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Henry Kissinger pictured in September 1972 (Picture: Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Yang Guang and Tian Tian are loaded onto a China Southern cargo plane at Edinburgh Airport. Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Farewell Yang Guang and Tian Tian as Edinburgh Zoo's pandas leave for China

The firm uses lustrous seaweed and pure spring water collected in its stunning native Lewis. Picture: contributed.

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Smartphones are set to be banned in schools in New Zealand.

Which nations have imposed a smartphone ban in schools and will Scotland follow?

Scotland's net-zero drive will achieve little while China keeps burning coal John McLellan

A SNP MSP has warned about Scotland deepening economic ties with China. Picture: Getty Images

SNP MSP says Scotland deepening ties with China not in 'national interest'

Workers walk through the Grangemouth oil refinery. Picture: PA

Scottish minister meets with Grangemouth refinery part-owners in China

Irresponsible climate alarmism is leading politicians to make bad decisions Paul Wilson

Giant panda Yang Guang at Edinburgh Zoo. Picture: RZSS/PA Wire

Two weeks left to see Edinburgh Zoo’s giant pandas before China return

Edinburgh-based Artisanal Spirits Company is the owner of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society and listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2021.

Scotch Malt Whisky Society owner seals 'exciting' financing deal worth £15m

Children with an European flag wave to cars driving past in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson.

Doubt over survival of ‘liberal West’, report says

The University of Edinburgh accepted more than £12m funding from organisations with links to the Chinese military.

Edinburgh University took £12m from Chinese organisations with military links

Paul Wilson, CEO and Co-founder, Smart Things Accelerator Centre (STAC)

Tech accelerator plans to put Scotland on the map - Paul Wilson

People mourn as they collect the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli air raids on October 26, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Heading into a third week of heavy bombing from Israel, Gaza buckles under a shortage of basic needs including fuel, whilst several neighbourhoods on the Gaza strip have been wiped out and thousands have died and hundreds of thousands have been displaced.

Is Israel coming under international pressure to ease off on Gaza attacks?

Make magical memories as Tattu is set to enchant Edinburgh with The Great Snow this Christmas. . Picture – supplied (James Brown).

Ad Feature Book now! Dine in Tattu’s magical winter wonderland

Peoples is one of the largest independent dealerships in Europe retailing only Ford cars and commercial vehicles.

Sunak's petrol car ban retreat has 'diminished people’s enthusiasm' for EVs

JD Wetherspoon runs 826 pubs across the UK, including Dunfermline’s Guildhall & Linen Exchange within its Scottish portfolio. Picture: Scott Reid

Tim Martin toasts return to profit at Wetherspoons but blasts lockdowns

A vision of a net-zero world in 2050 and how we got there

Chris Packham at a protest in Parliament Square against new oil drilling earlier this month (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Scotland on Sunday letters: Chris Packham should try breaking the law in China

Andy Murray is the seventh seed at the Zhuhai Championships.

Murray bidding to reach Zhuhai Championships quarter-finals

An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard next to a police barricade outside the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi, India. Tensions between India and Canada are high after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government expelled a top Indian diplomat and accused India of having links to the assassination in Canada of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a strong supporter of an independent Sikh homeland.

Why relations between India and Canada are at an ‘all-time low’

Edinburgh-based Artisanal Spirits Company is the owner of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society and listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2021.

World record attempt for largest whisky tasting to give Artisanal Spirits a lift

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Cleverly has no regrets about visit to China despite alleged Scottish spy arrest

Rishi Sunak is under pressure from the Tory backbenchers over China. Credit: Getty/Kim Mogg

How Westminster responded to Chinese spy allegations as it happened

Here are the 10 biggest countries in the world in terms of land mass according to the World Economic Forum.

Biggest country in the world: Top 10 biggest countries illustrated

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was branded "inaction man" during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London.

PMQs: How did Stephen Flynn, Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer perform?

Just Stop Oil is seeking status through biblical notion of virtuous suffering Azeem Ibrahim

Exclusive Scottish spy suspect 'stayed on WhatsApp groups for months' after arrest

The Houses of Parliament, where Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden spoke. Picture: Getty Images

UK Government calls China a 'systemic challenge' after spying allegations

A police officer stands guard over the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.

What did the damning report into the threat from China say?

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is struggling to find the right tone on China.

Analysis: Why MPs are worried about spying allegations

The union flag and the flag of the People's republic of China. The researcher arrested over spying allegations has claimed he is innocent. Picture: Arthur Edwards/The Sun/PA Wire

Man at centre of China spy allegations says he is 'completely innocent'

China trashes human rights while West plays along – or gets played Stewart McDonald

Nobel Laureate Iranian lawyer and human rights' activist Shirin Ebadi (L) and Ukrainian rights defender Oleksandra Matviichuk (C) whose Center for Civil Liberties jointly won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize with the Russian rights organisation Memorial, are pictured on the podium during the conference "Human Rights Heroes", part of the Nobel Peace Center's international peace conference, at the National Museum, in Oslo, Norway.

What line do countries have to cross to lose their right to a party invitation?

Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin toast each other during a reception in Moscow in March (Picture: Pavel Byrkin/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Farewell to Sunshine, Sweetie and China's ‘panda diplomacy’

Animal lovers are usually able to watch Yang Guang and Tian Tian, Edinburgh Zoo’s much-loved giant pandas, on a live webcam stream

Edinburgh Zoo pandas will go back to China in December

A residential complex built by Chinese property developer Country Garden is seen in Nanjing, in China's eastern Jiangsu province.

Is China’s economy struggling following a real estate downturn?

James Cleverly trip shows Britain is all at sea over China Martyn McLaughlin

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, left, and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng attend a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Analysis: Why Cleverly visit could be turning point in Chinese-UK relations

A Soyuz 2.1b rocket with the Luna-25 lander blasts off from the launch pad at the Vostochny cosmodrome, some 180 km north of Blagoveschensk, in the Amur region. Picture: Getty

Unmanned Russian spacecraft crashes into the Moon

People leave after paying their respects before the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at Mansu Hill this week as North Korea marks its 78th National Liberation Day, commemorating the end of Japanese colonial rule at the end of World War II. The country is just beginning to allow citizens to return after the Covid pandemic.

How will North Korea react to those returning after years abroad?

A desk at the international arrivals gate set up to assist Ukrainian refugees at Gatwick Airport.

Where are Britain’s immigrants coming from and why?

Women flee after Taliban fighters beat them and fire bullets into the air to break up a protest in Afghanistan's capital Kabul in August last year (Picture: Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Ethical foreign policy’ or not, UK should treat Taliban as pariahs

Business tycoon Elon Musk has big plans for his social media arm, X, previously known as Twitter (Picture: Britta Pedersen-Pool/Getty Images)

Twitter's 'dead parrot' could still lead way to Holy Grail of 'everything app'

The Electoral Commission confirmed it had been the victim of a hack.

SNP warn of threat to democracy as Russia accused of cyber attack

On Monday July 3, global average temperature broke all previous records. Picture: ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images

Readers letters: Climate crime

Rishi Sunak speaks to the media during his visit to the Shell St Fergus gas plant in Aberdeenshire, where he announced funding for carbon capture and storage and his decision to issue new oil licences (Picture: Euan Duff/PA)

UK must win global race for investment to build a clean-energy future

Stephen Flynn MP, the SNP's Westminster leader. Image: Stefan Rousseau/Press Association

SNP's Flynn under investigation for use of parliamentary stationery

Visitors test Moto smartphones at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Shanghai in June.

Why is China looking to limit smartphone use for children?

Is it really a bear or a human in fancy dress?

Wind turbines are wasteful blots on the landscape, reckons reader (Picture: William Edwards/AFP via Getty Images)

Scotland on Sunday Letters: Rural citizens flung under Big Energy’s gravy train

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons. Picture: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA Wire

Rishi Sunak facing difficult by-elections as Labour criticised over benefit cap

Oil industry's false propaganda risks causing a global catastrophe Lord Deben

ASC boss Andrew Dane says: 'We are well positioned to deliver further growth from our diversified end-markets and ultra-premium positioning.' Picture: Colin Hattersley.

Scotch Malt Whisky Society owner cheers sales and membership inflow gaining pace

Current heatwaves should be seen as warning sign of growing climate danger Scotsman comment

Rishi Sunak, left, quickly disputed the claim made by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, right, that Ukraine needed to show more 'gratitude' for western military support (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Wallace’s shocking remarks about Ukraine highlight a problem with foreign policy

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