World Apr 27 Russia severs natural gas supplies for two NATO nations, escalating standoff with the West More than two months into Russia's war in Ukraine Vladimir Putin on Wednesday trained his sights on Europe's reliance on Russian energy. Moscow cut off supplies of natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria, two of the many European countries that…
World Apr 26 As the West increases arms shipments to Ukraine, worries grow about the reaction in Russia The war in Ukraine is accelerating in the eastern Donbas region. On Tuesday, as ministers from dozens of nations met in Germany to coordinate their efforts to arm Ukraine, American leaders changed their tone, from one of just helping Ukraine…
World Apr 15 Putin tightens grip on Russian dissent behind a new Iron Curtain Since the invasion of Ukraine the Kremlin has further stifled what little freedom Russians had to criticize the government. Garry Kasparov, prominent Russian opposition figure, a chess grandmaster, former world champion and now chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative, which…
World Apr 14 Frustration and anger among Shanghai residents as China doubles down on zero-COVID policy In Shanghai Thursday one of the world’s most important financial hubs reported 27,000 cases of COVID, the highest single-day total reported anywhere in China at any point during the pandemic. Much of the city’s 25 million people have been under…
World Apr 13 Russian forces enter Mariupol as outgunned Ukrainians prepare for renewed assault In Mariupol Wednesday, Russian troops and their separatist allies drove into a city they’ve already destroyed following a six-week siege that gutted 90 percent of the buildings. As Ukrainian forces prepared for more intense battles, 120,000 civilians remain trapped in…
World Apr 13 Do Russian actions in Ukraine constitute genocide? The White House is facing questions about President Biden's statement this week that Russia's campaign in Ukraine was "genocide," a claim he later walked back. But what constitutes genocide, and what's the impact of the president’s words? John Bellinger, who…
World Apr 11 Russia readies for major assault on eastern Ukraine, beginning ‘second chapter’ of war The Russian military is beginning to refocus its assault on eastern Ukraine as Vladimir Putin named an overall military commander for the war, one with a brutal resume of killing civilians and inflicting destruction in Syria. Michael Kofman, senior fellow…
World Apr 07 Lithuania’s foreign minister discusses the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine Among several former Soviet Republics and satellite states that are now NATO members is the small Baltic nation of Lithuania. Fiercely independent, its security concerns are compounded not just by its former occupier, Russia, but by the adversaries that border…
World Apr 06 Western nations impose new sanctions on Russia in response to atrocities in Ukraine Russian forces have almost completely left the region around Ukraine's capital and are now turning to the east, as evidence of atrocities committed by Russian troops mounts. The U.S. announced more economic punishment in response as European leaders considered additional…
World Apr 04 What international crimes are Russians committing in Ukraine? U.S. administration officials accused Russia of deliberately killing civilians in Ukraine as part of its campaign, and said President Biden would work with allies to determine how to hold Putin accountable. Philippe Sands, professor of law at University College London…