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In early May, a high-speed boat pulled alongside the Rio Mitong, a Panama-flagged cargo vessel, …
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Russia’s 2014 annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine prompted much international outrage but little …
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In mid-March, Turkey and Egypt confirmed they’d had their first diplomatic contact since breaking off …
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Australia’s move to ditch a $66bn submarine deal has spiralled into an unprecedented diplomatic row …
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