In a blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin, senior Kremlin officials announced Russia has ordered a retreat from Kherson, a key city in southern Ukraine. It’s the latest in a series of military setbacks, and a potential turning point in the war, now nearing the end of its ninth month. The news followed weeks of Ukrainian…

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine nine months ago. Tens of thousands of people are now dead. This week, the European news outlet Euractiv reported a group of anti-Russian activists and former Russian lawmakers have been meeting for months, discussing various ways of removing Putin from office. Euractiv reported the anti-Putin group…

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan recently announced the city’s unemployment rate has fallen to 7%, matching a 20-year low. Automobile manufacturer Jeep just opened a new assembly plant in the city, the first of its kind in the last 30 years. And a University of Michigan forecast “maintains a faster recovery for Detroit than the State…

According to reports from The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post, Biden administration officials have held private talks with both sides of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to people familiar with the Ukraine talks, the Biden administration officials are encouraging Ukraine’s leaders to signal an openness to negotiate with Russia and drop their public…

According to The Guardian, the British government started ‘war-gaming’ an emergency plan to deal with wide-scale disruptions to its energy supply last year, before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The plan, called Programme Yarrow, was initially set up to deal with impacts to the National Grid. Yarrow lays out the government’s response in the event of…

The deal to ship Ukrainian grain and agricultural supplies through the Black Sea may be sunk, threatening world food supplies. Russia is pulling out of the agreement, accusing Ukraine of using the protected shipping lanes to launch drone attacks. Russia said 16 drones attacked its Black Sea Fleet on Saturday. The Russian Navy said it repelled…

The European Union is following California’s lead and banning the sale of new combustion-engine cars. The ban goes into effect in 2035. EU lawmakers reached the deal Thursday night. It was the first agreement the bloc has reached as part of the “Fit for 55” package, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55%…

Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States sent hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of weaponry to the Ukrainians. Things like Javelin anti-tank missiles and HIMARS rockets. Now, as China seems poised to launch an invasion of Taiwan, some are concerned that the U.S. might not have enough weapons to help…

Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was “violently assaulted” in a home invasion. According to two people with knowledge of the investigation into the attack who spoke to The Associated Press Friday on the condition of anonymity, Pelosi suffered blunt force trauma to his head and body after he was beaten…

The Russian military is losing ground in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin thinks it’s because Western satellites, like those from Starlink, are giving the Ukrainians an advantage. So, naturally, Russia threatened to shoot them out of orbit. Beginning very early on in the invasion, Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite-based internet provider has been providing internet connectivity to Ukrainians from…