President Trump’s special envoy arrived in Russia on Friday to try to make progress on cease-fire talks in its war with Ukraine, meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin in St. Petersburg. Around the same time, Ukraine’s allies met in Brussels to announce new military support for Kyiv and expressed doubt about Moscow’s commitment to peace….
President Trump has taken a whipsaw approach to tariffs, widening and shifting course in determining which countries and goods will be subject to them. But across Mr. Trump’s political career, his case for tariffs has remained consistent, relying on a number of false and misleading claims to describe a global trade system that is “unfair”…
A Spanish executive who died along with four members of his family in a helicopter crash near New York City on Thursday was a top Siemens official whose international career was celebrated in his homeland. The Consulate General of Spain in New York confirmed on Friday that five Spanish citizens — two parents and their…
For the last three years, presidents, prime ministers, movie actors, rock stars and writers have traveled to Ukraine, seeking to show solidarity with a country under assault from its neighbor, Russia. Add Prince Harry to that list. On Thursday, Harry, the younger son of King Charles III, made an unannounced visit to the city of…
Even before presenting a plan on Wednesday for his government, Germany’s likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, persuaded Parliament to bypass constitutional limits to let him spend more on Germany’s military. This led observers to point out that any new German tank would have a hard time crossing a German bridge. The country once vaunted for…
The body lay wrapped in a maroon robe as a small cluster of mourners gathered last week to pay their respects. Buddhist monks chanted verses, praying for the deceased, who had been one of them. One monk, Ashin Javanar Linkhara, then held his dead colleague’s robe to his forehead and whispered the phrase used to…
The U.S. military announced on Thursday that it had removed the commander of its Pituffik base in Greenland, adding that it would not tolerate any actions that go against President Trump’s agenda. The decision to remove Col. Susannah Meyers was announced in a statement by the U.S. Space Force that was posted on social media…
The U.S. and China are headed for a ‘monumental’ split A dizzying escalation of tariffs has ruptured a trade relationship between the U.S. and China forged over decades, jeopardizing the fate of two superpowers and threatening to drag down the world economy. Many economists cautioned that the full repercussions would not be felt for weeks….
It seemed to be a perfect match: France’s top soccer player agreeing to star for his hometown club. And for a while it was. Kylian Mbappé was the star attraction that France’s premier team, Paris Saint-Germain, planned to build around for years to come. Its owners, an arm of the Qatari government, brought him back…
European Union officials announced on Thursday that they would delay plans for retaliatory tariffs after President Trump’s abrupt decision to hit pause on some of the levies he had placed on Europe and much of the rest of the world. Mr. Trump’s announcement, on Wednesday, fell far short of providing total relief to Europe. Higher…
