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Chinese President Xi Jinping prepares to review troops at the Beijing military parade on September 3.

China is rising, but the challenge is not from China alone

An autocratic alliance is gaining in strength while the democracies grow weak and divided.

  • Andrew Neil

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More than 120 were killed in a devastating stampede at a Satsang, or religious event, in Hathras, in India’s densely populated Uttar Pradesh state on Tuesday.

Dozens killed in stampede at political rally in southern India

Vijay, one of Tamil cinema’s most bankable actors for three decades, has drawn massive crowds to his public meetings since launching his political party in 2024.

  • Praveen Paramasivam and Devika Madhusudhanan Nair
The military parade in Beijing was far more elaborate than the US Army’s 250th anniversary event in Washington.

Xi’s big parade was much more than a message to Trump. Should we be worried?

Wednesday’s extravagant display of raw power on the streets of Beijing belies a more troubling shift in geopolitical relations.

  • Michael Koziol
Vladimir Putin, Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping at the Shanghai Security Co-operation summit.

Smiles and clasped hands as Xi, Putin and Modi try to signal unity

The leaders’ display of friendship in China was aimed at projecting an alternative to US global leadership, even as serious differences among them remain.

  • David Pierson and Mujib Mashal
Illustration by Joe Benke

Trump says he’s determined to weaken China. He’s doing the opposite

The world’s two most populous nations are restoring relations. It’s another strategic win for Xi Jinping and another diplomatic own goal by Donald Trump.

  • Peter Hartcher
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping greet each other in Tianjin on Sunday.

With Putin and Modi in China, Xi looks to exploit latest Trump decisions

The Chinese president could hardly have scripted a better moment to host the leaders of India and Russia.

  • David Pierson, Mujib Mashal and Nataliya Vasilyeva
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US President Donald Trump was once close with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but the relationship has soured.

A Nobel prize and a testy phone call: How the Trump-Modi bromance unravelled

US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi were close in Trump’s first term, but the relationship has soured over Kashmir and Trump’s desire for a Nobel prize.

  • Mujib Mashal, Tyler Pager and Anupreeta Das
China’s President Xi Jinping gestures towards UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres during a bilateral meeting ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025, in the Guest House of Tianjin, on August 30, 2025 in Tianjin, China. (Photo by Andres Martinez

China’s super summit unites Trump’s foes and friends alike

Vladimir Putin, Narendra Modi and leaders of eight other nations are meeting in northern China this week, as host Xi Jinping boosts his image as the leader of a new global world order.

  • Christopher Bodeen
From left: Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2024.

Trump’s tariff strike on India plays into China’s hands

Donald Trump’s economic assault on New Delhi stands in stark contrast to his conciliatory approach to Beijing in recent months.

  • Lisa Visentin
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump at the White House in February.

‘Bad timing’: US-India tensions throw Albanese-Trump meeting into doubt

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s plans to meet Donald Trump in India next month look shaky because of the US president’s punishing tariffs on Indian exports.

  • Matthew Knott

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