Ukraine said it was slowing Russia’s push near Kharkiv, where the president met with top commanders, but still faced pitched battles in that area and farther south.

Southern political leaders say a win for the United Automobile Workers would threaten their economies. Activists want to strike a blow against a system they say exploits the poor.

Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot five times and has undergone emergency surgery. His condition remains serious, officials said.

A deal to allow the Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler to cash out his mining positions in the Democratic Republic of Congo has enraged human rights activists and some government officials.

At a summit with China’s leader, in Beijing, the Russian president called for stronger economic ties between the countries, as he intensifies his war effort.

We explain the lawlessness in the West Bank.

The criminal trial was dominated by testimony from Michael D. Cohen, the defendant’s former personal lawyer, and Stormy Daniels, a porn star who took hush money.

Plus, Detroit grows after decades of decline.

The key prosecution witness faced defense lawyers as Donald J. Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial neared what may be an unexpectedly early conclusion.

For nearly 40 years, the Commission on Presidential Debates has made the rules for the most-watched events in politics. This year, both campaigns said no thanks.

Mitch McConnell and other top Republicans want more federal money for the military. But Democrats say domestic programs must get an equivalent boost.

The seven-year run of the hit series, which ends on Thursday, mirrors the story of the television business during that time.

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The dehumanization of Palestinians has become a norm.

The American painter depicted women caring for children, not posing for the male gaze. New exhibitions and books reappraise her legacy 100 years later.

Much of the recent international discussion of Mr. Fico’s leadership has focused on his ties to President Vladimir Putin of Russia and Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary.

Officials said the condition of Prime Minister Robert Fico had stabilized, hours after his shooting. The government was expected to focus on Thursday on security breaches.

Slovakia is one of two nations born out of the former Czechoslovakia, a multiethnic nation established at the end of World War I.

Defense lawyers for Donald J. Trump will try to sully the testimony of Michael D. Cohen, who once was his lawyer and now is his nemesis.

Amid a standoff with the state over whether Beth Israel Hospital will close, severely ill patients keep arriving to a hospital that cannot always care for them.