Monday, December 23, 2024

Russia claims progress in eastern Ukraine; Kyiv craves tanks

Russia claimed Friday to have captured a village in its intense, monthslong push toward the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut, as military analysts cautioned...

$2.5 billion aid sends Strykers, but no tanks, to Ukraine

The U.S. will send 90 Stryker combat vehicles and an additional 59 Bradley fighting vehicles to Ukraine, in addition to hundreds of thousands of...

In Senegal, Yellen talks about future of US-Africa relations

On a humid but remarkably cool Friday in Dakar, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen caravanned from a government building to a business incubator, set to...

Biden on classified docs discovery: ‘There’s no there there’

A frustrated President Joe Biden said Thursday there is “no there there” when he was persistently questioned about the discovery of classified documents and official...

Protests move into Peru’s capital, met by tear gas and smoke

Thousands of protesters demanding the ouster of President Dina Boluarte poured into Peru’s capital, clashing with police who fired tear gas. Many came from...

Google axes 12,000 jobs, layoffs spread across tech sector

Google is laying off 12,000 workers, or about 6% of its workforce, becoming the latest tech company to trim staff as the economic boom...

Defense leaders meet amid dissent over tanks for Ukraine

Defense leaders gathered at Ramstein Air Base in Germany heard an impassioned plea for more aid Friday from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as they...

UNESCO seeks to prevent trafficking of looted Ukrainian art

The United Nations cultural organization is training law enforcement and judiciary officials from countries on Ukraine’s western borders, seeking to prevent the trafficking of...

Russia, China to hold naval drills off South Africa

Russia and China will conduct naval drills in the Indian Ocean off the coast of South Africa next month in another indication of their...

Israel and Palestinians clash at UN meeting as tensions rise

Israel’s U.N. ambassador accused the Palestinians on Wednesday of stabbing a knife into any chance for reconciliation by seeking an advisory opinion from the...