International Relations

Shanghai eases 2-week shutdown, letting some residents out
Apr 12, 2022

Shanghai eases 2-week shutdown, letting some residents out

Some residents of Shanghai have been allowed out of their homes as the city of 25 million eases a two-week-old shutdown


Biden, Modi speak as US presses for hard line on Russia
Apr 11, 2022

Biden, Modi speak as US presses for hard line on Russia

President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have spoken virtually, with a focus on how Russia’s war in Ukraine had destabilized the global food supply and the clear distance between the U.S. and India on whether Russia should be punished for the invasion


Senate votes 100-0 to end Russia trade status, enact oil ban
Apr 7, 2022

Senate votes 100-0 to end Russia trade status, enact oil ban

The Senate has unanimously voted to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and ban the importation of its oil, ratcheting up the U.S. response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine amid reports of atrocities


EXPLAINER: Can war massacres sway China's support for Russia
Apr 7, 2022

EXPLAINER: Can war massacres sway China's support for Russia

China has called reports of civilian killings in Ukraine disturbing and urged further investigations, even while declining to blame Russia


US charges Russian oligarch, dismantles cybercrime operation
Apr 6, 2022

US charges Russian oligarch, dismantles cybercrime operation

The Justice Department has charged a Russian oligarch with sanctions violations and has taken down a cybercrime operation controlled by a Russian military intelligence agency


China calls for probe into Bucha killings, assigns no blame
Apr 6, 2022

China calls for probe into Bucha killings, assigns no blame

China says the reports and images of civilian deaths in the Ukrainian town of Bucha are “deeply disturbing" but that no one should be blamed until all facts are know


White House: US, allies to ban new investments in Russia
Apr 6, 2022

White House: US, allies to ban new investments in Russia

The U.S. and its European allies will impose stiff new sanctions Wednesday, including a ban on new investments in Russia, in retaliation for Russia’s “war crimes” in Ukraine, according to the White House


US official: US, allies, to ban new investments in Russia
Apr 5, 2022

US official: US, allies, to ban new investments in Russia

The U.S. and its European allies will impose stiff new sanctions, including a ban on new investments in Russia on Wednesday, a U.S. official says, in retaliation for Russia’s “war crimes” in Ukraine


Japan's top envoy brings back 20 Ukrainians from Poland
Apr 5, 2022

Japan's top envoy brings back 20 Ukrainians from Poland

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi returned from Poland on Tuesday with 20 Ukrainians displaced by Russia's ongoing war on their country


Apr 4, 2022

North Korea warns of nuclear response if South provokes

For the second time in days, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated South Korea for touting its supposed preemptive strike capabilities against the North, saying her country’s nuclear forces would annihilate the South’s conventional forces if provoked


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