The hard-line position of Russian officials in closed-door negotiations about ending the war thrusts European security into the heart of the talks.
After coveting a seat in the Ukraine war discussions, Europe is poised to get one. The continent wants to fill it with a six-member team.
President Trump’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, asked President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to bring Europe into talks on the war in Ukraine.
In Dublin, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said Europeans would join the next round of talks. Russia has not confirmed that.
The Ukrainian government has opened up a trove of five million battlefield videos to defense companies at home and abroad.
The death of Alexander Darchiev was announced by Russia’s foreign ministry. He was appointed to his post in Washington in 2025, as relations between the Kremlin and the White House warmed.
As a round of negotiations ended in Abu Dhabi, President Trump’s envoys said they would go to Moscow as the Kremlin demands discussions on European security structures.
GPS-linked devices have been insisting that Ukrainians are in Lima, the Peruvian capital. The culprit is a jamming system built to thwart Russian airstrikes.
For more than 30 years, the paper covered an increasingly repressive Russia. “The process of silencing us started many years ago,” one of its journalists said.
It’s the first drop in planet-warming pollution since the pandemic in 2020. But researchers cautioned that the decline could be short-lived.
A U.S. Army unit in Germany is not sure what’s next as the Pentagon considers a major drawdown of forces in Europe.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has shown a willingness to endure a high price to get what he wants in Ukraine, and he sees little reason to stop fighting now, analysts say.
U.S.-led talks to end the war between Russia and Ukraine will resume this week in Abu Dhabi. A cease-fire won’t be on the table.
Novaya Gazeta’s closure offers a valuable lesson for any publication working in a climate of tyranny.
After months of secrecy, Ukrainian commanders let New York Times journalists join them in bunkers and training grounds used to reverse some Russian territorial gains.
Jeffrey Wigand, who took on Big Tobacco, counsels insiders who think they have a story about wrongdoing. There are quite a few of them.
Plus, the Friday news quiz.
The commanding victory of the Democrats has brought private relief to some Europeans but no official glee, with Ukraine, Iran and NATO all hanging in the balance.
Victory for Democrats could alter the course of peace negotiations and a war nearing its fifth year.
A summit could bolster Xi Jinping’s stature. But talks about Ukraine’s future and limits on nuclear weapons pose uncomfortable choices for China.
President Trump said the deal “might involve all of Europe.” He indicated he had met with a Kremlin envoy whom Melania Trump hosted at the White House on Thursday.
Both Moscow and Kyiv say Mrs. Trump’s team was the driving force behind an evacuation of a besieged city. It was also in their interest to deliver her a humanitarian win.
A Finnish court convicted the captain and boatswain of a cargo ship of aggravated criminal damage in relation to an incident last year in the Gulf of Finland.
Trump’s new diesel deal with Russia is a dark sign of his new American agenda, argues the Opinion columnist M. Gessen. The agreement, along with Ukraine’s accusation that the United States withheld military intelligence, points to a new story in this war: “If Vladimir Putin’s plan is to starve Ukraine into submission this winter, then Donald Trump is going to help Putin do that.”
Many people left in Oleshky, where bombardment is constant, have run out of food. A truce set to begin early Tuesday is supposed to allow aid in and civilians out.
President Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, met with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine amid a deepening rift between Ukraine’s leader and Mr. Trump over the latter’s push for deals with Russia.
Constant Méheut, a correspondent for The New York Times based in Kyiv, obtained a war plan that shows how Russia will attempt to force Ukraine into surrender this winter. Méheut joined Natalie Kitroeff on “The Daily” to talk about how Russia’s campaign could unleash a potentially devastating humanitarian crisis.
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.
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.
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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.