For a few weeks, a flurry of meetings between American and Chinese officials seemed to signal that the two countries were trying to reduce tensions, after months of rancor and frozen high-level contacts raised concerns about the risk of a conflict, accidental or otherwise. First the U.S. national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, met with China’s […]
Month: June 2023
Russia’s War in Ukraine: Live Updates
Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, in Bujumbura, Burundi, on Tuesday.Credit…Tchandrou Nitanga/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Sergey V. Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, has arrived in Cape Town amid a diplomatic storm over whether South Africa will honor an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. Mr. Putin is expected […]
Russia Strikes Kyiv, Killing 3 in Another Early Morning Attack
Russia targeted the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, yet again in the early morning hours on Thursday, with air raid sirens warning residents to take shelter and loud booms from the air defense systems heard throughout the city. Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said on the Telegram messaging app that according to preliminary information from emergency medical workers, […]