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U.S.-China relations take center stage on Capitol Hill.

We may call this a strategic competition, but it's not a polite tennis match.

This is an existential struggle over what life will look like in the 21st century.

And Secretary of State Antony Blinken presses his Russian counterpart on the sidelines of

the G20.

Plus, how to make mandatory fun at work better for everyone.

It's Thursday, March 2.

I'm Amary for Tolley for the Wall Street Journal.

This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that moved

the world today.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov,

for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The unscheduled 10-minute conversation occurred on the sidelines of the group of 20 leading

economies meeting in India.

A senior State Department official said the purpose was to deliver three key messages.

To urge Russia to rejoin the new start nuclear arms treaty, to pressure Moscow for the release

of X-US Marine Paul Whalen from detention, and to stress the continuing support by the

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