Russia launches a large aerial assault on several Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv. / The South China Morning Post In 2022, South Korea sold $17 billion in weapons, more than twice the amount of the previous year. / The Economist Syrian President Bashar al-Assad goes to China for a bilateral summit with
A study finds that 98% of Europeans live in areas with highly damaging fine particulate pollution. / The Guardian A climate research firm says 39 million homes in the United States are at risk of losing their insurance. / Axios More than a year ahead of its deadline, California installs 10,000
Congressional Republicans are divided on a short-term bill to fund the government through Halloween. / The Hill One theory about our government shutdowns: maybe blame it on Congress's embrace of air conditioning. / Politico Seoul has a 3,000 square meter void underneath one of its most iconic plazas.
In a deal that also releases $6 billion in Iranian funds frozen by sanctions, the US and Iran swap five detainees each. / Reuters Vocational schools in China are providing student labor to annotate data in order to feed the country's AI industry. / Rest of World The "healthy
The death toll from flooding in the Libyan coastal city of Serna has now reached an astonishing 11,300 people. / Al Jazeera The CDC says that, compared to last year, it's expecting a similar number of hospitalizations this year from Covid, RSV, and flu. / Reuters Related: "Some
Nigeria gets hit by widespread power cuts following a "total system collapse." / BBC News Increasing protectionism in South Africa, which currently has an unemployment rate around 30 percent, hurts thousands of skilled migrants. / rest of world Previously known as the murder capital of the world, Medellín, Colombia, is
Officials in Libya say more than 5,000 people died after the flooding in Derna, and some 10,000 are reported missing. / Reuters NASA publishes maps from the first space probe designed to measure air quality above North America. / It's Nice That As climate change fuels the destruction
Much of the Libyan city Derna is under water after two dams and four bridges collapsed, killing at least 1,500. / BBC News A new report finds the United States responsible for more than a third of the expansion of global oil and gas production planned by mid-century. / Oil
The death toll in the Morocco earthquake has now topped 2,100, as survivors struggle to find food, water, and shelter. / Reuters Covid cases and hospitalizations are rising, mask debates are brewing, and boosters are coming: "This is our life now." / STAT After entering the tournament as a
More than 1,000 people have died in Morocco in the strongest earthquake to strike the country in 120 years. / AP For all the countries that are not China, Russia, or the US, hedging remains a sound strategy—though one that becomes harder to maintain over time. / Foreign Affairs Apple&
