Just weeks after President Biden and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, laid out competing visions of how the United States and China are vying for military, technological and political pre-eminence, their first face-to-face meeting as top leaders will test whether they can halt a downward spiral that has taken relations to the lowest level since […]
Month: November 2022
Amid Joy in Kherson, a Humanitarian Disaster Looms
KHERSON, Ukraine — Ukrainian soldiers worked to secure the city of Kherson on Saturday and battled Russian forces on its outskirts, the military said, one day after Ukraine’s special forces entered the southern port city to rapturous cheers from residents who had endured months of Russian occupation. Despite the Russian withdrawal, the Ukrainian military’s intelligence […]
Biden Speaks of a Better Future at ASEAN Summit in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — President Biden told members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Saturday in Cambodia that the United States was committed to deepening “peace and prosperity throughout the region” by protecting against threats like climate change and the economic fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The president was betting that an […]
Ukraine’s Troops Enter Kherson as Russia Retreats From City: Live Updates
A satellite image showing a damaged section of the Nova Kakhovka dam, in Nova Kakhovka, Ukraine, east of Kherson, on Friday.Credit…Maxar Technologies/AP KYIV, Ukraine — Shelling and an explosion in recent days near a critical dam that spans the Dnipro River north of Kherson city in Ukraine have heightened concerns about the risk of possible […]
U.S. Seeks Closer Ties With India as Tension With China and Russia Builds
NEW DELHI — The United States is placing India at the center of its ambition to detach global supply chains from the clutches of American adversaries, seeking to cement ties with one of the world’s fastest-growing economies as tensions with China remain high and as Russia’s war in Ukraine upends international commerce. Treasury Secretary Janet […]
Ukrainian Soldiers Entering Kherson Are Greeted With Joy
KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian soldiers arrived like heroes, greeted with kisses and songs. In the city of Kherson, which had endured months of Russian occupation, residents poured into the streets on Friday. They hoisted Ukrainian flags, and danced in joy around a glowing bonfire. Their excitement, which was captured on videos they sent out […]
Ukraine’s Troops Enter Kherson as Russia Retreats From City: Live Updates
Video Footage verified by The New York Times shows civilians in Kherson’s main square greeting and cheering on some of the first Ukrainian troops to enter the city.CreditCredit…Lynsey Addario for The New York Times BLAHODATNE, Ukraine — Ukraine’s troops swept into the key southern city of Kherson on Friday, its military said, greeted by jubilant […]
China Adjusts Some Pandemic Policies, While Sticking to ‘Zero Covid’
“Some interpretations are being too optimistic,” said Bruce Pang, chief economist for Greater China at Jones Lang LaSalle. “The Covid policy will only be fine-tuned in the short term, with the focus shifting between eliminating cases and making more precise measures.” The flurry of changes, totaling 20 new measures mostly focused on domestic rules, reflect […]
Putin’s Name Is Absent as Russians Discuss Retreat in Ukraine
When Gen. Sergey Surovikin was appointed the overall commander of Russian forces in Ukraine a month ago, the Kremlin’s cheerleaders in the media lauded him as exactly the kind of severe warrior needed to bring order to the stumbling invasion. “General Armageddon,” some called him. The general appeared on national television in a rather different […]
How Europe Is Reacting to the US Midterm Elections
“I don’t know if these elections elevate the European appreciation of American democracy,” she said. “We, in Europe, have to get over this denial of Trumpism.” The severe polarization in American politics and culture and the tendency to doubt the validity of elections are part of “a longer sequence of the Trumpification of U.S. politics […]