Wagner in ‘full control’ of AZOM plant in Bakhmut, reports Russian state media

Russia’s private military group Wagner has taken “full control” of the AZOM metallurgical plant in the north of the city of Bakhmut, according to video posted by Russian state media and verified by CNN.Read More
Russia expert has theory on why Putin made newest nuclear threat

Former CNN Moscow bureau chief Jill Dougherty discusses Russian President Vladimir Putin’s new threat to place strategic nuclear weapons inside Ukraine’s neighbor, Belarus.Read More
No indications Russia is planning to use a nuclear weapon, US says

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In China, Marriage Rates Are Down and ‘Bride Prices’ Are Up

China’s one-child policy has led to too few women. Grooms are now paying more money for wives, in a tradition that has faced growing resistance.Read More
Putin Says He Could Put Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Belarus by Summer

The proposal from President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, talked of since last year, would be provocative without changing the West’s battlefield calculus.Read More
Steve Cohen’s Amazin’, Maddening, Money-Losing Bid to Own New York

Once a symbol of Wall Street excess, Cohen has invested lavishly in the Mets, becoming the most beloved billionaire in Queens. Is that enough to reverse team history?Read More
Japan-Korea Relations Improve, but Ties Are Still Fragile

Both sides face potential political snags, as well as a delicate balancing act in a region where the United States and China are competing for influence.Read More
An Anxious Asia Arms for a War It Hopes to Prevent
Doubts about both China and the United States are driving an arms race in the Indo-Pacific with echoes of World War II and new levels of risk.Read More
Emirates NBD Launches Fintech Accelerator Seeking Risk Management Innovators
Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) region, is expanding its partnership with innovation enabler Plug and Play Abu Dhabi, calling for fintechs that can provide propositions that enhance the bank’s risk management and cyber security models. Using Plug and Play Abu Dhabi’s global network, Emirates NBD […]
Actor Jonathan Majors is arrested on assault charge in New York, police say

Actor Jonathan Majors, who has recently starred in “Creed III” and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” was arrested Saturday morning in an alleged domestic dispute, New York police say.Read More