Explainer

The U.S. says Russia has asked China to provide military assistance for its war in Ukraine, and that China has responded affirmatively.

A relentless assault on the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol continued Saturday, as Russian forces shelled the city’s downtown.

Two million people — half of them children — have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, according to key U.N. agencies and the International Organization for Migration.

At nearly every community meeting on firefighting efforts in the US West, residents want to know why crews don’t simply put out the flames to save their homes and the valuable forests surrounding them.