International

Griner, Whelan families to meet Biden amid U.S.-Russia talks
The White House says President Joe Biden plans to meet at the White House on Friday with the families of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, both of whom remain jailed in Russia. 
Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactors won't restart until Russians leave, its operator says
Europe's largest nuclear plant will remain shut down until Russian forces leave, the head of Ukraine’s atomic energy agency tells NPR. Under Russian occupation, he says, “staff cannot operate freely.”
Putin thanks China's Xi for his 'balanced' stand on Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for his “balanced” approach to the Ukrainian crisis and blasted Washington’s “ugly” policies at a meeting that followed a major setback for Moscow on the battlefield. 
Not everyone mourns the queen. For many, she can't be separated from colonial rule
Some people note the enslavement, violence and theft that defined British rule, and they find it difficult to distinguish the individual of Queen Elizabeth II from the institution of monarchy.
Queen Elizabeth's coffin arrives in Edinburgh ahead of a final journey to London
The coffin traveled more than 100 miles to the royal Palace of Holyroodhouse in the Scottish capital. Eventually, the queen's body will be taken to London for the Sept. 19 funeral.
Russia announces troop pullback from Ukraine's Kharkiv area
Western defense officials and analysts say Ukrainian forces have punched through Russian front lines south of the country’s second-largest city, taking thousands of square miles of territory and threatening to cut off Russian supply lines.