A train crash in eastern India on Friday was the country’s worst rail disaster in two decades, killing more than 280 people and renewing questions about rail safety in a country that has invested heavily in the system in recent years after a long history of deadly crashes. Two passenger trains collided around 7 p.m. […]
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Drones Attack Moscow as Kyiv Is Hit Again: Latest Russia-Ukraine News
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia targeted the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, with yet another wave of attack drones early Tuesday, killing at least one person, setting residential buildings ablaze and extending a day of terror for the city’s residents. For the second night in a row and the 17th this month, explosions in different parts of Kyiv […]
Mawar Becomes a Super Typhoon After Lashing Guam: Latest Storm Updates
Guam residents woke up Thursday to survey the damage after a long night of whipping winds and lightning storms from Mawar, a typhoon that downed coconut and mango trees and knocked out power across much of the U.S. Pacific territory. Residents lined up outside the shops that were open to buy food and supplies. Many […]
Xi and Zelensky Speak in First Known Contact Since Russia’s Invasion: Latest News
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, spoke by telephone on Wednesday, in the first known contact between the two leaders since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Mr. Zelensky said he “had a long and meaningful phone call” with Mr. Xi. The Chinese state news media said the two leaders had discussed “the Ukraine […]
Russia-Ukraine War: Latest Updates – The New York Times
BRUSSELS — China moved quickly on Monday to limit damage to its relations with Europe, repudiating the comments of Beijing’s ambassador in Paris who had questioned the sovereignty of post-Soviet nations like Ukraine in a televised interview. The comments by Lu Shaye on Friday caused a diplomatic firestorm over the weekend among European foreign ministers […]
How the Latest Leaked Documents Are Different From Past Breaches
It is the freshness of the “secret” and “top secret” documents, and the hints they hold for operations to come, that make these disclosures particularly damaging, administration officials say. On Sunday, Sabrina Singh, a Pentagon spokeswoman, said U.S. officials had notified congressional committees of the leak and referred the matter to the Justice Department, which […]
Russia-Ukraine War: Latest Updates – The New York Times
A senior Ukrainian official said on Friday that a leak of documents detailing U.S. and NATO efforts to support a possible Ukrainian counteroffensive appeared to be a Russian disinformation operation aimed at creating doubt about Kyiv’s military plans. The classified war documents, which were posted this week on social media, included a “very large amount […]
The Latest: War in Ukraine: Leader of Russian Mercenary Group Affirms Ukraine’s Hold on Bakhmut
BEIJING — President Emmanuel Macron of France and Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, appealed on Thursday for a rapid return to peace talks to end the war in Ukraine, but Mr. Xi did not indicate whether he would use his close relationship with Moscow to push Russia to negotiate. Greeted with great pomp at the […]
The Latest: War in Ukraine: Senators Ask U.S. to Share Evidence of War Crimes With I.C.C.
Investigators have documented the abuse of prisoners of war, including many cases of torture, mistreatment and summary executions, according to a United Nations report on Russia’s war in Ukraine released on Friday. U.N. investigators said they had recorded 15 cases in which Russian forces had executed Ukrainian soldiers shortly after they were captured. Eleven of […]
Latest Xi-Putin Meeting News: Ukraine-Russia Live Updates
BRUSSELS — European Union foreign and defense ministers agreed on Monday to spend up to 2 billion euros, or $2.14 billion, to supply Ukraine with badly needed artillery shells, replenish their own national stocks and ramp up Europe’s ammunition production. As is typical for the bloc and its 27 member states, the details of the […]