The voluntarily surrender of the public’s power is how autocracies are built.
As the Trump administration works to dismantle the aid agency, right-wing influencers have flooded the internet with falsehoods about its work.
The attacks on the agency are cruel and counterproductive.
Russia said that discussions with Washington were underway regarding potential peace talks to end the war nearly three years after Moscow’s full-scale invasion.
Leaders in Russia, Hungary and El Salvador welcomed the Trump administration’s assault on U.S.A.I.D., which many authoritarians have seen as a threat.
The move cast uncertainty on the leadership role of the United States in the global body. The president also withdrew from the U.N.’s Human Rights Council and stopped funding UNRWA.
The country should not be just a buyer of weapons but also a supplier, thanks to its spirit of innovation.
Menos de dos meses después del derrocamiento de Bashar al Asad, una delegación de diplomáticos rusos llegó a Siria para iniciar las negociaciones sobre las bases de Moscú en ese país.
Ukraine has already emphasized that by supporting its war effort, the U.S. could get access to the country’s wealth of critical minerals like lithium and uranium.
Ukrainian defense companies say they cannot sign new contracts or receive payment — potentially jeopardizing future supplies to already struggling troops.
Armen Sarkisyan, the founder of a separatist battalion fighting in eastern Ukraine, died after an explosion in an apartment complex, according to reports citing the Russian authorities.
At least 14 people were killed in Poltava, Ukrainian officials said, blaming Russia. Four died in Sudzha, a Russian town held by Ukraine, in a strike each country blamed on the other.
The arrival of the first top Russian diplomat in Damascus since Bashar al-Assad’s fall kicks off negotiations over the fate of Moscow’s bases in Syria.
Corea del Norte envió sus mejores soldados para ayudar a Rusia en su guerra contra Ucrania. Pero tras sufrir graves pérdidas durante meses, han sido retiradas de la línea del frente.
Before its members went into exile, Ic3peak was one of the most notorious musical acts in Russia. Now, it’s pivoting to a more gentle sound.
The Kremlin is trying to cripple YouTube in Russia, internet experts say, pushing some people to state-controlled domestic alternatives. But many Russians have found workarounds.
North Korea sent its best troops to aid Russia in its war against Ukraine. But after months of suffering severe losses, they have been taken off the front line.
A Boston skating club confirmed that Yevgeniya Shishkova, 52, and Vadim Naumov, 55, were on the plane that crashed after colliding with a military helicopter.
The mayor, Vitali Klitschko, who has had a tense relationship with President Volodymyr Zelensky, accused him of trying to usurp the powers of elected officials in the capital.
Miembros de la comunidad estadounidense de patinaje artístico viajaban en el avión comercial que chocó con un helicóptero militar en las afueras de Washington. Regresaban de un campamento de patinaje en Kansas.
Members of the U.S. figure skating community were traveling on the commercial jet that collided with a military helicopter outside Washington. They were returning from a training camp in Kansas.
El avance de Rusia subraya la eficacia de utilizar su abrumador número de tropas para atacar sin descanso, obligando a a las fuerzas ucranianas a retroceder.
Perhaps none of President Trump’s picks for his new cabinet embody his worldview better than former Representative Tulsi Gabbard.
Early in his first administration, President Trump noted the general’s “brilliance and fortitude.” And then the president got angry.
Moscow’s troops used the same pincer tactic on Velyka Novosilka that has enabled their recent capture of town after town in eastern Ukraine.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists shifted the hands of the symbolic clock to 89 seconds to midnight, citing the threat of climate change, nuclear war and the misuse of artificial intelligence.
Russia’s deputy foreign minister and a special envoy arrived in Damascus. Theirs was the first such visit since President Bashar al-Assad fled the country, according to Russian state news.
Russians who fought in Chechnya and Afghanistan came home to silence and stigma. There’s a very public push to make things different this time.
A newly declassified analysis argued against “shock therapy” for the former Soviet Union. The warning wasn’t heeded.
Todo parece indicar que ambos líderes planean examinar a fondo la relación entre Moscú y Washington. Esto podría incluir la reanudación de las conversaciones sobre armamento nuclear.
President Trump jabs at the Russian leader with threats; Vladimir Putin responds with flattery. But there are notable signals in their jousting, including a revived discussion about nuclear arms control.
Europe’s longest-serving leader won re-election in a contest widely believe to have been rigged. The result cements the power of a leader whose country is considered Russia’s staunchest ally.
Vast stretches of Russian coast have been tarred by heavy fuel oil from two freighters that foundered in a storm.
Rusia afirma que Kiev derribó un transporte militar con 65 prisioneros de guerra ucranianos. Ucrania no ha confirmado su papel, no ha identificado los cuerpos que recibió ni ha dicho cómo ocurrió.
During his campaign, Donald J. Trump vowed to end the Ukraine war by Day 1 of his new term as president. Jeanna Smialek, the Brussels bureau chief for The New York Times, looks at how he described the war in an appearance at the World Economic For...
Russia’s president flattered his American counterpart as “smart” and “pragmatic,” and repeated Mr. Trump’s baseless claim that the 2020 election was stolen.
Videos showed fireballs over a facility in Ryazan, 110 miles southeast of Moscow. Kyiv is seeking to disrupt Russian military logistics and put pressure on the country’s economy by striking its oil industry.
North Korea’s leader has grown more assertive since their last efforts at diplomacy ended in failure — and now has Russia at his side.
Rusia está perdiendo más hombres. Pero cada baja ucraniana acerca más al Kremlin a la victoria.
Russia says Ukraine shot down a military transport carrying 65 captured Ukrainians. Ukraine has not confirmed its role, identified the bodies it received, or said how it happened.
He has offered a vision for a more aggressive spy agency, and his focus on the threat from China is widely shared by Republican and Democratic lawmakers.
But not all of the leading conservative populist parties in the world are the same — in rhetoric or on policy.
Russia has lost about twice as many men to death and serious injury as Ukraine. But the trends favor the Kremlin.
The high popularity that the Ukrainian president had in the early days of the Russian invasion, with an approval rating of about 90 percent, has dipped badly.
Las fuerzas ucranianas describieron un tipo diferente de enemigo, que lucha con tácticas desconocidas y pocas opciones de retirarse.
The British defense secretary told Parliament that the Yantar, which he described as a Russian spy ship, had come near Britain’s coast for the second time in a few months.
Ukrainian forces described a different kind of enemy, fighting with unfamiliar tactics and little option to retreat.
El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, elogió el segundo mandato de Trump, mientras que el presidente estadounidense criticó al dirigente ruso por su guerra en Ucrania.
“And Panama!” a Ukrainian military analyst said. “What did calm, peaceful Panama do?”
Speaking a day after Trump’s inauguration, Ukraine’s president told world leaders at Davos that Europe needs to remain united and “learn how to take care of itself.”
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia praised President Trump’s second inauguration, but the American leader did not return the compliment.
The key to peace is strength, and the key to strength is leadership.
Donald J. Trump’s promise to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine in 24 hours, “before I even become president,” proved to be untrue.
Soldiers and civilians alike say that after so much loss, the new U.S. president must push for a just settlement, not peace at any cost.
President-elect Donald J. Trump has made big promises on Ukraine, Iran, China and crises around the globe. But he will have to make difficult choices.
As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused on China and Russia when the Middle East conflict plunged him back into his old life.
President Biden’s longtime aide rallied scores of nations to defend Ukraine, but then became a villain to the many critics of U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza.
At least three people were killed in the assault on the capital, and at least one died and 11 were wounded in a separate strike in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia.
A new report details how a covert influence operation linked to the Kremlin continued to place ads on Facebook despite U.S. and E.U. prohibitions on doing business with the organization.
A Russian court said the lawyers for Aleksei Navalny, the country’s top opposition figure before his death in a penal colony last year, were guilty of involvement in an extremist group.
The development of a new generation of drones has revolutionized how wars are fought, according to U.S. officials.
The agreement is focused more on trade than military issues, but it will bring two countries with a shared desire to challenge the West closer together.
Vladimir Putin mantiene sus ambiciones imperiales. Renunciar ahora forzando un alto al fuego prematuro simplemente permitiría a Putin descansar, reequiparse y, finalmente, volver a atacar.
El nuevo secretario de Defensa enfrentará retos importantes en el mundo y en casa.
Russia’s president is said to have blamed birds or a Ukrainian drone for a Dec. 25 crash of an Azerbaijani plane. Azerbaijan says Russian air defenses were at fault.
Mr. Rubio expressed views aligned with those of most senators who work on foreign policy, while taking care not to break from Donald J. Trump’s unorthodox ideas.
“I can only confirm that Russia planned acts of air terror, not just against Poland but against airlines across the globe,” said Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk.
The loose arrangement of hostile powers could pose a series of conundrums for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state.
Senator Marco Rubio, who is nominated for secretary of state, has a long history of personal and policy differences with President-elect Donald Trump.
The mine, near the frontline city of Pokrovsk, produced coking coal crucial for Ukraine’s steel industry. It kept running until the very last moment, when Russian forces finally reached its gates.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said air defenses had shot down at least 30 missiles from a “massive” barrage that had targeted gas and energy facilities.
The incoming defense secretary will face several challenges, including the war in Ukraine and the turmoil in the Middle East.
El bombardeo pareció ser uno de los mayores asaltos recientes de la campaña ucraniana para dañar la maquinaria bélica rusa en su propio territorio.
The students in a summer acting course performed a play set in America, called, “It’s okay!” And it gave them hope that their lives would be OK, too.
The barrage appeared to be one of the largest recent assaults in Ukraine’s campaign to damage Russia’s war machine on its home territory.
Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security adviser, looks back on the hopes and realities of Bidenism.
El primer ministro dijo que aunque los groenlandeses no quieren convertirse en estadounidenses, “la realidad es que vamos a trabajar con Estados Unidos, ayer, hoy y mañana”.
Los soldados ucranianos describen feroces enfrentamientos en la región de Kursk mientras las fuerzas rusas intentan retomar un territorio que podría ser clave en cualquier negociación de alto al fuego.
Now is the time for the United States to build on its historic success supporting Ukraine, not squander it.
La Casa Blanca se apresuró a hacerle llegar un mensaje al presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, el año pasado, después de que las agencias de inteligencia estadounidenses dijeran que una unidad militar rusa se estaba preparando para enviar paquetes explosivos en aviones de carga.
The prime minister said that while Greenlanders do not want to become Americans, “the reality is we are going to work with the U.S. — yesterday, today and tomorrow.”
The White House scrambled to get a message to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last year after U.S. intelligence agencies said a Russian military unit was preparing to send explosive packages on cargo planes.
El presidente de Ucrania difundió un video del interrogatorio de dos soldados, el cual revelaba que sabían muy poco sobre la guerra a la que fueron enviados a luchar.
Ukraine’s president released a video of the two soldiers being interrogated, revealing they knew little about the war they were sent to fight in.
Ukrainian soldiers are describing fierce clashes as Russian forces try to retake territory in the Kursk region that could be key in eventual cease-fire talks.
La fotografía reimagina un famoso cuadro del siglo XIX de cosacos radicados en el centro de Ucrania, con soldados ucranianos actuales en lugar de los legendarios guerreros.
Un gran número de soldados regresan amputados y muchos sufren trastorno de estrés postraumático. Una vez en casa, se enfrentan a estigmas y a un agotador curso de rehabilitación.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said the soldiers were captured in the western Kursk region, where Ukraine has been fighting to hold on to territory it seized last summer.
An image depicting a famous 19th-century painting of Cossacks, with current Ukrainian soldiers standing in for the warriors, has struck a chord as Kyiv battles to assert its identity.
Un portavoz de Rusia reafirmó la posición oficial de que Moscú estaba dispuesta a hablar con el presidente electo de Estados Unidos.
The Biden administration is cracking down on the Russian “shadow fleet” and taking steps to curb oil and gas production.
The president-elect had said Russia’s leader wanted to meet him to discuss the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin said it welcomed such dialogue, but a meeting could occur only after Mr. Trump took office.
Hace más de 20 años, el presidente ruso celebró su cumpleaños 50 en una bodega de Moldavia. Tras la invasión a Ucrania, el lugar dejó de exhibir las botellas que entonces le regalaron.
El libro del periodista Bob Woodward también relata que Donald Trump envió en secreto a Vladimir Putin lo que entonces eran raras máquinas de prueba COVID-19 para uso personal del líder ruso.
The journalist Bob Woodward cited an unnamed aide saying that Donald J. Trump had spoken to Vladimir V. Putin as many as seven times since leaving office. Multiple sources say they cannot confirm that report.
The president defended his debate performance with exaggerations about polling, his recent appearances and his opponent.
The war in Ukraine. Hamas’s attack on Israel. Inflation. The former president has insisted that none would have occurred if he had remained in office after 2020.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia made highly choreographed appearances in an effort to project power and control, and U.S. officials suggested Gen. Sergei Surovikin was probably being held.
Mientras prestábamos atención a la pandemia, China y Ucrania, los caminos hacia la prosperidad y los intereses comunes se han oscurecido.
While the world’s eyes were on the pandemic, China and the war in Ukraine, the paths to prosperity and shared interests have grown murkier.
The group liked online war games. But then Jack Teixeira, an active-duty airman, began showing them classified documents, members say.
Oil prices soared 7 percent on Sunday night after the group’s move to cut 1.2 million barrels a day.
Also, Russia tries to cut off Bakhmut, and countries reach an ocean biodiversity deal.
Readers discuss a guest essay by Christopher Caldwell that blamed the U.S. for an escalation in the war. Also: Mask mandates; the next pandemic; YouTube.
Also, Adani Enterprises pulls its offering and soldiers die on both sides in Bakhmut.
Also, Russia’s resilient economy and Sri Lanka’s enduring struggle.
Also, Russian missile attacks in Ukraine and a major deal for Indian women’s cricket.
Also, China’s uncertain economic recovery.
Russia is isolated by its invasion of Ukraine and needs China more than ever. But China, facing a Covid crisis, is in no position to risk sanctions.
Also, Ukraine peace talks seem far-off.
Also, Ukraine is fighting to retake a city in the Donbas.
Also, an emerging picture of China’s Covid crisis.
Also, Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to lead Israel again and the week in culture.
In China, Russia and the United Kingdom, unmarked sheets of white paper have become a potent symbol of defiance.
Plus, Iran abolishes the morality police and Russia vows to defy an oil price cap.
Readers discuss a guest essay about recent misdeeds by four billionaires. Also: Pandemic cautions; moderate Republicans; Russian brutality in Ukraine.
Plus Russia says it is retreating from Kherson City and markets try to parse China’s “zero Covid.”
Plus Myanmar gets closer to Russia and a dire climate report.
When Russia closed its airspace, it upended the decades-long strategy for making Finland a European travel hub to and from the East.
Readers respond to the latest Russian attacks in Ukraine. Also: The wonders of math; pandemic spending; Republicans and crime.
Readers discuss new aspects of the workplace during the pandemic. Also: A political balance; Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Gorbachev; student newspapers.
Xi Jinping, who is expected to meet with Vladimir Putin, will seek to project confidence as a global statesman at a time of grave challenges at home.
Plus India’s growing economy and China’s “zero-Covid” trap.
Plus the decline in American life expectancy and the latest on Typhoon Hinnamnor.
A Russian-born painter, he created a mural of the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev smooching the East German leader Erich Honecker — and with it a tourist attraction.
Readers debate the party’s strategy of supporting far-right G.O.P. candidates it thinks it can beat. Also: Covid and schools; Ukraine’s students; Kansas and abortion.
Plus Russia prepares for show trials and Taiwan does not rise to China’s provocations.
Plus new details about explosions in Crimea and revelations about the victims of Seoul’s floods.
The departure of a grain-filled vessel from Odesa was hailed as a victory against global hunger. But experts say the crisis is so big that no single advance can reverse it.
Brittney Griner for Viktor Bout?
Russia looks to Africa.
Under pressure as tight oil supplies hurt the U.S. economy, Biden will go to Saudi Arabia for a meeting with M.B.S.
Plus the conviction of an ailing Hong Kong activist and President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming trip to Iran.
Plus Ukrainian civilians bear the brunt of Russia’s war and new details after Shinzo Abe’s death.
Plus Xi Jinping visits Hong Kong and Ukraine takes back Snake Island.
La COVID-19, el cambio climático y la posibilidad de una crisis alimentaria global demuestran que los problemas del mundo están muy ligados entre sí. Y también las soluciones.
No single country can solve the problem of rising food and fuel costs.
A reader praises the former vice president; another reluctantly suggests pardoning Donald Trump. Also: Ukraine what-ifs; Covid mandates; paid internships.
Plus the Fed raised interest rates and a video of an assault in China went viral.
Ukraine says Russia controls 20 percent of its territory.
The bloody battle for Ukraine’s east.
Readers weigh in on the Florida governor’s record. Also: Vladimir Putin’s nuclear option; last Covid texts; belief in change; hope and healing.
Mental health evaluations, chat rooms and parents’ roles. Also: Republicans and shootings; Covid mandates; voters and democracy; Estonia and Russia; abortion funds.
Plus climate’s role in Australia’s upcoming election and a Covid-19 protest at Peking University.
The teen mental health crisis. Also: Elon Musk, Donald Trump and Twitter; Vladimir Putin’s gambit; Russian TV; Penn Station; flying without masks.
Moscow wants victories before its Monday holiday.