From China to Big Sky: The Balloon That Unnerved the White House The balloon's journey across the ocean has gripped the world's attention and forced the top US diplomat to cancel his trip to Beijing. As Peter Martin, Jenny Leonard and Jennifer Jacobs write, its fate remains uncertain — as do the delicate relations between two superpowers grasping for ways to ease tensions and get talks back on track. - The balloon now floating at 60,000 feet over the continental US is part of a broader Chinese spying program that's seen many such devices sent over the nation, US officials say.
US-China Talk of Better Ties But Things Keep Getting Worse Two months after Biden met Xi in Bali with a promise to arrest a slide in ties, the world's two biggest economies have been unable to halt a cycle of suspicion and provocation. As Iain Marlow, Jenny Leonard and Rebecca Choong Wilkins explain, that's renewing doubts whether the relationship will ever return to normal. Putin's War in Ukraine Pushes Ex-Soviet States Toward New Allies Putin invaded Ukraine partly to assert Russia's regional dominance. Nearly a year on, the Russian president has achieved the opposite. Officials from ex-Soviet states in central Asia and the Caucasus say the war has prompted their governments to look for ways to reduce dependence on Moscow by turning to rival powers.
As Russia Gears Up for New Push, Ukraine Waits for More Weapons A Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine appears imminent even as Kyiv holds out for more weapons deliveries for its own push in the south in the spring, according to assessments from US and European officials. Yet Natalia Drozdiak, Alberto Nardelli and Jenny Leonard write that neither side is likely to gain much ground soon. - Georgia's president said Russia must be required to abandon its nearly 15-year-long occupation of her nation's territory as part of an eventual peace deal to end the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.
Rescue workers at a destroyed apartment building following a Russian strike in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on Wednesday. Photographer: Yasuyoshi Chiba/Getty Images The Adani Group's Crisis Shakes Investors' Faith in India A damning short-seller attack has left billionaire Gautam Adani battling the worst crisis of his corporate life. It's also raising bigger, darker questions about India's credibility as a global growth engine and a destination for international investors. - The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, considered a close ally of Adani, has shown few signs of worry — or at least that's the impression it's giving to the markets.
Sunak's Rocky Premiership After 100 Days of Strikes and Scandal After a wave of strikes and scandals in his governing Conservative Party, which is sitting about 20 points behind in most polls, the hard work is just starting for Rishi Sunak. Kitty Donaldson writes that the International Monetary Fund now forecasts that Britain faces the bleakest two years of any major industrial nation. - The Bank of England said workforce drop-outs have become an economic dead weight that has left the UK facing its bleakest outlook in generations.
Macron Digs In as Hostility to French Pension Reform Mushrooms Emmanuel Macron is sticking to his plan to raise the retirement age, a signature step in his pro-business revamp of the French economy, despite swelling opposition, William Horobin and Ania Nussbaum report. The president says raising the lower limit to 64 is a reform that would bring France in line with other European countries, steady its deficit-ridden finances and improve the economy's capacity to grow and create jobs. |
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