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The murderous Vladimir Putin and Winnie the Pooh-lookalike Xi Jinping toast each other during a reception in March this year (Picture: Pavel Byrkin/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin's arrest warrant for US Senator offers a vision of a world run by tyrants

Asylum seekers make up a fraction of overall immigration into the UK (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Here's the truth about immigration that the Tories must face up to

Andrew Ness, Portfolio Manager, Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust

Emerging Markets are weathering macro headwinds - Andrew Ness

(Left to right) European Council president Charles Michel, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, France's president Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, US president Joe Biden and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen are given a tour of the Itsukushima Shrine. Picture: Jacques Witt/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

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Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai during his court hearing in 2020. Picture: Getty Images

Scotsman editor joins 100 media leaders to call for release of Jimmy Lai

A woman carries her child past residential buildings in Uman, Ukraine, after they were damaged by Russian missile strikes (Picture: Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)

Three scenarios for the Ukraine war's next phrase and what each means for China

Coronavirus Scotland: WHO downgrades COVID-19 pandemic, saying it is no longer a global emergency

WHO downgrades COVID-19 pandemic

Artificial intelligence (AI) can do be used for good or evil (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

As AI threats increase, UK should form new global 'Goldilocks alliance'

UK Minister of State for Security Tom Tugendhat . (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

UK division ‘helps Russia and China’, claims Tory minister thete

Virgin Atlantic will resume flights to Shanghai next month

Virgin Atlantic to resume flights to Shanghai

French spirits giant Pernod Ricard has a wide-ranging portfolio including The Glenlivet and Chivas Regal whiskies.

Whisky giant banking on 'very strong' end to year after third-quarter sales blip

Officially it is reported that there are 195 countries in the world today and India is the most populated.

How many countries in the world 2023 and is India or China the most populated?

A reader claims independence is way down the list of SNP priorities

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Foreign Secretary James Cleverly during the Easter Banquet at Mansion House in London.

UK China stance 'naive', human rights group warns

Vehicles are seen stuck in bumper to bumper traffic on the Delhi-Jaipur expressway in Gurgaon, on April 25, 2023. - India will overtake China as the world's most populous country in the coming week, hitting almost 1.43 billion people, the United Nations said on April 24. (Photo by Vinay GUPTA / AFP) (Photo by VINAY GUPTA/AFP via Getty Images)

India’s population to be world’s largest by end of month, says UN

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Minister for Defence Richard Marles and Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy, along with the Chief of the Defence Force, General Angus Campbell at the launch of the country's biggest defence shakeup in decades.

Australia to boost defence capabilities amid growing China threat

US journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, stands inside a defendants' cage before a hearing to consider an appeal on his arrest at the Moscow City Court earlier this week. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

‘He teased his mother, saying her breakfasts had prepared him for prison food’

The Sudanese army has said it is coordinating efforts to take diplomats from the UK, the US, China and France out of the country on military planes, as fighting persists in the capital including at its main airport.

Foreign nationals to be evacuated from Sudan say Sudanese army

China's Xin Jinping told Vladimir Putin last month that, together, they were changing the world in a way not seen for 100 years (Picture: Pavel Byrkin/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Scotland is over-exposed to authoritarian China's influence – Stewart McDonald

The UK Government has been urged to stand up to President Xi Jinping of China.

Former Tory leader says Government failing to act on China

Liz Truss to blame ‘woke culture’ for high taxes in fierce comeback speech

Liz Truss turns her attention to ‘woke culture’ in comeback speech

A 56-year-old woman from the Guangdong province in China is the first recorded human casualty from the H3N8 bird flu.

China reports first human H3N8 bird flu death, according to WHO

Badges depicting a Formosan black bear holding a Taiwanese flag punching Winnie-the-Pooh are being worn by some of Taiwan's air force pilots as a defiant message to Chinese leader Xi Jinping (Picture: Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images)

Winnie-the-Pooh triumphs over Xi Jinping once again – Scotsman comment

Badges depicting a Formosan black bear holding a Taiwanese flag punching Winnie-the-Pooh are on display at a shop in Taoyuan, Taiwan. China, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory, launched three days of war games on 8 April that involved simulating attacks on the democratic island in response to President Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The iron-on patches being worn by some of Taiwan's air force pilots are a defiant message to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, often satirised for looking like Winnie the Pooh.

Taiwan sees demand soar for badges showing native bear punching Winnie the Pooh

Why has Beijing carried out 'war games' in the seas around Taiwan and Japan?

China sent several dozen warplanes and 11 warships towards Taiwan in a display of force following its president’s trip to the US, the island’s Defence Ministry said on Monday.

China’s military displays force towards Taiwan after president’s US trip

French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at a Franco-Chinese business council meeting in Beijing yesterday (Picture: Ludovic Marin/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

China has a historic decision to make that's as big as when Mao met Nixon

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping take part in a Franco-Chinese business council meeting in Beijing. Picture: Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP

Macron appeals to China leader Xi Jinping to 'bring Russia to senses'

Gavin Matthews of Solas

Finding hope this Easter in the age of doomscrolling - Gavin Matthews

The price of crude oil increased by 5.5% on Monday April 3.

Oil prices rise more than 5 percent as production is cut

Artisanal Spirits Company owns the Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS), which was established in 1983, and has grown to encompass thousands of members worldwide.

Scotch Malt Whisky Society owner on track for £30m goal after strong results

The body language we display in photographs can reveal much about us (photo: Adobe)

World happiness survey: China tops list while UK falls in rankings

The epicentre of the earthquake is believed to be in Afghanistan.

Earthquake measuring 6.5 hits Afghanistan and Pakistan

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a political boost for the isolated Russian president after the International Criminal Court (ICC) charged him with war crimes in Ukraine.

China’s Xi Jinping to meet Vladimir Putin in boost for isolated Russia leader

Some of the most visited attractions in Scotland for 2022.

The 11 Scottish attractions that had the most visitors in 2022

Nathan Evans' TikTok hit Wellerman showed how wonderful the social media app can be (Picture: Jo Hanley)

Ministerial TikTok ban shows how democratic world is turning away from China

TikTok is set to be banned on UK government devices

TikTok expected to be banned on government devices over data fears

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to present his Integrated Review to MPs this afternoon. Picture: Getty Images

Global threats creating a world ‘defined by danger, disorder and division’

No one is responsible for offering confidential support or counselling to young people who have lost a parent (Picture, posed by model: John Devlin)

Bereaved children need help and, right now, many are not getting it

Lews Castle, Stornoway, where the giant poppy sculpture will be place to mark the island's links to the 19th Century opium trade in the Far East. PIC: Contibuted.

Giant poppy sculpture to mark Scottish island's link with opium trade

Worms ‘raining down’ in China in bizarre social media video

Ewen Ferguson reacts on the third hole during the final round of last year's Magical Kenya Open at Muthaiga Golf Club in Nairobi. Picture: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images.

Ferguson: I watched losing last-day lead in Kenya straight away

Celtic's Japenese contingent, Kyogo Furuhashi, Reo Hatate, Daizen Maeda, Tomoki Iwata and Yuki Kobayashi, celebrate after the Viaplay Cup final win over Rangers. (Photo by Alan Harvey / SNS Group)

Celtic, Hearts and Hibs in Asia Cup headache as stars set to miss matches

The kissing machine works by pairing the device with a mobile app and plugging the device into the phone’s charging port.

Chinese kissing machine creeps people out on internet

Recall issued for TK Maxx & Homesense product - what to do

Crowds during a United With Ukraine: vigil, to mark one year of war in Ukraine, at Trafalgar Square, London. Picture date: Thursday February 23, 2023.

China calls for ceasefire and peace talks between Russia and Ukraine

Taiwan's armed forces take part in a live-fire military exercise simulating an invasion by China (Picture: Annabelle Chih/Getty Images)

West must prepare for China joining Putin behind his new Iron Curtain

A rare cup and saucer thought to have been used by passengers on the Titanic has sold for thousands at auction

Broken cup and saucer used by Titanic passengers auctioned for £6,000

Sticky conditons proved challenging for Grant Forrest and his fellow competitors in last week's Singapore Classic at Laguna National Golf Resort Club. Picture: Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images.

Forrest aiming to conserve energy again for another humidity test in Thailand

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said Russian soldiers suffering “almost First World War levels of attrition – as he gave an update on the UK’s response to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Russian troops suffering 'First World War levels of attrition'- Ben Wallace

A former British ambassador to the US said people should “sleep easy in their beds” despite the threat of Chinese spy balloons because “an awful lot of that goes on everywhere”.

UK can deal with spy balloons despite defence under-investment, says ex-diplomat

General Glen VanHerck, Commander of US Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, arrives for a closed-door briefing for senators.

Why we shouldn't be concerned about the UFOs shot down over the US

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits a community diagnostic centre in Oldham, Greater Manchester. Picture: James Glossop/The Times/PA Wire

China spy balloons: Rishi Sunak promises 'whatever it takes' to keep UK safe

Transport minister Richard Holden (right) with contractor representative Luke Presho at the A585 Windy Harbour to Skippool site

Minister says it’s “possible” China has sent spy balloons to UK

A Chinese balloon drifts above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, shortly before it was shot down by a US fighter jet (Picture: Chad Fish via AP)

‘Possible’ that China has deployed spy balloons over Britain, says minister

A US fighter jet shot down an “unidentified object” over Lake Huron on Sunday on orders from President Joe Biden, with military officials saying they are unsure how three of the unidentified flying objects had been able to stay aloft.

US jets down fourth ‘unidentified object"

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