US President Donald Trump asked Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to halt strikes on Kyiv for a week “until February 1”, the Kremlin said Friday, without mentioning when the request was made.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to China is the latest win Beijing can tout in its rivalry with Washington, but the deals he brings back to London also show the limits of the balancing act that middle powers may try to play.

Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell’s successor could be named as soon as next week, President Donald Trump said Thursday, setting the stage for a major shift in the US central bank’s leadership.