Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised Beijing’s 12-point peace roadmap for Ukraine, during a summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. The Chinese leader is making a three-day visit to Moscow, and today’s official talks took place at the Kremlin. “We believe that many of the provisions of the peace …
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The former Labour Party leader on Friday published his own “roadmap” out of the UK’s Covid-19 lockdown, complete with a “traffic light system” dictating data-based parameters for opening and closing decisions. Mainstream media outlets jumped on the report as big news, with some portraying it as influential in setting the …
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