’s return and as mainland ship is detained by Danish coastguard over cut undersea cables.

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Russia’s Putin hints at strikes on West in ‘global’ Ukraine war

Nato and Ukraine are to hold emergency talks after Russia used an experimental, hypersonic ballistic missile that escalated the conflict.

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Glowing projectiles could be seen plummeting to the ground from the night sky in Dnipro overnight. Photo: Come Back Alive via AFP

Ukraine urges gamers not to enter Chernobyl exclusion zone as Stalker 2 released

Popular first-person shooter is set in a fictitious version of the restricted surroundings of Chernobyl’s nuclear plant.

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US Treasury targets Russia’s Gazprombank with new sanctions

Sanctions freeze Gazprombank’s US assets, ban trade with Americans as Biden moves to punish Russia for Ukraine war before leaving office.

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How Xi’s warning over Korean peninsula highlights Beijing’s diplomatic headache

A statement by Xi Jinping over the volatile Korean peninsula signals China’s growing concern in the region, observers say.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with China’s President Xi Jinping. The Korean peninsula is a growing political headache for Beijing, according to observers. Photo: KCNA VIA KNS/AFP

Ukraine says Russia launched ICBM in attack for first time in war

It marked the latest escalation of the conflict after Ukraine fired Western-supplied long-range missiles on Russia.

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Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of the rocket strike in Dnipro. Photo: EPA-EFE

Ukraine fires UK Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for first time: reports

Ukraine launches UK cruise missiles into Russia, a day after firing long-range US ATACMS.

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US shuts Kyiv embassy over ‘potential significant air attack’

The Italian and Greek embassies said they had also closed their doors after the unusual US warning, while the French embassy remained open.

Kremlin says Russia-US hotline to deflate crisis not in use

Tensions rise as Moscow lowers nuclear strike threshold and Ukraine uses US-made missiles to strike Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting earlier this month. Photo: Sputnik via AP

Russia’s Putin plans India trip, defying US-led efforts to isolate him

As he prepares for his first visit to India since the Ukraine invasion, Russia’s president signals growing confidence in travelling abroad.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at last month’s Brics summit. Photo: AP

G20 ends with call for urgent action on climate, global health, women’s rights

‘We only scratched the surface of the deep challenges the world has to face,’ Brazilian host says as gathering of world leaders concludes.

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At G20, China’s Xi Jinping meets with leaders of Germany, France, Argentina

Germany’s Scholz stresses the importance of ‘a level playing field for companies on all sides’.

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Ukraine strikes Russia with Western missiles as Putin updates nuclear doctrine

Ukrainian forces conducted their first strike in Russia using Western-supplied ATACMS missiles.

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US and South Korean troops fire TACMS missiles and South Korea’s Hyunmoo Missile II, into the waters of the East Sea, off South Korea in July 2017. Photo: Handout/Reutes

Ukraine, marking 1,000 days of Russian invasion, eyes end to war next year

Moscow and Kyiv are pushing to improve their battlefield positions ahead of any negotiations on the war.

Malaysia’s Ukraine stance, closeness to Russia could harm its image: analysts

Kuala Lumpur’s refusal to condemn Moscow and growing ties with Putin in a bid to join the Brics bloc may undermine its non-aligned stance.

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G20 leaders’ declaration urges ‘action’ on wars, climate change

Statement hopeful about ‘soft landing’ for global economy as its silence on North Korean support for Russia reveals China’s sway.

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Global leaders attending the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pose for a group photo at the end of the first session on November 18, 2024. Photo: AFP

Opinion | Russia-North Korea pact is striking in its strategic ambiguity

The text of the treaty suggests the partnership will function more as a strategic hedge than a definitive bond.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens

Russian extradited to US from South Korea to face cybercrime charges

Evgenii Ptitsyn allegedly extorted US$16 million from schools and hospitals using ransomware program, the Justice Department said.

Tear gas used on Ukraine battlefield, chemical weapons agency finds

Banned CS riot gas found in shell and soil samples provided by Ukraine from the war zone.

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As US and India line up in a second Trump administration, China could be targeted

Trump nominees for high-level positions suggest Washington will lean more toward New Delhi and further from Beijing, analysts say.

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Russian gas set to power Shanghai by end of 2024 after pipeline completed

Final section of the east-route natural gas pipeline between China and Russia completed seven months ahead of schedule.

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Workers carrying out an inspection of equipment in the gas pipeline network that crosses the Yellow River and deserts in Zhongwei city, Ningxia province, China. Photo: NurPhoto via Getty Images

North Korea may send 100,000 troops to Russia as Kim tells them to ‘go all out’

The 100,000 figure circulating is an indication that Moscow is planning to fight in Ukraine for a long time, a Russian defence insider said.

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UK’s Starmer says will meet China’s Xi at G20 summit in Brazil

Keir Starmer will be the first UK prime minister to meet China’s president since Theresa May in 2018.

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