How Poland’s missile crisis put China on the back-burner at G-20 summit

China and its president, Xi Jinping, have taken a back seat at the ongoing G-20 Summit after Western leaders held emergency meetings to address Tuesday's missile crisis in Poland.

Xi was, of course, not included in the roundtable meeting that included U.S. President Biden, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, British prime minister Rishi Sunak, French President Emmanuel Macron and other top Western leaders. Sunak was even forced to cancel a planned bilateral meeting with Xi due to the crisis, according to The Guardian.

Reports that missile had struck in Poland near its border with Ukraine landed as world leaders were gathered in Bali. Many feared the missile had come from Russia and that the attack may trigger a larger NATO response due to Poland's membership status. 

Nevertheless, Biden cautioned patience and investigators ultimately found that the missile was not of Russian origin. Instead, the explosion came from a Ukrainian missile designed to shoot down other ordnance. Two Polish citizens were killed in the incident.

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Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said Wednesday that there is an "indication" the missile was a provocation from Russia.

"There is no indication that this was an intentional attack on Poland," he said. "There are many indications that it was an air defense missile that unfortunately fell on Polish territory."

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also confirmed Wednesday that the missile that hit Poland was likely a Ukrainian air defense missile. 

"This is not Ukraine's fault," he told reporters. "Russia bears reasonability for what happened yesterday because this is a direct result for the ongoing war."

"Ukraine has the right to shoot down those missiles that target Ukrainian cities," he added. 

Russia initially condemned the reaction of European countries as "hysterical," as some jumped to conclude the missile was of Russian origin. The Kremlin later offered rare praise to the U.S. for its "restrained and much more professional" reaction.

‘No F**king Way!’: DNA Test Proves That ‘High School Musical’ Star’s Best Friend Is Actually Her Cousin

A recent DNA test revealed that “High School Musical” alum Ashley Tisdale and her best friend Austin Butler — of “Elvis” fame — are actually cousins.

While competing with her sister, Jennifer Tisdale, on Ancestry.com’s “Two Lies & a Leaf,” Tisdale was informed that she was actually related to one of her former co-stars — and then was given several choices and challenged to guess who it might be.

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“We discovered that Ashley is related to one of her co-stars,” the moderator began. “Is it: A. Zac Efron; B. Austin Butler; or C: Dylan and Cole Sprouse?”

“Oh my God, I have kissed almost every single one of them!” Tisdale exclaimed with a laugh, and immediately clarified that she meant stage-kissing. “And just so you know, I’ve kissed every single one of ’em on a show. Not in real life.”

“Dylan, Austin, and Zac … Austin and I always say that we’re like fraternal twins born very far apart, ’cause he is much younger, and we’ve always had that connection. So I wanna say that, but there — now it’s like, what?” Tisdale continued.

“On the count of three, flip your answers and show us,” the moderator continued — and Ashley ultimately confirmed that Butler was her guess as to which of the choices were related to her by blood. Her sister guessed it was the Sprouse twins — who starred in Disney’s “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.”

“And the answer is B: Austin Butler,” the moderator said, prompting a dramatic “Oh, my God!” from Tisdale.

“No wonder we have such a connection!” she said. “We’ve always said we were brother and sister. That is insane! I literally am gonna cry.”

Butler, who recently received high praise for his turn as the iconic rock star in “Elvis,” starred alongside Tisdale in “Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure.” And according to the DNA test, he is also Tisdale’s real-life 10th cousin, once removed.

“He’s my best, best friend,” Tisdale said of Butler. “I’m telling you, when we first met I was like, oh my God, we were like brother and sister from the minute we met.”

 

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Tisdale said that she texted Butler immediately after learning they were related, and his response was simple: “No f***ing way!”

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