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Xi's visit consolidates Beijing's upper hand over Putin

Xi Jinping said China is ready with Russia \"to stand guard over the world order based X on international law\" as he arrived in Moscow for a state visit on Monday, days after Vladimir Putin was made the subject of an arrest warrant by the international criminal court.

A crisis is long overdue. Silicon Valley Bank's collapse won't be a one-off

It has been a year since the Federal Reserve started to raise interest rates and banks are starting to fall over in the US.

Cheques and balances: Is this another financial crash?

Are we in a banking crisis?

Is it time to panic like it's 2008?

The travails of Credit Suisse and SVB have stirred up bad memories for a public still scarred by the last global financial crisis 15 years ago

Bank On The Run Could SVB's Demise Herald The Start Of A Financial Crisis?

Four decades ago, Silicon Valley Bank was born in the heart of a region known for its technological prowess and savvy decision making.

The romcom effect

The likable new release Rye Lane bills itself as ‘a love letter to south London’. But, like Amélie in Montmartre, could it end up damaging the place it sets out to celebrate?

If you want to beat Putin in Ukraine, target his wicked neighbour

Two weeks ago, residents of Machulishchy were intrigued as soldiers and police swarmed across their small town on the edge of Minsk, the capital of Belarus.

Fate could have put any of us in those migrant boats

Even to talk about it is a distraction, but E let's be clear: Gary Lineker is not the villain.

TWENTY PICTURES THAT FRAMED SPORT

From Alito Maradona, and Bannister to Bolt, the world of sport has produced many dramatic and memorable moments. Here is a selection of stunning images captured by photographers who had the skillor luck to have their cameras poised at the right moment

Is Fox News's love affair with Donald Trump on the rocks?

‘He’s a demonic force, a destroyer. But he’s not going to destroy us …

Is it wrong to pin our hopes on hydrogen?

As funding grows and the fossil fuel industry promotes the fuel, concerns have arisen over its clean credentials

Chinese citizens flee for US via deadly Darién Gap

Surge in number of disillusioned migrants trekking through the dangerous jungle between Colombia and Panama

Future of aviation or flight from hell?

The arrival of 20-hour flights is scheduled for 2025, but the added speed will come at a cost

Here be monsters Seaweed threatens to choke ocean

Anexplosion of harmful sargassum stretches across the Atlantic. Can it be turned into a beneficial resource?

'Doomsday' seed vault invites the public inside

Jutting out of the permafrost on a Spitsbergen mountainside in the Svalbard archipelago, the entrance to the world's \"doomsday\" seed vault is worthy of a James Bond movie.

'He's our guy' Leicester City fans onside with pundit

Gary is 100% right,\" said lifelong Leicester City fan John Farrell as he stood in the queue for a match-day programme before kick-off at King Power Stadium.

The tweet that roared through the halls of the BBC

Match of the Day presenter’s post threatened to undo executives at the corporation and No 10's migrant policy

Former Soviet allies wary of Russia the invader

Younger generation are less likely than their parents to retain any loyalty or kindle nostalgia towards Moscow

Tech sector says no to right's court proposals

The skyline of Tel Aviv began to change about 20 years ago.

Earthquake offers Assad the pariah a road to redemption

Walking through Aleppo last month, Bashar al-Assad did not look like a man shouldering the fate of a nation.

In from the cold After years of isolation, Xi looks to lead on global stage

In Xi Jinping's closing speech at China's annual parliamentary meeting on Monday, his message was clear: China is back.

The view from Beijing

As Xi Jinping starts his third term as China's president, high on his agenda is strengthening Beying’s position on the world stage. After three years of isolation as it tried to impose a harsh zero-Covid policy, the country is now reopening to the outside world. But much has changed since China closed its borders in 2020. Its economy has been hobbled, its ally Russia has started a war in Europe and relations withthe US are at an all-time low. Here are the geopolitical relationships that Xi will have to navigate as he attempts to assert his global vision.

Bands on the run

Live music ticket prices are rising and state-of-the-art arenas are being built to meet demand. So are gigs just for the rich now - and what does it all mean for acts who are just starting out?

Trump can still draw a crowd, but empty seats tell a story

It fell to Steve Bannon, far-right podcaster and political pugilist, to wake up the crowd with a jolt.

Tik'd off? App faces uncertain future as ban calls grow

The Chinese spy balloon that hovered over the US earlier this year did not just damage relations between Beijing and Washington, it also cast a shadow over the future of TikTok.

Loop dreams

After losing his father when he was 10, Ronald Mallett read HG Wells and Einstein - and resolved to investigate whether time travel is possible

Indigenous lands where elite force is targeting mine gangs

A special unit is on a mission to expel the illegal miners who devastated Yanomami territory in Bolsonaro's tenure

Has sensible Sunak saved Tory ship-or has Johnson scuttled it?

PM's deal with EU boosted his hopes, then Partygate roared back to remind voters of Conservative chaos

'Someone has to pay Grief and fury over rail disaster

First came the mourning, then the handover of loved ones, then the funerals.

'Putin has gone mad with power': dissident speaks out

Writing from a cell in a Russian jail known as the Bear, Ilya Yashin remained defiant. In neat, blue-ink lettering, the opposition politician was able to express himself candidly despite his incarceration.