The lockdown in China comes as millions of Chinese children are scheduled to start the new school year.
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Global nuclear chief emerges from Ukrainian plant after Russian shelling forces reactor shutdown
A team of experts arrived Thursday at Ukraine’s nuclear plant, hoping to avert catastrophe amid intense fighting for control of the region.
‘They are playing games’: Russia chastised as experts race to protect Ukraine nuclear power plant
A delegation of nuclear power plant experts hoping to head off catastrophe was en route Wednesday to the beleaguered Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant.
Ukraine stays on offensive as Zelenskyy warns Russians to ‘go home’ in push to retake Kherson
Both sides claimed early success in what is expected to be a weekslong push by Ukrainian forces to regain territory lost in the war’s first months.
At least 3 dead, 1M without power as storms, wind slam Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania
A wall of angry storms roared through Michigan, Indiana and Pennsylvania with heavy rains, hail and wind gusts of up to 80 mph in some areas.
Ukraine says counteroffensive underway in Russia-held south; international team heads to nuclear plant
The Ukraine military said it launched a long-awaited offensive to liberate a swath of southern Ukraine occupied for months by Russian forces.
American killed while fighting alongside Ukrainians in contested Donbas region
A Memphis native fighting alongside Ukrainian soldiers is the latest American killed by Russian-backed militias in the hotly contested Donbas region.
Six months into the Russia-Ukraine war, the entire world is losing. A look at where we go from here.
Russia and Ukraine are both taking heavy casualties as the war hits the 6-month mark. Neither is likely to achieve its desired result, experts say.
3 Kremlin generals sacked; Biden urged to declare Russia a state sponsor of terrorism: Ukraine live updates
The poor performance of Russia’s armed forces in Ukraine appears to have led to a shakeup in command, British officials say. Live updates.
Ukraine warns Kremlin to ‘retreat or be annihilated’ in Kherson; US pushing deal to free Griner: July 27 recap
Ukrainian forces using U.S.-supplied artillery severely damaged a bridge vital to the Russian military’s supply lines in occupied Kherson.