With escalating airstrikes, the Russian leader appears determined to demonstrate that he will dictate the terms for any end to the war.

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Medical advances and geopolitics collide for two septuagenarian leaders who have suggested that their time in office is far from over.

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The Russian and Chinese leaders drew on a shared view of their countries’ roles in World War II to cast their modern-day partnership as a challenge to the West.

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It was the clearest sign yet that President Trump’s push for an imminent summit was faltering.

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Nearly a week after President Trump’s Alaska summit, his suggestions of imminent breakthroughs have not come to pass.

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