The front line in Ukraine has blurred into a miles-wide wasteland where drones fill the sky and neither side holds firm control.
The sanctions were part of a measure that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July.
A Russified education did not forbid access to my own culture, it just quietly weakened my instinct to reach for it.
The “kill zone” on the front lines of Russia’s war in Ukraine is unlike anything soldiers have faced. Our correspondent Constant Méheut describes soldiers’ experiences there. The Armed Forces of Ukraine provided footage inside the kill zone at our request.
Recovering from lung cancer surgery, Pope Leo XIV spoke with Vladimir V. Putin to make a plea for Oleshky, where mines and drones have trapped some 2,000 people who are at risk of starvation.
Readers respond to a front-page article about how public officials face threats and are living in fear. Also: An echo of 1938; the human role in A.I.
Where the two presidents’ war of words will end is anybody’s guess. But if it continues, it could threaten the crucial operational help that Ukraine still gets from the United States.
A day in the Ukrainian capital, a new kind of battlefield far from the front, where daily life means assessing — and accepting — deadly risks.
The Ukrainian president’s defiant decision to continue attacking Russian refineries underscores President Trump’s inability to end a war he had promised to resolve.
President Trump’s latest push to end the war in Ukraine has raised questions about the future of U.S. support.
Republicans joined Democrats in calling on the Pentagon’s inspector general to look into whether the Trump administration was responsible for the interruption.
The Senate showdown in Texas shows why Donald Trump and the Republican Party are worried about the midterm elections.
Moscow is not winning on the battlefield. Instead, it is seizing an opening to inflict immense human suffering in Ukrainian cities.
Military forces have sought to damage the computing hubs that power online services and artificial intelligence systems.
President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed overt frustration with the United States in an interview with The Financial Times. He had paused the strikes to comply with a demand from the United States.
Ukrainian engineers are rushing to perfect A.I.-guided, jet-driven interceptors. Their goal: to stop a fast Russian threat in the latest round of a deadly tech duel.
The president’s arrangement to import Russian diesel fuel is one more example of how he has sold out American democracy.
Confusion about the U.S. stance has mounted in Kyiv amid restrictions on how the military version of Starlink is used.
President Trump’s deal with Russia will probably not lower diesel prices that have soared because of his war with Iran and Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries.
The commander in chief is Putin’s ace in the hole.
The long-delayed opening of the New Yalu River Bridge comes as the two countries expand trade despite international sanctions imposed on North Korea.
Readers react to President Trump’s diesel fuel deal with Russia. Also: Stressed out in America; useful skills.
A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.
President Volodymyr Zelensky, who met with Britain’s prime minister, has said Ukraine received no warning of Russian attacks, but President Trump has said Washington is still “sharing intel.”
Russia launched dozens of ballistic missiles at Ukraine early Wednesday in one of the largest salvos of the war. Some 600,000 people were left without power in the capital, according to Ukraine’s president.
We look at the state of the U.S.-Ukraine relationship.
The old world order is fraying. Who gets to shape the next one?
President Trump has announced a deal in which the United States could buy billions of dollars’ worth of diesel fuel from Russia, stunning allies and lawmakers.
A bipartisan group of 12 senators called on the president to drop his decision to ease sanctions on Russia’s exports of diesel fuel, saying the deal would help Moscow continue the war in Ukraine.
The president’s proposed fuel deal with Russia and a one-sided cease-fire plan are putting Kyiv in a tough spot as winter approaches.
The main security service said it had detained a reporter for the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper in Russia’s far east, where he had been reporting on military recruitment.
Russia has reaped a diesel deal and an increase in U.S. pressure on Ukraine as President Trump’s political needs align with his longstanding inclinations toward Russia.
Asked about apparent U.S. threats to cut off intelligence sharing with Kyiv, which can warn of Russian aerial attacks, President Trump said information continued to flow.
Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries and warehouses have led to casualties among the foreigners easing Russia’s labor shortage.
After a glide bomb killed his wife and younger daughter, Yevhen Ovcharov was determined to prevent other Ukrainians from dying the same way.
President Trump’s surprise decision to suspend sanctions on Russian diesel fuel stunned Ukrainian and European officials, who were meeting with U.S. envoys at an exclusive golf club near Miami.
President Trump is moving to buy Russian diesel while also pressuring Ukraine to halt attacks on refineries, a lifeblood of Moscow’s war machine.
Drones struck two ships off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, according to the country’s prime minister.
With the Russians intensifying sabotage, arson and cyberattacks against European nations supporting Ukraine, NATO divulged a blueprint, in case of war, to deter the Kremlin.
A documentary claims that Ukraine, not Russia, attacked the drama theater in Mariupol, where hundreds of civilians died.
President Trump lashed out at President Volodymyr Zelensky for striking Russian oil refineries. Mr. Zelensky said he’ll stop — if Russia does too.
Sanna Marin was celebrated as a pathbreaking feminist when she became Finland’s prime minister at age 34. Two years after leaving office, she’s trying to turn a scandal over a leaked dancing video into a battle cry.
Sanna Marin was celebrated as a pathbreaking feminist when she became Finland’s prime minister at age 34. Two years after leaving office, she’s trying to turn a scandal over a leaked dancing video into a battle cry.
As residents’ electricity prices have increased, nearly one out of five customers of the leading utility company in the state is behind on monthly bills.
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
La gestión de Biden estará en los libros de historia como un interregno entre dos mandatos de Donald Trump, una pausa en medio de un periodo caótico de cambio, para bien o para mal.
Biden’s disastrous debate performance highlighted age concerns.
In a choice between misfortunes, one is clearly worse.
The president defended his debate performance with exaggerations about polling, his recent appearances and his opponent.
Hundreds of millions of voters are electing a European Parliament this weekend. The outcome will help tip the balance of the continent’s struggle between unity and nationalism.
Across Africa and in parts of Asia, disruption to the supply chain for fertilizer is raising food prices and increasing malnutrition.
His four years as the senior military adviser to two presidents spanned an unusually chaotic period.
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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.
The country is a growing target for foreign espionage, the agency said, amid rising tensions over the war in Ukraine and rivalries between Washington and Beijing.
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.
Reasons include a stronger supply of oil and weaker-than-expected demand, energy experts say. Some people are saving hundreds of dollars on fuel.
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.
Adding to crises like the pandemic, recent stress in the banking system is a new threat to world growth, experts at the organization said.
Also, Russia tries to cut off Bakhmut, and countries reach an ocean biodiversity deal.
Also, China’s attempt to erase “zero Covid” and Nigeria’s contested election.
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, another mass shooting in California and New Zealand’s next leader.
Also, China’s uncertain economic recovery.
The invasion of Ukraine, compounding the effects of the pandemic, has contributed to the ascent of a giant that defies easy alignment. It could be the decisive force in a changing global system.
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.
Ten charts to recap the trends and main events of 2022.
Also, Ukraine peace talks seem far-off.
Also, Ukraine is fighting to retake a city in the Donbas.
¿Se está acabando el mundo tal como lo conocíamos? ¿Lo sabrías, siquiera, antes de que fuera demasiado tarde?
Also, an emerging picture of China’s Covid crisis.
Also, Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to lead Israel again and the week in culture.
A big boost for the military, more aid for Ukraine, a preference for the lobster industry over whales and an overhaul of the Electoral Count Act are among the provisions in the 4,155-page bill lawmakers expect to pass this week.
In 2022, we debated the apocalypse.
The legislation would rescind the coronavirus vaccine mandate in defiance of the Biden administration’s wishes, and increase the defense budget $45 billion over the president’s request.
Plus, Iran abolishes the morality police and Russia vows to defy an oil price cap.
Plus: Kyiv in darkness, South Africa in turmoil and the week in culture.
Plus China cracks down on protests and the U.S. pledges more aid to Ukraine.
Plus Ukraine updates, a U.S.-Iran World Cup preview and a “She Said” interview.
Readers discuss a guest essay about recent misdeeds by four billionaires. Also: Pandemic cautions; moderate Republicans; Russian brutality in Ukraine.
The request comes as lawmakers are beginning to work out the details of a sprawling spending package that must become law before Dec. 16 to avoid a government shutdown.
Plus Russia says it is retreating from Kherson City and markets try to parse China’s “zero Covid.”
When Russia closed its airspace, it upended the decades-long strategy for making Finland a European travel hub to and from the East.
Plus President Biden’s security strategy and Myanmar cracks down on journalists.
Readers respond to the latest Russian attacks in Ukraine. Also: The wonders of math; pandemic spending; Republicans and crime.
Plus funerals for rampage victims in Thailand and a Covid spike in China
“Govs. Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis are using asylum seekers as political tools,” a reader writes. Also: President Biden and the pandemic; abortion prosecutors; arms for Ukraine.
The country’s economy has been very hard hit by cascading crises which have disrupted worldwide trade.
Readers discuss new aspects of the workplace during the pandemic. Also: A political balance; Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Gorbachev; student newspapers.
Speaking to “60 Minutes,” the president also declared the Covid-19 pandemic to be “over” in the United States.
El filántropo habló sobre cómo la pandemia y los efectos de la guerra en Ucrania están retrasando el progreso.
The philanthropist on how the pandemic and the effects of the war in Ukraine are setting back progress.
The threat to Europe’s industrial might and living standards is particularly acute as policymakers race to decouple the continent from Russia’s power sources.
Plus India’s growing economy and China’s “zero-Covid” trap.