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Xinjiang Rights Report Ratchets Up Standoff Between the U.S., China

China called the U.N. assessment of possible crimes against humanity in Xinjiang an illegitimate report in a fiery response that underscores Beijing’s deepening geopolitical fissures with Western powers.

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Xinjiang Rights Report Ratchets Up Standoff Between the U.S., China

China called the U.N. assessment of possible crimes against humanity in Xinjiang an illegitimate report in a fiery response that underscores Beijing’s deepening geopolitical fissures with Western powers.

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Russia Committed Potential War Crimes With Forcible Transfers, Group Says

Russian troops forced Ukrainians to Russia and detained and processed them there, in actions that amounted to potential war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said in a new report.

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Russia Committed Potential War Crimes With Forcible Transfers, Group Says

Russian troops forced Ukrainians to Russia and detained and processed them there, in actions that amounted to potential war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said in a new report.

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In China, Some Cities Enact Covid Lockdowns Before Party Congress

Chengdu ordered 21 million residents to stay home just weeks before a Communist Party meeting to decide the nation’s top leadership as the prolonged zero-tolerance policy has hammered the country’s already wobbly economy.

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As inspectors leave Ukraine’s nuclear plant, the mayor of a nearby town has high hopes

Enerhodar Mayor Dmytro Orlov speaks to NPR about the risks of attacks and nuclear disaster with Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia plant under Russian occupation. (Image credit: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)

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Trump ‘obviously thinking’ about running again in 2024 and Ukraine war ‘would not have happened if he was still president’

Donald Trump is “obviously thinking” about running for president again in 2024 as “he hates seeing what’s happening in the country”, his son-in-law has said.

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Trump ‘obviously thinking’ about running again in 2024 and Ukraine war ‘would not have happened if he was still president’

Donald Trump is “obviously thinking” about running for president again in 2024 as “he hates seeing what’s happening in the country”, his son-in-law has said.

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South Korea official: no soft response in case of North Korea nuclear test

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s national security advisor has said he and his counterparts from the United States and Japan have agreed there will be no soft response if North Korea conducts a nuclear test, Yonhap news agency reported on Friday.

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