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Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a video call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. IMAGES
Chinese president Xi Jinping is in Moscow for talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping begin "informal" talks as the Chinese leader begins a three-day visit to Moscow. The summit between the Russian president and the Chinese leader comes as China seeks to portray itself as a neutral party in the Ukraine conflict. IMAGES
While President Donald Trump busies himself with his apoplectic rejection of Joe Biden as president-elect, world leaders have swiftly moved on. In a sign of Biden's legitimacy, leaders of major democracies have stepped up to congratulate the President-elect Joe Biden in recent days. Doubtless salt to his wound, Trump's favorite network--Fox News--and media outlets across the board have also declared Biden the projected winner of the election. Business Insider reports that as a whole, EU leaders and even Israel and Turkey have congratulated Biden. Only Russia's Vladimir Putin, China's Xi Xing Ping, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro have yet to join in.
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping hold talks at the Elysee Palace, as the Chinese President begins a two-day state visit to France. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).