Topline The U.S. has determined that Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine, Vice President Kamala Harris said Saturday, with accusations Russia has continued a “widespread and system...
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Hawaii And Guam Were The Original Targets Of Shot Down Chinese Spy Balloon, Report Says
Topline The Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down by the U.S. military earlier this month was initially meant to fly over Guam and Hawaii, Reuters reported on Wednesday as Chinese officials ...
The Chinese Spy Balloon Is Down. Now The Fallout Begins.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks following a Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony … [+] with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State ...
China’s U.S. Ambassador Qin Gang Promoted To Foreign Minister
Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Qin Gang visits the International Leadership of Texas, Garland High … [+] School on May 31, 2022 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Liao Pan/China News Service via Getty ...
The Appetite For African Data Centers: Can Investment Keep Up?
By Franklin Amoo and Rahul Kumbhani Insufficient infrastructure investment has always stymied development in Africa. Most of the continent has historically lagged the rest of the world in coverage of ...
Biden Will Meet Families Of Brittney Griner And Paul Whelan
Topline President Joe Biden will meet with the families of WNBA star Brittney Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who both remain jailed in Russia, at the White House on Friday, officials told ...
Ukraine Blames Russia For Power Blackouts As Ukrainian Troops Retake Territory
Topline Ukrainian officials on Sunday accused Russia of causing electric blackouts across much of eastern Ukraine, as Ukraine’s military touts the recapture of critical territory in formerly Russian-o...
Why Not Extend Permanent Safe Haven?
COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH – SEPTEMBER 13 : A Rohingya Muslim woman, fled from ongoing military … [+] operations in Myanmars Rakhine state, gets off a boat while fleeing to a temporary ...
Ukraine Reportedly Strikes Deal With Russia To Resume Grain Exports Amid Fears Of Food Crisis
Topline Ukrainian officials say they have reached a deal with Russia, Turkey and the United Nations Friday to lift a Russian naval blockade, allowing millions of tons of stockpiled Ukrainian grain to ...
Antony Blinken Tests Positive For Covid After Attending White House Correspondents Dinner
Topline Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive for Covid-19 Wednesday, according to the State Department, making him the latest to contract the virus among attendees of last weekend’s White...
Zelensky Will Meet With U.S Officials Blinken, Austin In Kyiv
Topline Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday in Kyiv, Ukraine’s president announced at a news conference...
U.S. Is Not Seeking Regime Change In Russia, Blinken Clarifies Biden’s Putin Remark
Topline Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday said Washington was not seeking regime change in Moscow, a statement which follows President Joe Biden’s speech in Warsaw where he condemned Putin a...
U.S. Declares Russia Has Committed War Crimes In Ukraine
Topline Russian troops have committed war crimes in Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday, issuing a statement that blasted Russia for ‘deliberately targeting civilians, as well as...
Putin Threatens ‘Military Conflict’ After Accusing U.S. Of Ignoring His Concerns
Topline In his first public comments in over a month on Russia’s tense standoff with the West, President Vladimir Putin said the United States may push Russia into “armed conflict” after refusing to c...
Blinken Sticks By Ukraine In U.S.-Russia Call As Putin Prepares To Address The Press
Topline Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasized the United States’ commitment to Ukraine and pushed Russia to move thousands of troops away from the Ukrainian border in a Tuesday phone call with ...
U.S. And Russia On ‘Clearer Path’ To Diplomacy On Ukraine, Blinken Says
Topline U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed the commitment to keeping the path of diplomacy open as he met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday in Geneva, in what Blinken ...