As the president deliberated with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the question of whether to let Ukraine use long-range weapons in Russia was a rare point of contention between allied nations.

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More than 50 African leaders have gathered in Beijing for a summit aimed at projecting the influence of China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in the developing world.

Throughout Congo and the rest of Africa, it’s society’s most vulnerable who bear the brunt of the mpox outbreak.

Leaning into the powerful marketing of the vice president as a bastion of hope requires enormous amnesia.

Most Ukrainians still oppose ceding any territory to Russia. But polls and recent remarks by the country’s leaders highlight a palpable shift in the conversation around peace talks.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III warned Beijing against engaging in hostilities with U.S. allies in the South and East China Seas.

Asian officials will press Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken about the former president and about Kamala Harris as he visits the region.

The statement was a major departure for the alliance, which until 2019 never officially mentioned China as a concern.