Russian forces were fighting on Monday to capture Lysychansk, the last major city still held by Ukrainian troops in eastern Luhansk province, after Moscow-backed separatists said they were advancing on multiple fronts.
- WorldG7 aims to raise $600 billion to counter China's Belt and Road
Increasingly worried about China, G7 leaders first floated plans for the project last year, and are formally launching it now under a fresh title and dropping the moniker "Build Back Better World" first coined by Biden.
- Asian MarketsChina's May industrial profits slump again despite easing COVID curbs, article with gallery
May's improvement was driven by surging profits in the coal mining and oil and gas extraction sectors.
- WorldDemocratic women call on Biden, Congress to protect abortion rights
Two Democratic progressives, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, urged Biden to use federal land as a safe haven for abortion in states that ban or severely restrict the practice.
In Pictures
Celebrating Pride worldwide