The US is prepared to address China’s “increasing level of aggressiveness” in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea after Beijing conducted two “unsafe” intercepts in recent days, a senior official said on Monday.The warning from John Kirby, National Security Council spokesperson, underscores increasing US alarm over dangerous interactions between…

US stocks edged lower on Monday, trimming early gains, as investors weighed a much-anticipated product launch from tech giant Apple and continued hunting for clues about the future path of interest rate rises.Wall Street’s S&P 500 closed down 0.2 per cent, paring a small advance that had lifted the benchmark…

Ukraine’s armed forces stepped up attacks against multiple Russian positions in the east of the country as Kyiv’s long-awaited counter-offensive entered a new phase after weeks of preparatory operations. Ukrainian officials refused to discuss whether the uptick in offensive activity in Donetsk province over the weekend and into Monday amounted…

There’s building suspense and then there’s forcing your audience to sit through a two hour presentation before announcing that your hotly anticipated, much-delayed virtual reality headsets won’t go on sale until next year.By the time Apple unveiled its VR goggles on Monday, the share price had lost its intraday record…

When it comes to relations with America, Australia has stood out in two special ways.Whatever the US military adventure — or misadventure — Australia has reliably deployed its troops in support, fighting in wars from Korea to Vietnam to Iraq. Just as reliably, whatever the conflict, the events have been…

A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Last June, the Supreme Court ended the federal right of American women to obtain an abortion nationwide, rewrote its interpretation of the Second Amendment and clawed back some…

President Joe Biden welcomed the Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs to the White House Monday, offering effusive praise for players’ performance on and off the field. “Most important, as much as these guys know about football, they know about life and how to use their platform to make a…

‘The timeline here is critical’: Collins on Mar-a-Lago flood CNN’s Kaitlan Collins explains the importance of the timeline surrounding the flood at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence caused by an employee who drained the resort’s swimming pool. Read the full article here

On Saturday, Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado posted a video on Twitter in which she claimed that she had intentionally skipped Wednesday’s key House vote on a bill to suspend the nation’s debt ceiling. “No excuses: I was ticked off they wouldn’t let me do my job, so I…

Hear why this former Trump campaign adviser believes Trump is ‘worried’ about classified doc case Former Trump campaign adviser David Urban discusses the reports of a flood at Mar-A-Lago that impacted a room where computer servers containing surveillance video logs were kept. The incident occurred amid a series of events…