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Russia, China leaders meet at summit in display of deepening cooperation
Voice of America
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, July 3, 2024. (Sputnik via Reuters)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping met Wednesday for the second time in as many months as they visited Kazakhstan for a session of an international group founded to counter Western alliances.
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FILE - A dog sniffs COVID19 scents during a demonstration while Ukrainian deminers tour the Peace Museum Mine Action in Siem Reap province, northwestern Cambodia, Jan. 20, 2023. Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, left, with her Cambodia counterpart Sok Chenda Sophea, right, during a meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 6, 2024. FILE - Ukrainian deminers view old demining machinery during a tour of the Peace Museum Mine Action in Siem Reap province, northwestern Cambodia, Jan. 20, 2023.
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FILE - Military personnel participates in a parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. FILE - Myanmar army soldiers carrying weapons patrol on a road as part of operations against ethnic rebels, in Kokang, northeastern Shan State, more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) northeast of Yangon, Myanmar. FILE - Members of an ethnic armed forces group, known as the Three Brotherhood Alliance, check an army armored vehicle the group allegedly seized from Myanmar's army outpost on a hill in Hsenwi township in Shan state, Nov. 24, 2023.
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Kylian Mbappe of France reacts after an injury during a quarter final match between Portugal and France at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Hamburg, Germany, July 5, 2024. Kylian Mbappe of France reacts after an injury during a quarter final match between Portugal and France at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Hamburg, Germany, July 5, 2024.