Zelenskyy in Davos as he rallies support for Ukraine war against Russia

[ad_1] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is headlining a frenzied first full day of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, where top officials from the United States, European Union, China, the Middle East and beyond spoke Tuesday about tackling conflict and embracing technology like artificial intelligence. Zelenskyy will endeavor to keep…

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Nauru’s move to switch ties from Taiwan to China is ‘unfortunate,’ U.S. says

[ad_1] TAIPEI, Taiwan — The U.S. official who heads the body that handles unofficial ties with Taiwan on Tuesday decried Nauru’s “unfortunate” decision to break ties with Taipei shortly after an election and warned that Beijing’s promises often go unfulfilled. The Pacific, where tiny Nauru is located, has become a source of intense competition for…

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About 1,000 tourists trapped in China’s Xinjiang after avalanches

[ad_1] BEIJING — Around 1,000 tourists remain stranded in a remote holiday village after avalanches hit China’s northwestern Xinjiang region with snow and fickle weather impeding evacuation, state TV reported on Tuesday. Road access to Hemu village, a scenic destination near the borders of Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia where the tourists were trapped, has been…

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North Korea will no longer pursue reconciliation with South, Kim Jong Un says

[ad_1] SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would no longer pursue reconciliation with South Korea and called for rewriting the North’s constitution to eliminate the idea of shared statehood between the war-divided countries, state media said Tuesday. The historic step to discard a decades-long pursuit of unification, which was based…

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