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Apr 2023
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French president urges China to help sto...

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Emmanuel Macron appealed to the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, to 'bring Russia to its senses' over the war. A Kremlin spokesperson dismissed the idea that China could mediate in the conflict. Also: Alarming new research about Antarctica's melting ice sheet, and a stolen platypus rides Australia's railway. 
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