US-China Tensions Ease as Putin’s Isolation Grows: Weekend Reads

Joe Biden and Xi Jinping signaled improving ties by agreeing to a series of goodwill gestures after the first in-person meeting between the leaders of the US and China since the pandemic began.

President Vladimir Putin remained increasingly isolated as a majority of Group of 20 nations condemned his invasion of Ukraine at a meeting in Bali that the Russian leader didn’t attend.