This Month
‘We don’t know the truth’, says senior CIA officer
Beth Sanner was Donald Trump’s daily intelligence briefer for two years. Few people know the boundaries between secrecy and democracy so well.
- Kevin Chinnery
‘That is a lie’: Trump’s lawyer attacks Cohen’s credibility
The former president’s lawyers have attempted to destroy Michael Cohen’s credibility, grilling the prosecution’s star witness at the “hush-money” trial.
- Michael Sisak, Jennifer Peltz and Michelle Price
Xi tells Putin their nations’ ties should last ‘generations’
The Chinese president said his country was “ready to work with Russia as a good neighbour, friend and partner with mutual trust”.
- jing Li
Dalio warns of US debt pile, and he wants Taylor Swift for president
The billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates is worried about investors being able to absorb new supply, and why he would vote for Taylor Swift as president.
- Kate Duguid
US shale companies accused of collusion over oil price
ExxonMobil, Occidental Petroleum and Diamondback Energy are among the companies named in at least 10 class actions alleging they conspired to constrain production.
- Jamie Smyth and Myles McCormick
Putin replaces defence minister in rare cabinet shake-up
The Kremlin said Russia’s ballooning defence budget warranted putting economist Andrei Belousov in charge.
- Paul Sonne and Anton Troianovski
Russia ‘captures key villages’ as Ukraine races reinforcements
Military bloggers say the assault in the north-east could mark the start of an attempt to carve out the “buffer zone” sought by President Vladimir Putin.
- Updated
- Olena Harmash and Tom Balmforth
- Analysis
- EU
Europe’s far right is becoming mainstream
Anti-immigration parties with fascist roots, and an unclear commitment to democracy, are emerging as Europe’s new leaders, the New York Times reports.
- Roger Cohen
Russia not looking for global power clash: Putin
Vladimir Putin now casts the war as part of a holy struggle with the West, which he says has forgotten the role played by the Soviet Union in defeating Nazi Germany.
- Updated
- Guy Faulconbridge
Xi urges Macron to help avoid a ‘new cold war’
The Chinese leader told his French counterpart that the two nations should uphold mutual benefits, and jointly oppose decoupling and the disruption of supply chains.
- William Horobin, Samy Adghirni and Li Liu
Russia plotting sabotage across Europe, intelligence agencies warn
Russia has begun to more actively prepare covert bombings, arson attacks and damage to infrastructure on European soil, directly and via proxies, officials say.
- Sam Jones, John Paul Rathbone and Richard Milne
Macron set to press visiting Xi on trade, Ukraine
France is backing a European Union probe into Chinese electric vehicle exports and in January Beijing opened an investigation into imports of brandy.
- John Irish and Ingrid Melander
Russia using WW1 chemical weapons in Ukraine: US
The US made the accusation as the French president stepped up calls for Europe to consider sending troops to Ukraine in the future.
- Constant Méheut and Marc Santora
April
China’s gold buying spree raises fears for Taiwan
China has now been buying gold steadily since October 2022, marking its longest build-up of the precious metal since at least 2000.
- Melissa Lawford
China set to launch high-stakes mission to moon’s ‘hidden’ side
China has made leaps forward in its lunar exploration, narrowing the technological chasm with the United States and Russia.
- Albee Zhang and Ryan Woo
Star ousts chairman; PM’s rally backlash; ‘Safe’ banking danger
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
Fight to the last Ukrainian
More aid is clearly a relief for Kyiv, but will it be enough to reverse the tide of the war?
- James Curran
‘No silver bullet’: Ukraine has weapons but still needs the troops
The $94 billion US aid package should stop Russia in its tracks, but it won’t be nearly enough to send Putin packing.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
Power play: Creator of The Crown crosses over to the Kremlin
Peter Morgan’s new work follows Vladimir Putin’s rise to the presidency and the Russian high-fliers who mistakenly thought he’d be their puppet.
- Maureen Dowd
US to rush weapons to Ukraine as Biden signs aid bill
The Pentagon said it would rush the first $1.5 billion in aid to Ukraine, including shoulder-fired Stinger surface-to-air missiles and other air defence munitions.
- Zolan Kanno-Youngs
