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Making his first visit to Russia since its invasion of Ukraine, Chinese leader Xi Jinping reaffirmed his bond with President Vladimir Putin on Monday, saying the two nations were “good neighbors and reliable partners” before attending a private state dinner scheduled at the Kremlin. Though Beijing has spent the past several weeks burnishing Xi as a peace negotiator in the conflict, Western leaders have largely dismissed Xi’s role. Soon after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Putin on charges of war crimes, China’s Foreign Ministry chided the court for its “double standards.”

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If trans was going to be the next civil rights movement, it required not just an oppressed class but also an oppressor class.

David Moulton, ‘The Great Transitioning’

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Bank bailouts are going global after the Swiss National Bank swooped in with a $54 billion loan to Credit Suisse on Thursday. It’s the first major international bank to receive emergency financing since the 2008 Great Recession, and analysts wonder if the ongoing interest-rate hikes by central banks won’t send more banks spiraling. Despite concerns, the European Central Bank continued with its planned interest hikes, increasing rates by 50 basis points.

What Happened Today: March 16, 2023

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  • Labor’s Lost

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Politics Dispatch from The Scroll

As President Biden postpones a final decision to announce his campaign for re-election in 2024, the wheels of speculation are turning in Washington, D.C., where donors and possible contenders for the Democratic ticket remain in a state of limbo. “An inertia has set in,” one source close to the Biden camp told Politico. “It’s not that he won’t run, and the assumption is that he will. But nothing is decided. And it won’t be decided until it is.”

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