The approximately 2,300 people who have been invited to attend the coronation ceremony for King Charles II of Britain on Saturday in London includes a mix of new faces, old lineages, world leaders, pop icons and a dash of controversy. Among those to receive the invitation — a hand-painted card by an heraldic artist, reproduced […]
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Can China Make Peace in Ukraine? Macron Isn’t Saying No.
President Emmanuel Macron of France arrives in Beijing on Wednesday determined to carve out a distinct role for Europe that avoids America’s confrontation with an assertive China, and convinced that there is a place for China in ending the war in Ukraine. Battered at home by protests over his decision to raise the French retirement […]
South Africa and Russia Are Old Friends. A War Isn’t Going to Change That.
JOHANNESBURG — Ships, sailors and soldiers from Russia and China have begun arriving in South Africa for joint military drills that feature a Russian warship bearing the letters Z and V — Russia’s patriotic symbols for its war in Ukraine — and carrying what Russia boasts is a hypersonic missile. At a time when many […]