AIDING AN ALLY A Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, is held at the UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday, May 26, 2022 (May 27 in Manila). China and Russia on Thursday vetoed a US-led bid at the United Nations to toughen sanctions on North Korea over its missile launches, laying bare divisions that Western envoys fear would be exploited by Pyongyang. XINHUA PHOTO
UNITED NATIONS: China and Russia on Thursday (Friday in Manila) vetoed a US-led bid at the United Nations to toughen sanctions on North Korea over its missile launches, laying bare divisions that Western envoys fear would be exploited by Pyongyang.