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China’s Oil and Gas Use Fell in 2022 for First Time in Decades

Pandemic lockdowns curbed Chinese energy demand, but the International Energy Agency expects a rebound this year.

World

Russia says it will switch four occupied Ukrainian regions to Moscow time.

Russia will switch four occupied areas of Ukraine to Moscow’s time zone, it said Friday, a shift that carries symbolic…

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Russia cracks down on the free press and outlaws Meduza, a leading independent news site.

Russian officials continued their campaign to stifle press freedom on Thursday, labeling the independent news website Meduza an “undesirable organization”…

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Your Friday Briefing

A barrage of Russian missiles across Ukraine.

World

In Wave of Strikes, Russian Missiles Kill 12 Across Ukraine

Russia’s forces once again pounded energy infrastructure and other civilian sites, a day after the United States and Germany pledged…

World

UNESCO Moves to Protect Odesa, Designating the City a World Heritage Site

Sandbags in front of Odesa’s Opera and Ballet Theater in June last year.Credit...Laetitia Vancon for The New York TimesThe view…

Sports

An Australian Open Final With Tennis and Debate on the Ukraine War

Nearly a year after Russia invaded Ukraine, a Russian-turned-Kazakh will play a Belarusian in the finals, which is sure to…

World

Spanish Police Arrest a Man in Letter Bomb Case

A 74-year-old Spanish man made and sent all of the six letter bombs himself, the authorities alleged, though the “participation…

World

Natural Gas Shortages Hit China as Temperatures Plunge

Local governments starved for cash after enormous spending on costly “zero Covid” measures cannot afford to keep up adequate supplies…

Business

Russia’s War Breathes New Life Into a Cold War Symbol

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a news network originally set up as a C.I.A. operation early in the Cold War, is…

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