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The US embassy in Kyiv. Photo: Reuters

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.

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

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

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Opinion | For China, the end of Pax Americana under Trump will be a gift

A US pullback from Europe, Nato and Asia means less pressure and more room for China to attain its trade and security goals.

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Moscow warns US over allowing Ukraine to hit Russia with longer-range missiles

Major US policy shift – long demanded by Ukraine – comes as North Korea deploys troops to help Moscow’s war effort.

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Germany’s Scholz urges Ukraine talks in first call with Putin since 2022

Zelensky warns that the conversation will open ‘a Pandora’s box’, making the Russian leader less isolated internationally.

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Outside In | ‘Trump-proofing’ is distracting the world from far graver challenges

From G20 and Apec to the WTO and Nato, global cooperation on climate, security and open trade and investment must be quickly restored.

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Donald Trump arrives at an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Centre in Florida on November 6. Photo: TNS

US opens missile defence base in Poland to Russia’s irritation

The base was originally intended to protect Europe from Iranian missile threats, but the Kremlin views it differently.

Opinion | Trump’s rise signals the end of US global leadership

Expect greater isolationism in favour of bilateral, outcome-based deals with no more free rides for allies as Trump seeks capitulation, not cooperation.

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Opinion | Trump may end the Ukraine war but no one is walking away a winner

No side remains unscathed, whether it’s Russia’s stagnation, Ukraine’s territorial loss and economic devastation, or the EU’s cost crises.

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A cyclist passes a mail office destroyed by a Russian airstrike in Kurakhove, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on November 7. Photo: AP

US to boost Ukraine support ahead of Trump transition

President-elect Trump, who has questioned US military support for Ukraine, says he will quickly end Russia’s war.

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks to the press following a Nato meeting at the bloc’s headquarters in Brussels. Photo: EPA-EFE

France sends its nuclear-powered carrier to Japan – and a ‘message’ to China

Analysts say the deployment aims to bolster alliances, deter adversaries and demonstrate France’s commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.

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Kremlin dismisses reports Trump and Putin spoke in recent days as ‘pure fiction’

US reports said the two spoke in recent days, with Trump advising Putin not to escalate the war in Ukraine.

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Trump strategist says realistic peace is priority in Ukraine: ‘Crimea is gone’

Trump’s team later distanced itself from Republican operative Bryan Lanza’s remarks, saying he did not speak for the US president-elect.

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A man walks past a banner reading “Victory will be ours!” in the settlement of Sovetsky, Crimea, in October. Photo: Reuters

Opinion | Trump 2.0 signals more drawing of lines between West and the rest

In an all-of-economy bid to upgrade the US defence ecosystem, all global goods and services could be subject to security scrutiny.

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Surrounded by army cadets, Donald Trump, then US president, watches the first half of the 121st Army-Navy Game on December 12, 2020, in West Point, New York. Trump won the US presidential election this week. Photo: AP

Zelensky, Putin vie for edge with Trump ahead of Ukraine pivot

US commitment to Ukraine’s war aid remains uncertain following Trump’s triumph in the 2024 White House race.

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My Take | How North Korea’s troop deployment to Russia is changing attitudes in China

The Chinese public who once derided North Korea as a ‘neighbourhood hooligan’ is now hailing its decision to help Russia in the Ukraine war.

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Putin congratulates Trump on election victory, says Russia is ready for dialogue

Russian president praises ‘real man’ Trump in his first public remarks since US election win.

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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the Valdai Discussion Club meeting in Sochi on Thursday. Photo: AFP

Trump’s national security jobs will go to loyalists, China hawks: analyst

Top candidates to fill secretary of state, other cabinet posts have consistently taken hard lines on Beijing, Chinese companies.

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World waits to see how Trump reshapes US approach to trade, China and security

The Republican promised his supporters a ‘golden age for America’ after securing a mandate to overturn the post-1945 Washington consensus.

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EU leaders, allies mull future after Trump engineers political comeback

Reactions to election outcome range from ‘new beginning’ to despair as leaders consider how to deal with Trump’s return.

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Donald Trump’s US election win resulted in a wide range of reactions from world leaders and diplomats. Trump is seen with Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg in December 2019. Photo: AP

North Korean troops at Ukraine border drive EU to deepen East Asian defence ties

EU envoy Josep Borrell is in Asia to sign defence partnerships with Japan and South Korea while highlighting their ‘interlinked’ security.

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Japanese Defence Minister Gen Nakatani, right, shakes hands with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in Tokyo on Friday. Photo: Kyodo News via AP

Exiting the world stage, Joe Biden leaves a mixed legacy on US-China affairs

Efforts at rebuilding global alliances have proved more successful than establishing an ‘end goal’ in Washington’s China strategy.

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Russia fires missiles to simulate ‘massive’ response to a nuclear attack

Moscow has repeatedly signalled that it will respond if the West allows Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with longer-range weapons.

‘Are they crazy?’: why Seoul is facing backlash for rumoured Ukraine deployment

Seoul is reportedly considering sending military observers to Ukraine to assist in interrogating North Korean prisoners of war.

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South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol shakes hands with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky following talks in Kyiv last year. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

Norway buys US-made air defence missiles for more than US$360 million

Nato member Norway shares a border with Russia and has vowed to ramp up defence spending following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Norway has agreed with the US to buy air defence missiles. Photo: Ukrainian Air Force

Russian forces thwart attempted cross-border assault from Ukraine, official says

‘Armed group’ sought to breach the border between Ukraine and Russia’s Bryansk region, governor says.

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Georgia was victim of Russian ‘special operation’ in election, president says

Salome Zourabichvili said she did not recognise vote results, showing lead for ruling Georgian Dream, called for mass protest on Monday.

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