Blinken begins key China visit as tensions rise over new US foreign aid bill
SHANGHAI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a critical trip to China armed with a strengthened diplomatic hand following Senate approval of a foreign aid package that will provide billions of dollars in
The long battle for more US aid for Ukraine is ending but damage to Kyiv will be hard to reverse
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s long, painful battle with Republicans in Congress to secure urgently needed assistance for Ukraine will end Wednesday when he signs into law a $95 billion war aid measure that also includes
Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough cast in Noah Baumbach’s next film
Laura Dern, Billy Crudup and Riley Keough have been cast in Noah Baumbach’s next, as-yet-untitled Netflix film. Dern, who won as Oscar for her role in Baumbach’s Marriage Story, joins previously announced stars Adam Sandler and George
Trump hush money trial: what we’ve learned so far
By Andy Sullivan, Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York on criminal charges of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to
China blasts US military aid to Taiwan, saying the island is entering a ‘dangerous situation’
BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday blasted the latest package of U.S. military assistance to Taiwan on Wednesday, saying that such funding was pushing the self-governing island republic into a “dangerous situation.” The U.S. Senate late Tuesday
After battle with Republicans, Biden to sign Ukraine aid package
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will sign a bill into law on Wednesday that provides billions of dollars of new aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, a bipartisan victory for the
Arrests follow barricades and encampments as college students nationwide protest Gaza war
NEW YORK (AP) — Standoffs between pro-Palestinian student protesters and universities grew increasingly tense on both coasts Wednesday as hundreds encamped at Columbia University faced a deadline from the administration to clear out while dozens remained barricaded
Pro-Palestinian student protests target colleges’ financial ties with Israel
Students at a growing number of U.S. colleges are gathering in protest encampments with a unified demand of their schools: Stop doing business with Israel — or any companies that empower its ongoing war in Gaza. The
