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Putin and Xi – Russia’s role as China’s junior partner

Putin and Xi: Beijing Belt and Road meeting highlighted Russia’s role as China’s junior partner.

Social media fakes are rampant, news verification is vital

It is clear that numerous videos, social media posts and images purportedly about the Israel–Hamas conflict are deliberately misleading.

Russian losses mount in Ukraine

Ukraine: Russia’s losses mount – but self-sacrifice in war is part of the country’s mythology.

UK passes online safety law that could make people less safe

Critics say it will allow authorities in the UK to compel service providers to break users’ encryption.

Why the Black Sea is key to Kyiv’s counteroffensive

Opening a new front in Crimea is also likely to oblige Moscow to redeploy assets away from the frontline.

How longer range missiles would change Ukraine conflict

Noises from Washington indicate that US President Joe Biden may be about to overcome his reluctance to supply Ukraine with the longer-range missiles it desperately needs.

The UK promised drones for Ukraine in May, where are they?

The UK government has not made good on its commitment to provide Ukraine with 'attack drones' and should re-prioritise delivering them in a timely manner.

What Prigozhin’s death means for stability in Africa

Prigozhin’s death is unlikely to significantly affect the Wagner Groups’s African operations.

We’re talking about AI a lot right now

When OpenAI unchained the "beast" that is ChatGPT back in November 2022, the pace of market competition between tech companies involved in AI increased exponentially.

Cyber-attacks reveal threat to democracy

The revelations this month that data on 40 million UK voters had been exposed to hackers came as no surprise to many cybersecurity experts, who have long pointed out the vulnerability of democracies to malicious online interference.