German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Berlin is firm in its resolve to defend the Baltic states against Russian aggression. His comments came on a visit to Lithuania, where German troops are to deploy permanently.

Can you still send strong messages when you have rolled out the red carpet and chilled the champagne for a state dinner? China’s Xi Jinping feted in the French capital for his first visit to Europe since 2019, this despite trade tensions, spy scandals and insistence that he isolate Vladimir Putin over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. How much has changed since a year ago when Emmanuel Macron was accused of lax messaging on human rights and Taiwan when he traveled to Beijing?

Six decades after the military coup that plunged Brazil into 21 years of dictatorship, the country is still struggling with its old demons.

More than 200 people have died in Kenya and thousands have been displaced due to heavy rains since March. With powerful Cyclone Hidaya expected to make landfall this weekend, more people may have to leave their homes.

Indonesian authorities are rushing to evacuate thousands of people near an erupting volcano on the northern side of Sulawesi Island due to spreading ash, falling debris and the possibility of a tsunami.

Chinese support for Russia over the war in Ukraine, renewed tensions over Taiwan and a row over Chinese subsidies giving China's companies an unfair advantage over European competitors.