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Will Xi play ball with Trump on Ukraine?

US president-elect Donald Trump has invited China’s president Xi Jinping to his inauguration on January 20 in a surprise move which appears to be part of a plan to involve Beijing in ceasefire negotiations in Ukraine.

Lessons from the dinosaur’s tale

This latest discovery is further confirmation of the long-held theory that the dinosaurs didn’t exactly die out; they just evolved into birds. This gets even more interesting when you realise that the embryo in question is of a theropod dinosaur, an incredibly diverse group of dinosaurs that ranged from the tiny Microraptor to the Tyrannosaurus rex itself.

Role of India, China and Russia in Central Asia

Russia inducted India into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a counterweight to China, an act India is well aware of. The schedule of the Indo-Russia summit (6 December), the Indo-Central Asian dialogue (18-19 December) and the PM Modi-Putin telephone conversation of 19 December were not a coincidence. Russia would any day prefer Indian involvement in Central Asia as compared to Chinese inroads.

China warns Taipei of ‘decisive measures’

She responded to the earlier New Year address of Tsai, where the Taiwanese president called on China to resolve their differences peacefully, saying Beijing should curb the spread of "military adventurism."