Chinese hosts share the Lunar New Year with Olympic athletes, personnel and media
Chinese Lunar New Year is being celebrated even within the tightly controlled Beijing Winter Olympics bubble.
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FBI director says the threat from China is 'more brazen' than ever before
FBI Director Christopher Wray said the bureau is opening new cases to counter Chinese intelligence operations every 12 hours or so.
U.S. and Russia share tense exchange at U.N. Security Council meeting
At Monday's U.N. Security Council meeting, the U.S. hoped to get an explanation from Russia of exactly what it was doing regarding Ukraine. But instead, the meeting was full of tense exchanges.
A bridge separates 2 realities at the frontier of Russian-occupied Ukraine
Russia is threatening to invade Ukraine. But in the eastern region of Donbas, war has been underway since Russia-backed separatists moved in and declared breakaway republics in 2014.
The world worries of a Russian incursion. In Donbas, Ukrainians already live with war
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports from Donbas region of Ukraine as its residents live under the threat of a Russian incursion and cope with eight years of tensions and fighting along the border.
Global culture wars: Some far right groups in the U.S. are taking a pro-Russia stance
Even as the U.S. opposes Russian aggression into Ukraine, some Americans' attitudes are softening toward Russia — particularly on the far right.
Boris Johnson apologizes again as investigation into his lockdown parties continues
A report into social gatherings held by the U.K. government at a time of strict lockdowns has found some of the events "difficult to justify."
U.S. and Russia clashed over the Ukraine crisis at the U.N. Security Council meeting
The U.N. Security Council had a contentious session on Russia's pressure campaign against Ukraine. Most council members are urging Russia to take a diplomatic path.
Ukrainian foreign minister says global democratic order at stake in Russia standoff
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, about the global stakes of Ukraine's standoff with Russia and his call for U.S. support.
U.N. says over 100 ex-Afghan officials have been slain since the Taliban's takeover
A new U.N. report finds that "more than two-thirds" of those who died were victims of extrajudicial killings by the Taliban or its affiliates.