WASHINGTON — The United States must prepare for a “long-term” confrontation with Russia that won’t end when authoritarian President Vladimir Putin departs from the political scene, according to a new report by a bipartisan commission. Ukraine’s defeat of Russia on the battlefield is critical to winning that confrontation, and Washington should do all it can…
China and the United States have agreed to improve coordination and cooperation on global health affairs between their technical agencies, state news agency Xinhua reported on Monday. Following talks in Washington, Cao Xuetao, the deputy head of China’s National Health Commission, said China was willing to better communicate policies with the US and work together…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired missiles and drones at 11 regions of Ukraine, the Ukrainian air force said Monday, in a 33rd consecutive night of aerial attacks behind the front line and set a new monthly record of drone barrages. In Kyiv, multiple explosions and machine gun fire could be heard throughout the night…
Russia has lost 651,810 troops since the onset of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said. This figure, released on September 29, includes 1,170 Russian casualties recorded in just one day. In addition to troop casualties, the report said Russia lost 8,869 tanks, 17,476 armoured…
That would threaten a critical lifeline for Russian businesses, which became heavily reliant on the yuan as trade with China ramped up after President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The war triggered Western sanctions that largely shut out Russia from the global financial system. In June, the U.S. expanded its sanctions,…
A Chinese diplomat beams with satisfaction as an unlikely world leader smiles while leafing through a book dedicated to Xi Jinping Thought, plucked from a box on the desk that separates the pair. The remarkable photo was taken a little over a year ago, in July 2023. The leader is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,…
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Switzerland’s foreign affairs ministry voiced support for a Chinese-led peace plan to end the Ukraine war, saying on Saturday that its view on such efforts had significantly changed, a position Kyiv said was disappointing and illogical. With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in its third year, the two sides to the…
united nations — Russia’s foreign minister reinforced the Kremlin’s disagreements with the West in his United Nations General Assembly remarks Saturday and showed no interest in a genuine peace with Ukraine. “I’m not going to talk here about the senselessness and the danger of the very idea of trying to fight to victory with a…
China’s top diplomat Wang Yi called for “joint resistance” to decoupling in the face of US-led restrictions while also urging “extraterritorial nations” not to “incite confrontation” in the Asia region. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, the Chinese foreign minister issued a strong rebuke of hegemony and trade protectionism as he championed an…
Russia’s top diplomat warned Saturday against “trying to fight to victory with a nuclear power,” delivering a U.N. General Assembly speech packed with condemnations of what Russia sees as Western machinations in Ukraine and elsewhere — including inside the United Nations itself. Three days after Russian President Vladimir Putin aired a shift in his country’s…