Russia, U.S. discuss possible cooperation on LNG projects: Putin

MOSCOW, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Russia and the United States are discussing the possibility of cooperating in liquefied natural gas (LNG), not only in the Russian Arctic zone but also in the U.S. state of Alaska, Russian President Vladimir Putin said...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 22, 2025

August 22, 2025, 7:45 pm ET Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. Click here to see ISW's interactive map of Ukraine's offensive in...

Tech stocks weigh on Wall Street as Fed meeting nears

Tensions in financial markets are rising as investors try to balance optimism surrounding the tech recovery with the risks posed by tighter monetary policies and increased global regulatory scrutiny. Tech pullback hits major indexes Wall Street’s...

Moscow Calling – August 22

TASS: By attacking the Druzhba oil pipeline, Kiev is trying to drag Hungary into war Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has announced a new attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Druzhba oil pipeline on the Russian-Belarusian border,...

Russian Geographical Society’s 180th anniversary

The Centre of the Russian Geographical Society in Sri Lanka yesterday celebrated the Russian Geographical Society’s 180th anniversary at the Colombo Public Library with the presence of Deputy Minister of Environment Anton Jayakodi and Colombo...

Russia declares political scientist Sergey Markov foreign agent

Putin sees ‘light at end of tunnel’ in Russia-US ties, eyes Arctic cooperation

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with nuclear industry personnel during a visit to the Russian Federal Nuclear Centre - All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF) in Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Region,...

Putin optimistic about Russia-US relations as Trump threatens sanctions

Russian President Vladimir Putin says there is “light at the end of the tunnel” in Russia-United States relations, while US President Donald Trump renewed a threat to impose sanctions on Moscow if there is no progress towards a peaceful settlement...

Trump's Diplomacy Won't Stop Russia's Expansionism

At the recent summit meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, the United States president apparently hoped that his demonstrative flattery would win the Russian leader’s favor. Behind this misjudgment lies not only the general...

Putin sees the 'light at the end of tunnel' for Russia-US relations, and cooperation in Arctic Alaska

Vladimir Putin, President of Russia and the United States, said that "light is at the end" of the tunnel in Russia-U.S. Relations and that both countries are discussing joint projects for the Arctic and Alaska. In response to questions from...

Putin sees light at the end of the tunnel in Trump era for Russia-US ties

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he sees “light at the end of the tunnel” in Russia-US relations, crediting President Donald Trump’s leadership for offering hope of a thaw after years of strain. Speaking during a visit to a nuclear...

Trump Again Warns Of Russia Sanctions If Ukraine Peace Progress Lags

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday reiterated his threat to impose sanctions on Russia if there is no progress toward a peaceful resolution in Ukraine within two weeks, expressing frustration with Moscow just a week after meeting Russian...

Mikhail Alexseev: Trump’s Russia and Ukraine summits show he can push for peace

By hosting an unprecedented short-notice summit with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and key European leaders last Monday, President Donald Trump significantly raised the prospects for ending Russia’s 3½-year-long war against Ukraine. The...

Trump again mulls Russia sanctions as Ukraine peace remains elusive one week after Alaska summit

Donald Trump renewed a threat to impose sanctions on Russia if there was no progress toward a peaceful settlement in Ukraine, as Moscow said there remained “no meeting planned” between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “I’m going to make a...

Ukraine war briefing: Frustrated Trump threatens Russia sanctions if there no progress on peace deal

Donald Trump has renewed a threat to impose sanctions on Russia if there is no progress toward a peaceful settlement in Ukraine in two weeks, showing frustration at Moscow a week after his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska. “I’m going to make...

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un decorates troops who fought for Russia against Ukraine

North Korean state media on Friday, August 22, released new images of leader Kim Jong Un kneeling before portraits of soldiers killed while fighting for Russia in Ukraine, as well as consoling survivors of the conflict. The images showed Kim...

Cheap drones, costly damage: Ukraine’s strike on Russia sparks fears for America

WASHINGTON (TNND) — In a bold and highly sophisticated operation, Ukraine successfully launched a covert drone strike deep inside Russian territory in early June, damaging some of Moscow’s most valuable military aircraft and exposing...

New UN science panel on chemical pollution launches with power struggles and funding fears

Negotiators from 100 nations have agreed to form the United Nations’ first scientific panel on chemicals and pollution, but unresolved questions over governance, funding, and influence threaten its effectiveness. María Paula Rubiano A. reports for...

College of Arts & Sciences Alumni Gain Firsthand Experience in Germany’s Parliament

Two recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates, Helen Poe (C’22) and Soma Arens (C’24), spent five months this year in Berlin working in the German Bundestag, which is Germany’s main legislative body, through the International Parliamentary...

Trump floats sanctions against Russia as Moscow dismisses Putin–Zelenskyy talks

‘I'm going to make a decision as to what we do, and it's going to be a very important decision,’ Trump told reporters. ‘And that's whether or not it's massive sanctions or massive tariffs or both, or we do nothing and say it's your fight.’ Trump...