Beijing's residents stocked up on food and necessities after a rising number of Covid cases in the capital prompted lockdown fears.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke to reporters Monday after a trip to Ukraine. Mr. Austin said the United States hopes to see Russia's military capabilities reduced so that 'it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine.'

In the shadow of a devastating war, worshipers in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, attended services on the holiest day of the year for Orthodox Christians.

President Biden signed an executive order intended to strengthen international forest protection commitments that the United States made last year at the COP 26 climate summit in Scotland.

The additional $800 million in U.S. defense aid would equip five Ukrainian artillery battalions and include new attack drones, John F. Kirby, the Pentagon spokesman, said.

Merrick Garland, the U.S. attorney general, announced the extradition of former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, whom he described as operating a 'narco state' during his tenure, on federal drug trafficking charges.

The Treasury secretary called for more resilient global supply chains due to the impact of the pandemic and Russia's war in Ukraine.

President Biden speaks about the war two months into Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine.

High winds and dry conditions hampered efforts to contain the Tunnel fire near Flagstaff, Ariz. The fire has prompted evacuations from hundreds of homes.

Boris Johnson, the prime minister of Britain, apologized to members of Parliament after he was fined by police for attending a lockdown party in Downing Street during the height of the pandemic.