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US President Joe Biden warned Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday that there would be ‘consequences’ if Beijing provided material support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the White House said, while both sides have stressed the need for a diplomatic solution to the crisis. In a video call that lasted just under two hours at a time of deepening acrimony between the world’s two biggest powers, Biden detailed the efforts of the United States and its allies to respond to the invasion. , including by imposing costs on Russia. “He described the implications and consequences if China provides material support...
