Alejandro Tamayo/The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Mexican Border is Easier Path to Enter U.S. for Ukrainian Refugees

Vladymyr Ostapchuk and his family walked up to the U.S. border with Mexico on Sunday afternoon to ask for asylum, the final border they would cross after a multicountry trip over 20 days that started as Russian military forces invaded their native Ukraine last month. Mr. Ostapchuk, a 33-year-old construction worker from Vinnytsia, fled Ukraine […]

Xi is warned of ‘Consequences’ for Backing Russia in war, during Biden call

U.S. President Joe Biden warned Chinese President Xi Jinping in a video conference on Friday of “implications and consequences” should China support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while Xi assured Biden that his country didn’t want the war. The highly anticipated call was the first conversation between the two men since Russia’s invasion last month. “President […]

Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images, Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Kremlin calls Biden irritable and forgetful, says he insulted Putin

The Kremlin on Friday called comments by U.S. President Joe Biden about his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin “personal insults” and said Biden’s remarks appeared to have been fueled by irritation, fatigue and forgetfulness. Biden has labelled Putin a “war criminal” and a “murderous dictator” in recent days after the Russian leader last month sent tens […]

Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP

Is Europe’s new COVID surge coming to America next?

  While many Americans have decided the pandemic is “over” as it pertains to their own lives — a full 37 percent, according to the latest Yahoo News/YouGov poll — those who’ve been paying close attention to the latest COVID-19 developments overseas are now asking themselves two troublesome questions. What the heck is happening in […]

Kremlin

A ‘cold-blooded’ alliance? China could be a pivotal force in Russia’s war against Ukraine

CIA Director William Burns recently offered a stark assessment of the alliance between Russia and China during a high-profile hearing on Capitol Hill. It is driven by “very cold-blooded” calculations, the U.S. spy chief – a former U.S. ambassador to Russia – told lawmakers on Thursday. Chinese President Xi Jinping may be “unsettled” by Russia’s […]