Flash News

As NATO leaders begin a summit in Washington today to showcase Western unity, China flexes its muscles. First, it’s teamed up with Belarus — a key ally of Russia that’s sanctioned by the West — for a joint military exercise over the next few days. Then, it also reached out to two of NATO’s best-known firebrand leaders: Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.