Biden and Putin agree to extend nuclear treaty, Kremlin says

Russia and the United States have struck a deal to extend the New START nuclear arms control treaty, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, a move that preserves the last major pact of its kind between the world’s two biggest nuclear powers. The White House did not immediately confirm the Kremlin’s announcement but said US president Joe Biden and Russian president Vladimir Putin had discussed the issue by telephone and agreed that their teams work urgently to complete the extension by February 5th, when the treaty expires. Signed in 2010, the New START (Strategic Arms...