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Good morning. We’re covering reports of Russian atrocities, a bubbling political crisis in Pakistan and a Taliban ban on growing poppies for opium.Resistance: Here’s how Kyiv has withstood Russian attacks and how already legendary fighters repelled Russians from the small garrison city of Vasylkiv.Background: Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, ...

Good morning. We’re covering a visit by three European leaders to Ukraine, the ripple effects of China’s surge of Covid cases and a once-perilous road in Afghanistan.Three European leaders head to UkraineThe prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia traveled by train to Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, on ...

Good morning. We’re covering sustained shelling in Ukraine, China’s new economic plan and the fallout of a terrorist attack on a mosque in Pakistan.Russian attacks halt evacuationsAs Russian forces continued shelling Ukraine, at least three people — a mother and her children — were killed outside Kyiv as they ...

(Want to get this newsletter in your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.1. The U.S. and its allies moved swiftly to impose economic hardship on Russia for what President Biden called “the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.”Biden condemned President ...

We’re covering meetings on the Ukraine crisis in Moscow and in Washington and a state of emergency in Canada’s capital over trucker protests.Macron meets Putin over Ukraine crisisPresident Emmanuel Macron of France said that Europe was at a “critical crossroads” as he met in Moscow with President Vladimir Putin ...

ISIS leader dead in U.S. raidPresident Biden announced that the leader of ISIS, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, had died during an assault in Syria carried out by about two dozen American commandos. Rescue workers said women and children were among at least 13 people killed during the raid in ...

Good morning. We’re covering booster shots in France, Peng Shuai’s piercing accusations in China and the Pakistani madrasa that has educated many Taliban leaders.A French rush for boostersThousands rushed to book appointments for coronavirus booster shots on Thursday after the French government said that health passes would soon no ...

We’re covering the global scramble for migrant workers and solutions to an oil crisis.Wealthy nations battle it out for migrantsAs the pandemic heads into a third year, a global battle for young immigrant workers is underway. With fast-track visas and promises of permanent residency, many wealthy nations are sending ...

President Biden and Xi Jinping meetThe leaders of the U.S. and China held their third conversation in 10 months, a three-hour virtual summit, in an effort to keep “communication lines open” and avoid military action as tensions escalate.Among the top issues were human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region, ...

Good morning. We’re covering China’s rewriting of history, the U.S. infrastructure vote and India’s weakening moral authority.Xi Jinping sets his legacyChina’s top leader will most likely take center stage in a new official summation of Communist Party history. The document is likely to exalt Xi, 68, as a peer ...