World Jan 25 Ukraine urges calm over invasion fears but asks U.S. to sanction Russia, send more weapons Ukraine’s leaders on Monday tried to reassure the country, despite more than 100,000 Russian troops deployed near the nation's northern and eastern borders. Nick Schifrin speaks to Oksana Markarova, Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, about the country's tensions with…
World Jan 24 U.S. puts troops on high alert as Russia-Ukraine tensions escalate It's the most acute crisis between the West and Russia since the end of the Cold War, and both sides escalated their military deployments Monday. The United States is putting troops on higher alert, NATO says it will reinforce its…
World Jan 18 Inflation in Turkey is at a near two-decade high. Is it part of Erdogan’s plan? For Turkey, 2021 was marked by a free-falling currency, the lira, and record-high inflation. The government’s monetary policy has sent the country into economic turmoil, and as Nick Schifrin reports, soaring prices have hurt Turks from all walks of life.
World Jan 14 Novak Djokovic battles with Australia after violating COVID rules The best men's tennis player in the world is caught up in a quarantine quandary in Australia, as the first of this year's Grand Slam tennis tournaments is poised to begin. Novak Djokovic is not vaccinated: he's a skeptic. Australian…
World Jan 13 Russian military escalation with Ukraine looms as diplomatic efforts make little progress A week of diplomacy in Europe concluded Thursday, with the U.S. and European countries meeting with Russia over its massive military deployment on the borders of Ukraine. But the talks did not end well. Nick Schifrin reports on where the…
World Jan 12 U.S., NATO meet with Russia over massive troop buildup at Ukraine border The U.S. and its NATO allies met with Russian officials Wednesday in Brussels as part of a whirlwind week of diplomacy across Europe, sparked by a massive Russian troop buildup on its border with Ukraine. The crisis comes as questions…
World Jan 11 Examining the human toll of China’s stringent COVID policy Chinese authorities locked down after discovering two cases of omicron in Anyang, a city of 5.5 million people about 300 miles outside Beijing. It’s the third Chinese city now in lockdown and comes less than a month before the Beijing…
World Jan 10 U.S., Russia begin tense talks amid stark disagreements over Ukraine It is one of the most significant crises with Russia since the end of the Cold War: 100,000 Russian troops on Ukraine’s border that the U.S. says could invade within weeks. Meanwhile, American and Russian diplomats have kicked off intense…
World Dec 29 Hong Kong’s pro-democracy leaders urge the West to ‘step up’ amid raids on free press One of the largest remaining independent media outlets in Hong Kong shut itself down Wednesday. The closure came after police raided its offices, arrested editors and board members, and accused them of “sedition.” As Nick Schifrin reports, the death of…
World Dec 28 How Russia is trying to control history in bid for geo-political strength Memorial Human Rights Center, the leading human rights organization that was closed in Russia, documented today’s Russian political prisoners, as well as past Soviet human rights atrocities. As Nick Schifrin reports, the banning of Memorial comes almost exactly 30 years…