Foreign policy

Most Americans are not confident in how China’s Xi will handle world affairs, Pew survey finds

Most U.S. adults in a survey say they have little confidence that Chinese President Xi Jinping will “do the right…

U.S. imposes fresh sanctions on financial network linked to Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration imposed fresh sanctions on Wednesday aimed at the financial network linked to Russian billionaire and business…

Zelenskyy slams ‘beasts’ in gruesome beheading video; Kremlin calls footage ‘terrible’

This has been CNBC’s live blog covering updates on the war in Ukraine. [Follow the latest updates here.] Ukrainian President…

UN says more than 8,400 killed in Ukraine since war’s start; more revelations emerge from leaked Pentagon documents

This has been CNBC’s live blog covering updates on the war in Ukraine. [Follow the latest updates here.] Washington is continuing…

State Department designates Evan Gershkovich wrongfully detained by Russia; U.S. grapples with fallout from intelligence leak

This has been CNBC’s live blog covering updates on the war in Ukraine. [Follow the latest updates here.] The U.S. Defense…

U.S. scrambles to trace source of highly classified intel leak

Classified documents that appeared online, with details ranging from Ukraine’s air defenses to Israel’s Mossad spy agency, have U.S. officials…

U.S. reviewing whether Ukraine war documents were leaked

The Defense Department and the Justice Department are reviewing a handful of documents that were released on several social media…

Commerce officials heading to China to lay groundwork for possible Raimondo trip later this year, sources say

Senior officials from the Department of Commerce will be traveling to Beijing and Shanghai next week as part of an…

Russia charges Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich with espionage

Russian Federal Security Service investigators have formally charged Evan Gershkovich with espionage but the Wall Street Journal reporter denied the…

Secret Pentagon and NATO files leaked; Russia formally charges American reporter with espionage

This has been CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. [Follow the latest updates here.] The Pentagon…