Category: World News

NATO deputy: Putin can’t win his ‘unprovoked, illogical’ war

BUCHAREST, Romania — NATO Deputy-General Secretary Mircea Geoana says that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s month-old “barbaric war” against Ukraine is a war he cannot win. In an interview with The Associated Press, the former Romanian foreign minister and ambassador to the United States added that NATO would be […]

Live updates: Biden to Poland: ‘Your freedom is ours’

WARSAW, Poland — U.S. President Joe Biden has told Poland’s President Andrzej Duda that “your freedom is ours,” echoing of one of Poland’s unofficial mottos. He assured Duda that the U.S. and other NATO allies would come to their aid if Russia should attack. The two gathered Saturday […]

Shelled city in north Ukraine fears becoming ‘next Mariupol’

LVIV, Ukraine — Nights are spent huddling underground from Russian strikes pounding their encircled city into rubble. Daylight hours are devoted to hunting down drinkable water and running the risk of standing in line for the little food available as shells and bombs rain down. This is what […]

China to ‘dance’ between Russia, Western economic ties – senior U.S. official

WASHINGTON, March 25 – China is likely to offer some support to Russia’s economy amid Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, but will engage in a “dance” to maintain economic ties with Europe and the United States, a senior White House official said on Friday. The United States has warned […]

Some prominent Russians quit jobs, refuse to support war

NEW YORK — The resignation of a senior Russian government official and his reported move abroad wasn’t the first voluntary departure of a person from a state job since the start of Russia’s war with Ukraine, but it certainly was one of the most striking. Anatoly Chubais, who […]

EXPLAINER: What made North Korea test giant new ICBM?

SEOUL, South Korea — In firing an almost cartoonishly massive intercontinental ballistic missile into space, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has turned back the clock to the “fire and fury” days of 2017 as he revives nuclear brinkmanship aimed at pressuring the United States to accept his country as […]

US, EU announce new partnership to undercut Russian energy

BRUSSELS — The United States and European Union on Friday announced a new partnership to reduce the continent’s reliance on Russian energy, a step top officials characterized as the start of a years-long initiative to further isolate Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden asserted […]

Ukraine says 300 died in theater attack, hunger grips cities

KYIV, Ukraine — About 300 people were killed in the Russian airstrike last week that blasted open a Mariupol theater, Ukrainian authorities said Friday in what would make it the war’s deadliest known attack on civilians yet. In a vain attempt to protect the hundreds of people taking […]

Russia’s military hit by high-ranking losses in Ukraine

Summary Russia has not revised troop casualties from 498 since March 2 Ukraine puts Russian casualties at 15,600 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has displaced nearly 10 mln March 23 (Reuters) – Russia held a funeral service for the deputy commander of its Black Sea Fleet in annexed Crimea […]

Western nations to bolster Ukraine aid

Summary Companies Western leaders meet to take more action against Russia More than half of Ukraine’s children forced to flee – UN In besieged Mariupol, people bury their dead Energy supplies complicate responses BRUSSELS/LVIV/MARIUPOL, Ukraine, March 24 – Western leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday agreed to strengthen […]

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