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LONDON (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Friday made her first visit to the U.K. since both countries signed a free trade agreement, meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to boost bilateral ties and discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine. The trip came after both leaders attended the NATO summit in Madrid....
Madrid (CNN)President Joe Biden departed the first of his two summits in Europe this week committing with other top world leaders to back Ukraine in its war against Russia "for as long as it takes."But exactly how long that might be remains an open question -- and a source of anxiety -- for leaders now...
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin is making his first public foreign trip since Russia sent troops into Ukraine, heading for two former Soviet republics and meetings likely to be friendly. Ahead of the trip beginning Tuesday to Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, there were no expectations of significant developments. But the visit gives Putin the opportunity...
President Joe Biden will travel to Germany and Spain in the coming days to attend G-7 and NATO summits. Senior administration officials briefed reporters Wednesday ahead of Biden's trip and noted that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address both bodies while the president visits. Officials say Ukraine will remain at the forefront of discussions at...
President Joe Biden said on Monday he won't visit the Ukraine during his upcoming trip to Europe but he said he talks to President Volodymyr Zelensky three or four times a week. Biden leaves at the end of the week for a G7 meeting in Germany and then heads to a NATO summit in Spain. 'On...
LONDON (AP) — UK government says Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in Kyiv, 2nd trip to Ukraine since war began. Copyright © 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's trip to Serbia was abruptly canceled on Sunday after three countries bordering the Balkan nation closed their airspace to the Russian diplomat's plane. The Russian Foreign Ministry on Sunday confirmed reports that Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Montenegro did not allow permission for the overflight of the aircraft carrying Lavrov to...
TOKYO (AP) — Joe Biden spent his first trip to Asia as president strengthening economic and military commitments. He pushed new rules for the global economy and promoted democracy in launching a new trade pact. And he summoned fellow Indo-Pacific leaders to do more in defense of Ukraine even if it causes their people some...
Reportedly, Ms. Trump has been involved in several efforts to provide relief to Ukrainians in need since March. CityServe says that she has purchased and helped distribute one million meals into Ukraine and was vital in delivering several cargo planes worth of requested medical supplies that will be distributed among hospitals and clinics throughout Ukraine....
President Joe Biden is pitching for allies Japan and South Korea to do more to assist Ukraine as he meets with leaders of both countries on his trip to Asia – pushing for further support as Ukraine suffers defeat in Mariupol following a long Russian siege. South Korea is one of the world's top arms...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Biden signs $40B in Ukraine aid after bill is flown to him during Asia trip; half the money is for Ukrainian military. Copyright © 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed.
Ivanka Trump recently spent time in Poland helping out and hanging out with Ukrainian refugees, including a chance to play guitar with a child. Trump, 40, visited Krakow and Warsaw after an invite from global non-profit CityServe, hugging children and embracing mothers as they helped to deliver relief to the refugees. The former First Daughter...
VIDEO2:2302:23Think tank discusses the U.S.' view on South Korea and nuclear weaponsSquawk Box Asia North Korea could launch an intercontinental missile test or even a nuclear test to try to overshadow U.S. President Joe Biden's upcoming visit to South Korea, an expert told CNBC on Friday. "They've already done two intercontinental ballistic missile tests earlier...
President Joe Biden's maiden trip to Asia as commander in chief marks a long-awaited shift to the region, one that has been overshadowed by the president's deadly withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Russia's bloody invasion of Ukraine. Biden's five-day itinerary includes a stop in South Korea and then Japan to meet the countries'...
(CNN)First lady Jill Biden on Wednesday departs Washington for a six-day Latin American tour, with scheduled stops in Ecuador, Panama and Costa Rica, according to a White House release obtained first by CNN. Biden will be joined on the trip by her daughter, Ashley Biden. The tour will "emphasize the importance of the US partnership,"...
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was pictured flashing her American Express card during a shopping trip to New York City's Saks Fifth Avenue with her husband Paul. The Democrat was seen wearing a salmon-pink pantsuit and high heels as she strutted from her car to the up-market department store. She was flanked by her...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters on Monday that Congress could ratify Finland's NATO membership by the end of this summer. He held a press conference alongside Finnish President Sauli Niinisto after leading a small delegation of senior GOP senators to Ukraine, Sweden and Finland over the weekend. It comes as the US and its...
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The first telephone call Jill Biden made from her black SUV after an unannounced meeting with her Ukrainian counterpart inside the embattled country was to her husband, President Joe Biden. Biden and Olena Zelenska, who had not been seen in public since President Vladimir Putin sent Russia’s military into her...
Jill Biden urged President Joe Biden to keep supporting the Ukraine after making a surprise Mother's Day visit to the war torn nation. The first lady called the president from her car as she returned from her secret visit to a Ukraine public school where she met with her counterpart Olena Zelensky and made art projects...
First lady Jill Biden made an unannounced Mother’s Day visit to Ukraine on Sunday to visit Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska, the wife of President Volodymyr Zelensky. The first ladies embraced as Biden, who crossed the border from Slovakia, presented Zelenska with flowers before a meeting inside a school that is being used as...
First Lady Jill Biden on Sunday made a surprise visit to western Ukraine where she was greeted by her counterpart Olena Zelensky. AP reports Biden became the latest high-profile American to enter Ukraine during its 10-week-old conflict with Russia after travelling in total secrecy. “I wanted to come on Mother’s Day,” Biden told Zelensky on arrival....
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian media, local mayor say Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a surprise trip to Ukraine amid the war. Copyright © 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed.
Uzhhorod, Ukraine (CNN)First lady Jill Biden made an unannounced trip on Sunday to Uzhhorod, Ukraine, a small city in the far southwestern corner of the country. At a converted school that now serves as temporary housing for displaced citizens, Biden met with Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska, who has not been seen in public since...
EUROPE -- First Lady Jill Biden will continue her trip to two eastern European countries that border Ukraine.Biden heard heartbreaking stories Saturday from Ukrainian women and children who fled Russia's war and found safe haven in Romania, with one mother telling the U.S. first lady of a harrowing escape after being holed up in a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — For weeks, first lady Jill Biden has been transfixed by the news coming out of Ukraine, by the bombings and scenes of “parents weeping over their children’s broken bodies in the streets,” as she said in a recent speech. Now Biden is using her second solo overseas trip to get an up-close...
A veterinarian from the United States went on a volunteer trip to the Polish border and fell in love with an adorable cat in need. Source: Greater Good Charities/Youtube George, the cat, will now embark on his journey to the United States with veterinarian Dr. Julie Ryan Johnson. George is a creme-colored Norwegian...
(CNN)President Joe Biden on Tuesday will make a trip that would have seemed far-fetched to his own advisers one year ago, visiting a weapons-making facility in ruby-red Alabama. But 69 days into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, his trip is especially timely. Biden, who last week urged Congress to authorize a $33 billion aid package, will...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a group of senior Democratic lawmakers returned on Monday from an unannounced meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv and discussions with Polish President Andrzej Duda. The trip came as President Joe Biden's administration is under fire by Republicans and some Democrats for taking a more aggressive stand...
First Lady Jill Biden is the new face of U.S. diplomacy. This was confirmed Monday with the news she will head to eastern Europe later this week on a solo diplomatic mission for the White House, following in the footsteps of House Leader Nancy Pelosi who met with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday. It is...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden will spend Mother’s Day meeting with Ukrainian mothers and children who fled for their lives after Russian President Vladimir Putin opened war against Ukraine, the White House announced late Sunday. The May 8 meeting will take place in Slovakia, one of two eastern European countries the first lady plans...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made an unannounced trip to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Saturday, becoming the most senior US official to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky since the war broke out more than two months ago. Pelosi’s office said Sunday that the speaker had led an official congressional delegation to Ukraine — the...
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi led a secret delegation visit to Ukraine flanked by armed guards and top Democrats. The meeting, which is the highest level official delegation yet to the besieged nation, was not announced until after it happened, in stark contrast to Ukrainian president Volodmyr Zelensky’s announcement last weekend that Secretary...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a surprise trip to Kyiv as part of the first congressional delegation to the capital since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. Pelosi and her delegation, who made the visit on Saturday, met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in person to discuss the United States's efforts to support Ukraine's...
(CNN)President Joe Biden will make his first trip to Asia as president next month, visiting South Korea and Japan from May 20 to May 24, White House officials told CNN, underscoring his commitment to the region even as international attention is directed toward the crisis in Ukraine.Biden, the officials said, will hold bilateral meetings with...
BOSTON (CBS) – Ulana Nosal scoops up her whole world – her daughters – in her arms Monday night, after arriving to Logan Airport. Even so, it still feels like part of her heart is so far away. “Coming back the first time around it was hard to find a balance of coming back...
(CNN)US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin traveled to Kyiv on Sunday where they met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials, making them the highest-level US officials to have traveled to the country since the Russian invasion began in late February. While in Kyiv, Blinken and Austin met...
President Joe Biden said on Thursday he would like to visit the Ukraine and confirmed a report his administration is having conversations about sending a senior official to war-torn Kyiv. 'We're making that decision now,' Biden said when asked if a top member of his administration would make the trip. But when asked if he'd...
Washington (CNN)President Joe Biden said Thursday he was still working with his team to determine whether he should dispatch a senior member of his administration to Ukraine, a potentially dramatic show of support for the nation as it comes under attack from Russia."We're making that decision now," Biden said when asked whether he would send...
VIENNA (AP) — Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Monday that he urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the invasion of Ukraine and raised the issue of “serious war crimes” committed by the Russian military. Nehammer was the first European leader to meet Putin in Moscow since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine Feb....
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made an apparently unannounced trek into war-torn Ukraine for an in-person meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday. Surprise ???? pic.twitter.com/AWa5RjYosD— Embassy of Ukraine to the UK (@UkrEmbLondon) April 9, 2022 An image shared on Twitter by the Embassy of Ukraine to the United Kingdom confirmed the visit...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis headed to the Mediterranean island nation of Malta on Saturday for a pandemic-delayed weekend visit, aiming to draw attention to Europe’s migration challenge that has only become more stark with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Francis is likely to encourage Europe’s embrace of Ukrainian refugees while also urging countries to...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis heads to Malta this weekend, with the refugee exodus from Ukraine casting a haunting backdrop to the European migration drama that for years has focused on Malta and other Mediterranean countries and the plight of desperate people who arrive on boats seeking refuge. Francis’ two-day visit to the Mediterranean...
(CNN)President Joe Biden used a last-minute trip to Europe this week to rally the world's democracies and announce more actions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, while also causing a geopolitical stir with one of the final lines from his speech in Poland.The President's four-day stint began in Brussels, where he attended snap summits...
(CNN)President Joe Biden on Saturday is taking part in his final stop on a last-minute trip to Europe aimed at synchronizing how Western allies will address Russia's war with Ukraine and reassure nations that they have the support of the United States. In Warsaw, Biden will hold a bilateral meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda...
BOSTON (CBS) – The U.S. plans to welcome up to 100,000 refugees from Ukraine, but Massachusetts Congressman Stephen Lynch doesn’t think that many will come here. Lynch and Congresswoman Lori Trahan were part of a bipartisan congressional delegation that just returned from a trip to Poland, Romania, and Moldova to see the conditions at the...
President BidenJoe BidenBiden administration to sanction hundreds of Russian lawmakers: report On The Money — White House previews new sanctions on Russia Energy & Environment — Republicans take voter campaign to gas stations MORE has embarked on the most consequential trip of his presidency to meet with allies in Brussels and Warsaw four weeks into Russia’s...