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By Amelia Nierenberg
President Vladimir Putin made wonderful visits to two Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine over the weekend: Crimea and the city of Mariupol. The gesture of defiance came after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him on Friday.
He also set the bar for his assembly in Moscow with Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader. There are many moving parts at play. This is the meaning of each.
The I. C. C. guarantee
He claims that Putin has a duty as an individual offender for the deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia.
The mandate may just be Putin’s ability to travel abroad and raise his appeal to an infamous list of despots and dictators. But the likelihood of a trial is slim, at least as long as Putin remains in power. The court cannot verify the defendant in absentia and Russia has said it will not hand over its own officials.
Russia defends the transfers on humanitarian grounds and Moscow has signaled that deportations will continue. Putin’s to Crimea included a stopover at a children’s center.
China’s role
Beijing is Moscow’s ultimate best friend and has been a very important economic spouse during the war. Today’s assembly will give Putin a chance to argue that foreign aid to Ukraine is limited to the West, a familiar saying.
China sees Xi’s three-day stopover as an opportunity to push Putin into peace talks, hinting that a call with Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, could follow. But neither Ukraine nor Russia appears in a position to negotiate, and the scale is widely noted as Xi’s clearest signal yet to Putin.
Western officials warned that China is considering supplying arms to Russia, which Beijing denies. And Xi is increasingly determined to challenge the concept of a US-led global order by attracting other countries closer to China.
Mariupol’s
For Ukraine, it is a symbol of the country’s agony and resistance. The city was razed to the ground by Russian forces. The UN said at least 1,300 other people died in the war there, but the real figure is likely to be thousands more. The last defenders endured an 80-day siege of a metallurgical plant.
For Russia, Mariupol is in the middle of the Kremlin’s rotation. It is in the Donbass region, and Putin used the false argument that Ukraine is committing “genocide” there to help justify the invasion. This scale is the closest to Putin on the front. since the invasion.
Former President Donald Trump said he would be arrested and suggested his supporters join him. But while the Manhattan district attorney has signaled that he is preparing to record a felony rate and that a grand jury is expected to indict Donald Trump, the timing is unclear.
Trump would be the first former president to be indicted on a thief charge. On Saturday morning, Trump on his social media site, Truth Social, called on others to “PROTEST, TAKE BACK OUR NATION!”
A Trump spokesman temporarily hesitated, saying the former president had direct knowledge of the moment. My colleagues report that prosecutors told Trump’s lawyers when the fees would be requested.
Most likely, the fees will come from a silent payment of $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election. It wouldn’t be an undeniable matter: prosecutors intend to use a legal theory that hasn’t been evaluated in New York. Courts
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In an agreement to consolidate the global banking sector, UBS agreed to buy Credit Suisse. Switzerland organized the agreement, which is the most important outcome to date of the recent financial crisis.
UBS is expected to buy its embattled rival for a fraction of the $9. 5 billion it was valued at on Friday. To help UBS, the Swiss National Bank agreed to lend up to $108. 8 billion.
Swiss government leaders and regulators said the deal is the most effective way to reassure investors after Credit Suisse shares fell following the implosion of Silicon Valley Bank this month.
Background: Credit Suisse has been plagued by panic, but its disorders are largely its fault. Recent scandals and monetary missteps have claimed him billions of dollars and broken his reputation.
The WHO accused China of hiding information that could link the origin of covid-19 to a seafood market in Wuhan.
The United States investigates the surveillance of US citizens, adding several journalists, through the Chinese corporate TikTok.
Opponents of Justin Trudeau, Canada’s minister, say leaked intelligence reports show he ignored warnings about Chinese interference in past elections.
Pakistani police clashed with supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan as they appeared in court on Saturday on corruption charges.
North Korea is deploying its military to combat food shortages.
The Myanmar is gaining strength. Analysts say foot soldiers are responding with increased brutality.
The Australia Letter: Australia’s submarine agreement with the USThe U. S. and Britain have sparked a debate over the extent to which it will align itself with the US. U. S.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan approved Finland’s application for NATO membership. Sweden is not supported by the Council; It insists it harbors Kurdish terrorists.
An American has said that he unknowingly participated in a secret project to sabotage President Jimmy Carter’s re-election crusade 4 decades ago.
HelloFresh, a German meal kit company, plans to prevent coconut milk from coming from Thailand after a report claimed monkey paints were used there to pick fruit.
Camp Naru is a safe haven for Korean-Americans. It is designed to help other young people in the diaspora, followed or not, reconnect with their heritage and with others.
On March 20, 2003, the United States invaded Iraq as part of its “war on terror” after the al-Qaeda attacks on September 11, 2001. With an air strike to overthrow Saddam Hussein and it became an occupation, then a war. opposed to an insurgency and then to a sectarian civil war.
Iraq is now freer, but not more optimistic. The sectarian struggle continues. The oil-rich country is hampered by corruption. There are few jobs in the personal sector and many government jobs require bribes to obtain. Almost everyone lost someone in the war.
Iran, its longtime enemy, has taken credit for this. He formed unbreakable militias in Iraq, gained deep political influence and reaped economic gains. Iran has exposed the accidental consequences of the U. S. strategy, according to analysts and former officials.
Rationale: Historians are still debating the justification for the U. S. invasion.
For more information: see photos of the war.
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