Emily Fang

But after several failed rounds of talks with Russia, Ukraine's leaders have signaled more openness to Beijing, with Foreign Minister Andrei Sabiha saying China, quote, can play an important role in bringing about a just peace for Ukraine.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi says Beijing is, quote, willing to provide new humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, but he did not mention an invitation to visit Kyiv.

Emily Fang, NPR News.

BYD's U.S.

subsidiaries have sued the Trump administration and federal U.S.

trade court, saying the tariffs it and other U.S.-based companies have had to pay on imported goods are unlawful.

This is all in the run-up to a high-stakes Supreme Court case that could be decided this month.

Both the U.S.

Court of International Trade and U.S.

Federal Appeals Court have already determined President Trump overstepped his powers in using U.S.

legislation to impose tariffs on dozens of countries.

Now the Supreme Court must decide whether to uphold these decisions.

And if it affirms them, companies like China's BYD could very well reclaim a good chunk of the more than $130 billion in U.S.

customs collected since last April.

Emily Fang, NPR News.

I think we all like looking at cake, maybe, and we know how important it is to the culture, and so we want to do it justice.

Israel has long criticized this payment system, arguing it incentivizes violence against Israel.

And under pressure to reform, the Palestinian Authority, or the PA, stopped the payments.

And while countries like the U.S.

and Israel support this, the move has caused widespread outrage among Palestinians.