Russia

Three elected officials from Colorado are included on a new list that Russia's Foreign Ministry released of 500 U.S. citizens banned from entering the country. 

After decades of progress on limiting the buildup of nuclear weapons, Russia's war on Ukraine has prompted renewed nuclear tensions between Russia and the United States.

A proposal backed by Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin to prevent "foreign adversaries" from acquiring farmland in Virginia won support in the House and Senate this week when similar measures were passed in both chambers. 

President Joe Biden announced on Jan. 25, 2023, that the U.S. would send 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine - following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's repeated requests for more military tanks to help wage its war against Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting Washington, D.C. Wednesday to meet with President Joe Biden and push for another round of funding for his effort to stave off the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The risk of the conflict in Ukraine expanding further into Eastern Europe escalated on Nov. 15, 2022, with reports of Russian-made missile strike straying into neighboring Poland.

Tactical nuclear weapons have burst onto the international stage as Russian President Vladimir Putin, facing battlefield losses in eastern Ukraine, has threatened that Russia will "make use of all weapon systems available to us" if Russia's territorial integrity is threatened.

With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, supply chain problems stemming from the global pandemic, and the world struggling under escalating inflation and a rapidly changing climate, the global hunger crisis has reached new levels.

Price hikes set by Ireland's Bord Gais Energy yesterday mean residential customers will pay an average EU48.25 extra on electricity and EU43.80 on gas each month. This came after similar announcements by competitors Electric Ireland, SSE Airtricity and Prepay Power.