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Biden says he's leaving Trump with a 'strong hand to play' in world conflicts

Jan. 13, 2025 16:35 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that his stewardship of American foreign policy has left the U.S. safer and economically more secure, arguing that President-elect Donald Trump will inherit a nation viewed as stronger and more reliable than it was four years ago. ...

Russian forces bypass a key stronghold in a bid to cut off its supplies, a Ukrainian officer says

Jan. 13, 2025 10:36 AM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces are bypassing a key stronghold in eastern Ukraine that they have fought for months to capture and are focusing instead on cutting supply lines to it, a Ukrainian official said Monday. Russian troops are going around the vital logistics hub of...

Seoul's spy agency says North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine haven't shown desire to defect

Jan. 13, 2025 05:39 AM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers on Monday that two North Korean soldiers who were captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region haven’t expressed a desire to seek asylum in South Korea. ...

Today in History: January 25, NASA Opportunity rover lands on Mars

Jan. 13, 2025 00:02 AM EST

Today is Saturday, Jan. 25, the 25th day of 2025. There are 340 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 25, 2004, NASA’s Opportunity rover landed on Mars and sent its first pictures of the planet to Earth; originally planned as a 90-day mission, the rover...

North Korean troops in Ukraine gain battlefield experience, cementing alliance with Russia

Jan. 12, 2025 00:09 AM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — For weeks, Ukrainian troops braced for an unfamiliar enemy: North Korean soldiers sent to bolster Moscow’s forces after Ukraine launched a lightning-fast incursion and seized territory in Russia's Kursk region over the summer. Their arrival marked a new and...

Ukraine says it captured 2 North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia

Jan. 11, 2025 11:39 AM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s forces have captured two North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday, the first such claim by Kyiv since North Korea sent thousands of troops to shore up Moscow's war effort...

Trump's words on Greenland and borders ring alarms in Europe, but officials have a measured response

Jan. 11, 2025 02:22 AM EST

PARIS (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has tossed expansionist rhetoric at U.S. allies and potential adversaries with arguments that the frontiers of American power need to be extended into Canada and the Danish territory of Greenland, and southward to include the Panama Canal. ...

Biden levies new sanctions against Russian energy sector, but it's up to Trump whether to keep them

Jan. 10, 2025 18:50 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration announced Friday that it's expanding sanctions against Russia's critically important energy sector, unveiling a new effort to inflict pain on Moscow for its grinding war in Ukraine as President-elect Donald Trump gets set to return to office...

Kremlin welcomes the possibility of a meeting between Trump and Putin

Jan. 10, 2025 07:40 AM EST

The Kremlin has welcomed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's readiness to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a senior Moscow official said Friday. Russia attaches no conditions to the possibility of face-to-face talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters during a...

Biden to deliver a capstone address on his foreign policy legacy as he makes way for Trump's return

Jan. 10, 2025 05:05 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to deliver a capstone address Monday on his foreign policy legacy, according to the White House. The outgoing president is expected to use his address at the State Department to highlight his administration's efforts to expand NATO, rally...