(2025-10-30). Ukraine: Strikes on cities are upending lives. icrc.org
(2025-10-30). China Q&A | Brazilian scholarÔºöHow will 15th Five-Year Plan inject more momentum into China's economy. ecns.cn China is on the verge of accomplishing the major objectives and tasks of the 14th Five-Year Plan, as stated at the fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Brazilian scholar Jose Renato Peneluppi Jr. has asked about what major development achievements China has made during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) and how the 15th Five-Year Plan will chart the course for the next five years.
(2025-10-29). Only a multipolar coalition can secure Ukraine peace. scmp.com The now-delayed meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Budapest, Hungary, could have been a turning point towards peace in Ukraine. Instead, it has revealed a deeper fault line. | However, it is one that can be overcome. Even the Kremlin's special envoy for investment and economic cooperation, Kirill Dmitriev, believes that the parties are close to an end to the war.
(2025-10-29). Deploying nuclear-capable Tomahawk missiles in Ukraine could trigger U.S.-Russia war. peoplesworld.org 
BERLIN—Things aren't going well on the eastern front for Ukraine and the coalition of powers backing its government. The collective air defense system has proved to be as useless against countering Russia's missiles as it has against those from Iran in Israel. The search for a remedy has led them to find what they were …
(2025-10-29). Russia tests nuclear-capable underwater drone, boasting unmatched speed and depth. scmp.com Russia has conducted a successful test of a new atomic-powered and nuclear-capable underwater drone, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, declaring that the new weapon cannot be intercepted. | Putin's statement, which comes three days after he praised a successful test of a new nuclear-powered cruise missile, appears to be another message to US President Donald Trump that Russia is standing firm in its maximalist demands on Ukraine.
(2025-10-29). Zelensky sabotaging Trump-Xi Jinping meet? Ukraine leader's anti-China rant ahead of talks | Russia. hindustantimes.com Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused China of enabling Russia's war in Ukraine, citing shipments of Chinese machinery to the Russian military, sanctions evasion, and the presence of over 150 Chinese mercenaries fighting alongside Russian troops. Zelenskyy appealed for China to pressure Moscow to end the war and halt all forms of material or indirect support.
(2025-10-29). 'Not a withdrawal': US scales back troop presence on Nato border. scmp.com The United States has informed its Nato allies that it will scale back its troop presence along Europe's eastern border with Ukraine as it focuses on security priorities elsewhere in the world, Romania's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday. | The US Army later confirmed the move, but denied it was a sign of lessened commitment to Nato. | Depending on operations and exercises, around 80,000-100,000 US troops are usually present on European soil.
(2025-10-29). Is Russia recruiting Iraqis to fight in Ukraine. newarab.com 
(2025-10-29). As US oil sanctions bite, can Russia still rely on China? scmp.com Using Richard Nixon's "madman theory" of international relations, it appears that US President Donald Trump aims to pressure Russia and China into making significant concessions. His decision to impose sanctions on Russia's oil giants, Rosneft and Lukoil, could not only impact the Russian economy but also the Kremlin's energy cooperation with Beijing. | Before Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Europe imported substantial amounts of Russian crude. While China has been the top individual…
(2025-10-29). France revamps rape law after Gisele Pelicot case. scmp.com Senators approved changes to France's rape law on Wednesday to include consent, bringing the legislation more into line with more than a dozen other European countries in a move that was given new impetus by the Gisele Pelicot mass rape trial. | French criminal law has until now defined rape as a penetrative act or oral sex act committed on someone using "violence, coercion, threat or surprise". It did not make clear mention of the need for consent, and prosecutors had to prove the intention to…
(2025-10-29). Ahead of COP30, UN report warns 1.5 ∞C breach as countries commit to just 10 percent emissions cut. nationofchange.org With fewer than one third of Paris Agreement signatories submitting updated climate plans, the UN's new synthesis report shows global pledges would cut emissions by only 10 percent by 2035 as world leaders admit "overshooting is now inevitable."