Category : Analysis
Author: Nic Robertson

President Vladimir Putin always relished his global outings, burnishing his image as one of the big guns running the world.

While the Kremlin is dissing the International Criminal Court's war crimes charges against him, inside the Kremlin walls another reality will be emerging. Putin's world just got smaller.

Article: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/18/europe/putin-icc-arrest-warrant-analysis-intl-cmd/index.html
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Category : Analysis
Author: Reuters

China said on Wednesday (local time) it was "seriously concerned" by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's "transit" plans and had asked Washington for clarification, amid reports she will meet US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the United States.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/03/china-seriously-concerned-by-taiwan-president-transit-plans-amid-reported-us-trip.html
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

The US House Foreign Affairs Committee voted on Wednesday (local time) along party lines to give President Joe Biden the power to ban Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, in the latest setback for the popular video sharing site.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2023/03/us-house-panel-approves-bill-giving-president-joe-biden-power-to-ban-tiktok.html
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Category : News
Author: Molly Swift
Category : News
Author: Reuters

The cartoon Dilbert has been dropped from numerous US newspapers in response to a racist rant by its creator on YouTube.

Article: The comic strip Dilbert has been dropped by multiple newspapers over the creator's racist statements.
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Author: Reuters

Chinese President Xi Jinping envisages "intensive" and "wide-ranging" re-organisation of state and Communist Party entities, with part of the plan to be presented to the annual meeting of parliament, state media said on Tuesday (local time).

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/03/china-s-president-xi-jinping-poised-for-third-term-urges-intensive-state-and-party-revamp.html
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Author: Reuters

Russian forces on Tuesday (local time) pressed forward their weeks-long drive to encircle and capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut where the commander of Ukraine's ground forces described the situation as "extremely tense".

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/03/ukraine-invasion-russians-tighten-noose-on-bakhmut-putin-warns-of-western-espionage.html
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