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Top envoy Wang Yi’s Moscow trip could pave way for Vladimir Putin to travel to Beijing

Ukraine said its forces had broken a Russian line of defence and recaptured small clutches of land near Bakhmut and along the southern front, regions where Kyiv's troops have focused their slow-moving counteroffensive. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in New York on Monday ahead of his address to the UN…

China’s top foreign policy official is heading to Russia for security talks after two days of meetings with U.S. President Joe Biden’s national security adviser over the weekend in Malta

As the war enters its 572nd day, these are the main developments.

‘Candid, substantive and constructive’ talks were held as a possible prelude to a Joe Biden-Xi Jinping meeting in November

President Joe Biden’s national security adviser met with China’s foreign minister over the past two days on the Mediterranean island nation of Malta

China’s Wang Yi hails ‘thousand-year friendship’ with Italy as Rome weighs exit from infrastructure drive.

China's foreign minister is seeking to sell his Italian counterpart on the benefits of leader Xi Jinping's signature “Belt and Road” initiative of Chinese-built and -funded infrastructure projects, as Rome considers whether to renew the agreement

The foreign minister set off with the aim of both ‘standing up for our values’ and securing profitable trade. He failed at both, says foreign policy commentator Simon Tisdall

In today’s newsletter: The UK foreign secretary met senior Chinese officials for talks in Beijing – was there anything to gain?

The former Tory leader said the foreign secretary’s meetings with Chinese officials were ‘pointless