As he jets off for a state visit to Moscow this week, China’s President Xi Jinping is doing so in defiance of massive international pressure.

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/xi-jinping-china-vladimir-putin-russia-best-friend-ally-war-in-ukraine/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

BANGKOK -- Thailand's central bank on Wednesday brought its policy rate to 2.5%, an eighth-consecutive increase that came in defiance of market expectations and in a bid to keep inflation in check.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/fd5d32d34aa61ccc?ref=ff

Brennan, 43, of Horsley, appeared before Wollongong Local Court on Tuesday to answer for a staggering spate of offending - mostly charges of shoplifting and entering shopping centres in defiance of bans.

Source: https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/8225396/scotch-fillets-and-wigs-serial-dapto-shoplifter-sent-to-jail/?src=rss

Ducey also cut taxes, vastly expanded school choice, restricted abortion and built a makeshift wall on the U.S.-Mexico border in defiance of a Democratic president, checking just about every conservative box.

Source: https://capitolhillblue.com/node/92937

First, Trump appeared to make a new attack on the judge’s clerk in defiance of a gag order.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/10/26/trump-is-forced-to-play-by-the-rules-in-court-and-doesnt-like-it/

From his early ALPHA evangelical days, he has become a hater of evangelicals, that body of believers who now stand in defiance of him and his Johnny-come-lately revisionism.

Source: https://virtueonline.org/archbishop-welby-issues-disconnected-response-gafcon-statement

I believe both articles portray the essence of this law: People who are beloved, who love life, can choose a dignified death in defiance of the devastation of man-made medicines and machines that keep them alive, but just barely.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2023-08-21/how-soon-should-end-of-life-medication-be-available

If he describes the Government today as ‘rock bottom’, next month or next year he will unearth another disobliging adjective in defiance of our constitutional traditions.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-12171225/GLOVER-Prince-Harry-carries-facile-assault-elected-government-King-banish-him.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

If it’s over-optimistic to see Lady Charlotte as a significant threat to the lords, its critics can still celebrate a surge in distaste rivalling, at least, that which followed Johnson’s elevation of Peter Cruddas, in defiance of official advice.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/25/keir-seize-the-moment-and-reform-the-house-of-lords

It is that no, they actually don’t think they’re going to flip Justice Kavanaugh, but they do think that the political theater of being in defiance of a court order redounds to their benefit.

Source: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/09/republican-party-anti-democracy-cost.html?via=rss

It’s remarkably responsive for a vehicle weighing 5,895 pounds, and can reach a top speed of 155 mph in defiance of physics.

Source: https://www.thecarconnection.com/overview/bmw_x7_2023

Meanwhile, in defiance of Buhari’s directive that the old N1,000 and N500 have ceased to be legal tender, the El-Rufai-led Kaduna government directed ministries, departments and agencies to accept payments in the old naira and new notes.

Source: https://punchng.com/cbn-confiscated-didnt-swap-currency-says-el-rufai/

Mr Obi emphasised that the judiciary has largely acted in defiance of constitutional tenets, precedents, and established ground rules.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202311070016.html

On the morning of Saturday, December 2, dozens of enthused local people gathered to protest in defiance of the chain’s decision.

Source: https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/fight-to-save-draytons-manor-house-pub-sees-dozens-of-campaigners-stage-protest-against-greene-king-chain-4431831

Some Iranians wore white, in defiance of the customary black attire, and trekked to cemeteries to pay homage to killed protesters.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/world/middleeast/ashura-iran-protests.html

Some young women wear it in defiance of their families.

Source: https://muslimmatters.org/2023/01/09/hijab-and-niqab-in-north-america-politics-identity-and-media-representation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hijab-and-niqab-in-north-america-politics-identity-and-media-representation

The Sanakham dam is one of seven mega-dams that the landlocked country is planning, in defiance of environmental and economic sense.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/laos-takes-another-step-forward-on-controversial-mekong-dam/