The presence of the leaders of Russia and North Korea alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping at a massive parade in Beijing on Wednesday was part of efforts to build an anti-Western “new world order,” the EU’s foreign policy chief said. “Looking at President Xi standing alongside the leaders of Russia, Iran, North Korea in Beijing today, these aren’t just anti-Western optics, this is a direct challenge to the rules-based international order,” Kaja Kallas said. (AFP)