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U.S. ambassador says Beijing stance on TikTok ban ‘supremely ironic’

The U.S. ambassador to China said Friday that Beijing’s position on a potential TikTok ban in the United States was “supremely ironic” given the ruling Communist Party’s censorship of online platforms within its borders. The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill on Wednesday that would force the wildly popular short-video app to break

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Zelensky Names Ukraine’s Ex-Top General Ambassador to U.K.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Thursday appointed Valery Zaluzhny as his new ambassador to Britain, just a month after he removed him from his post as the country’s top general amid tensions between the military and civilian leadership. “Gen. Valery Zaluzhny told me that this is the direction he would like to take —

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German ambassador summoned to embassy in Moscow over leak

The call comes after Russian state media broadcast an audio recording in which German officials are allegedly discussing support for Ukraine. ADVERTISEMENT Germany’s ambassador in Moscow was summoned to Russia’s foreign ministry Monday following the leak of an audio recording by Russian state media purporting to show German officers discussing support for Ukraine, including the

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No hopes of ceasefire in Gaza – former Israeli ambassador

Israel’s former ambassador to the United Kingdom, Daniel Taub, has poured cold water on hopes of a US brokered ceasefire in Gaza from next Monday. Biden speaking to different constituency than the Israeli public Speaking to journalists in Johannesburg yesterday, Taub said President Joe Biden was speaking to a different constituency than the Israeli public.

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Brazil’s President Lula Recalls Ambassador to Israel, Escalating a Dispute

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil recalled his ambassador to Israel on Monday, as tensions escalated between the countries over the Brazilian leader’s sharp remarks against Israel’s war on Hamas. Mr. Lula summoned the ambassador, Frederico Meyer, back to Brazil “for consultations,” according to a statement from the country’s foreign ministry. Israel’s foreign

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Israel UN ambassador blasts UN official as ‘terror collaborator’ for calling Hamas a political organization

Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Gilad Erdan took to social media to slam the latest outrage from a senior United Nations official who said Hamas was a political group during a recent television interview. Erdan slammed U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (OCHA) Martin Griffiths, calling his organization “a terror-excusing, Hamas-promoting, victim-blaming organization.”

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