Emily Fang

intelligence agencies have less insight into China now.

Many of the CIA's previous spies and informants were caught and executed starting in 2010, according to reporting from The New York Times.

Emily Fang, NPR News.

China has offered repeatedly to mediate any talks between Russia and Ukraine to end the war.

Ukraine historically has been distrustful.

China is one of Russia's biggest trade partners, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has criticized China's increased purchases of Russian oil and gas.

Ukraine has also alleged China provided military intelligence to Russia.

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.