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China is conducting military exercises that have raised tensions in the region to their highest level in decades. The drills were prompted by a visit to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. (Image credit: Ng Han Guan/AP)

The British foreign minister has consolidated her lead in recent days over her rival Rishi Sunak, partly by promising she can deliver lower taxes to get Britain’s moribund economy growing again.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Chinese leader Xi Jinping to hold direct talks, noting Beijing hasn’t replied to such requests since Russia invaded his country some five months ago. The last time the pair spoke was one year ago, Zelensky

Approval of a package to help bolster household finances would come as a boost for the French president as the country copes with soaring consumer prices stemming in part from Russia’s war of attrition in Ukraine.

When Grant Schroeder commissioned a drawing of his cat, Luna, he figured that was it. But he got a lot more when Emma Ferguson, who also had a cat named Luna, took notice. Soon a romance bloomed. (Image credit: Grant

The referendum in a reliably Republican state shows which party has the most energy on the issue.

Severe equipment and manpower problems could slow President Vladimir V. Putin’s mission as the war enters its sixth month.

With midterm elections approaching, Biden calls out Trump more often  NPR

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief sharply criticized the “grotesque greed” of oil and gas companies on Wednesday for making record profits from the energy crisis on the back of the world’s poorest people, “while destroying our only home.”

Griner’s defense attorney will also speak at Thursday’s court session in Moscow, and the basketball star will likely give a statement on her own behalf as her trial on drug charges winds to a close. (Image credit: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)