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China Woos European Leaders on Trip Overshadowed by Kremlin Ties
A three-stop tour by China’s foreign minister this week has everyone trying to balance economic and security interests when it comes to Russia and Ukraine.
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Russia launched 35 attack drones over Kyiv, the Ukrainian Air Force says.
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia attacked Kyiv with nearly three dozen drones overnight, Ukrainian officials said on Monday, one of the largest waves to directly target the Ukrainian capital and part of a broader aerial assault on towns and cities across the ...
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As Putin Bides His Time, Ukraine Faces a Ticking Clock
Ukraine is feeling short-term pressure from its Western backers for success in a looming counteroffensive. Vladimir Putin seems to be operating on a longer timeline.
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Blinken says the U.S. is ‘intensely engaged’ in efforts to free Evan Gershkovich.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said on Wednesday that the U.S. government remained “intensely engaged” in efforts to get Moscow to free Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter who has been held for more than a month on espionage ...
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Is Brazil ‘Anti-American’ Now?
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Under Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil was an international pariah. Not my words, but those of the former foreign minister: Apparently it was “good to be an outcast.” I do not miss these people. When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in ...
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The White House did not divulge any estimate of Ukraine’s losses.
At least 100,000 Russian fighters have been killed or wounded in Ukraine in just the past five months, the White House said on Monday, the latest measure of the vast human toll of President Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion. John Kirby, a spokesman for ...
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Pope Reveals He’s Working on Secret ‘Mission’ of Peace in Ukraine
Francis said he was doing “all that is humanly possible” to help return Ukrainian children taken to Russia and urged Hungary not to slam doors on migrants.
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Your Friday Briefing: Russia’s Crumbling Gas Exports
Also, President Yoon’s address to Congress and Australia’s shift on New Zealand.
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The Russian foreign minister hints of a possible prisoner swap for Gershkovich.
Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, hinted on Tuesday at the possibility of a prisoner swap involving two Americans detained in Russia, Paul Whelan and the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Speaking at a wide-ranging news ...
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Your Wednesday Briefing: How Russia Gets Chips for Its Weapons
Also, a cease-fire fails in Sudan.