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For the first time in years, a Chinese leader desperately needed a few things from the United States.

The fire, at a coal company’s offices in the province of Shanxi, also left at least 38 people hospitalized, the state-run news media reported. The cause was not immediately clear.

Plus accusations of atrocities in Darfur.

Officials accused Moscow of loosening migration controls. Relations between the countries deteriorated after Finland joined NATO following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The warrant relates to the deadly use of chemical weapons and is a major step to hold President Bashar al-Assad accountable for some of the worst atrocities in Syria’s long conflict.

About 100 people plan to march to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office to pressure him to do whatever it takes to bring their loved ones home, setting up camp each night along the way.

The National Unity Government of Myanmar, formed as an alternative to the junta that orchestrated a 2021 coup, has to battle global apathy and ignorance as it struggles for recognition.

The economy, and particularly inflation, has soured voters on both leaders, polls indicate, though well in advance of upcoming votes.

Plus, Hollywood is coming back to life.

After more than 200 blue stars were stenciled on buildings in and around Paris, prosecutors say they are investigating whether a foreign intermediary paid a couple to spray paint them.