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French President Emmanuel Macron rejected the “mistaken morality” that would prevent Paris from maintaining communications with Moscow, in a speech to his diplomats at the Elysee Palace on Thursday. Talking to Russia shouldn’t be left to just Turkey, he argued, while reiterating his support for Ukraine and telling the French to prepare for “a long…

As Beijing helps revamp the Iranian capital’s metro system, a bigger picture of counter-hegemony takes shape Last week, Masoud Dorosti, the managing director of Tehran’s bustling metro system, dropped a bombshell: After seven years of intense negotiations, the Iranian capital is gearing up to welcome a whopping 791 sleek metro trains from China. It’s a…