Latest details in Russia’s major attack on Ukrainian infrastructure – CBS News Watch CBS News Ukraine says Russia has launched one of its largest strikes against the country’s energy infrastructure since the war began. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the Kremlin fired dozens of cruise and ballistic missiles Friday, along with nearly 200 drones. CBS…
The decision by President Joe Biden to commute the sentence of former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell sparked intense reaction Thursday. Crundwell, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with a scheme in which she embezzled nearly $54 million from the community over a period of 20 years, had her sentence commuted by Biden on…
The U.S. on Saturday announced a new $988 million military assistance package for Ukraine in its war with Russia as Washington races to provide aid to Kyiv before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Trump’s victory in the November election has cast doubt on the future of U.S. aid for Ukraine, providing a limited window for…
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters. When Charles Turner heard that President Joe Biden had pardoned his son Hunter this week it left him feeling hopeful. After 36 years in federal prison, Turner…
The top Democrat on a key US House committee argued for closer Sino-American cooperation amid strategic competition, the latest in a series of rare public instances of a lawmaker calling for a more measured approach to the bilateral relationship. “We should be a little bit more sophisticated, a little bit more nuanced, a little bit…
The 27-year-old doctoral student had been trying for more than eight years to get his father, Kai Li, out of China, where he was imprisoned on espionage charges the U.S. government viewed as baseless. Around the same time, 6,500 miles away, Chinese officials showed up at 73-year-old Ayshem Mamut’s home in Xinjiang, to transport her…
Hong Kong stocks traded near a three-week high as investors weighed the prospect of stimulus measures from Beijing against the backdrop of heightened trade tensions. The Hang Seng Index rose 0.4 per cent to 19,819.62 as of 11.18am local time after falling as much as 0.7 per cent. The Hang Seng Tech Index climbed 0.5…
Washington has unveiled sweeping new regulations aimed at curbing China’s ability to develop advanced semiconductors critical to military technologies, artificial intelligence, and hi-tech weaponry. The measures, announced on Monday by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, impose export restrictions on 24 types of chipmaking equipment and three categories of software essential for semiconductor…
The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) hosted its first automotive industry supply chain summit in Hong Kong on Wednesday, which attracted dozens of EV makers and government officials to discuss how Hong Kong can help carmakers from the mainland expand overseas. Chinese carmakers face a series of challenges when developing their businesses overseas, including…
Irvine electric vehicle maker Rivian has received conditional approval for a federal loan of up to $6.6 billion that would help fund construction of a Georgia plant where it could manufacture smaller and more affordable SUVs. The company said late Monday that the loan from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Loan…