China During a news conference in Japan, Pres. Biden told a reporter the U.S. would use military force to defend Taiwan if necessary. That's a stronger statement of support for Taiwan than the usual …

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Ukraine Russia launched a new effort to capture the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, which would give it full control of Luhansk. Ukrainian forces are staunchly defending the city, suggesting Zelensk …

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Ukraine The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved another $40 billion in military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine, sending it to Pres. Biden to sign.The Red Cross registered the Ukrainian troops who s …

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Ukraine Ukraine apparently ordered the holdouts at Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant to surrender to the Russian forces besieging them on Monday night, indicating they'd soon be swapped for Russian p …

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Ukraine Russia seems to have prevailed in Mariupol: Ukraine declared an end to the "combat mission" to defend the Azovstal steel plant, and the hundreds of remaining Ukrainian defenders there - inclu …

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Ukraine UK intelligence estimates that Russia has now lost one-third of the fighting force it invaded Ukraine with, which suggests Russia's heavy losses at the beginning of the campaign have contin …

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