Silicon Valley Bank reportedly paid out annual bonuses to eligible US employees on Friday, just hours before the bank was seized by the US government. / Axios Noah Smith: This was a very normal bank run on a very unusual bank. / Noahpinion SVB is the largest lender to fail since Washington
Saudi Arabia and Iran agree to re-establish diplomatic ties, a move that was facilitated by China. / The New York Times Singapore rates its Covid performance: several big calls right, several big mistakes. / The Straits Times Zeynep Tufekci: Actually, the science is quite clear that Covid masks work. / The New
Xi Jinping secures a precedent-breaking third term as China's president after his re-appointment is unanimously rubber-stamped. / Reuters A primer on President Xi and how he'll potentially rule China for life. / The Economist Chinese lingerie companies use male models for their sexiest products to
Protesters in Israel began a "day of resistance to dictatorship," following weeks of demonstrations against the government's plans to overhaul the judiciary. / TIME Staff working for a Democratic Senator decide to unionize. / Quartz Among big cities, New York, London, Hong Kong, and Los Angeles have the
Four former bank executives are charged with helping cellist Sergei Roldugin launder funds suspected of belonging to Russian President Vladimir Putin. / BBC News Alice Su: Taiwan's fate ultimately will be decided by the battle-readiness of its people. / The Economist The most polluted places to live in the
Ukraine is using the eastern city of Bakhmut as "a kill box" to "grind down" newly mobilized Russian soldiers. / The Week An interview with a Ukrainian colonel touches on the importance of civilians' "wedding drones" early in the war. / War Translated Several hundred
Eric Topol: It's an inconvenient truth that Covid-19 is associated with an excess of heart attacks and strokes beyond the first month of infection. / Ground Truths A loss of social capital, as well as opioids, explains rising middle-aged mortality. / The Economist By cutting insulin prices, Eli
"Altasia" is a portmanteau referring to Asian countries that could lure manufacturing away from China. / The Economist Hong Kong convicts three organizers of vigils commemorating the Tiananmen Square massacre under its national security law. / The Guardian A longtime Chinese diplomat says the window to stabilize relations between Beijing
Foreign ministers of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States say Russia's nuclear threats are "unacceptable." / NBC News A cruise ship has become a shelter for more than a thousand Turkish earthquake survivors. / The Washington Post Regarding the recent study that reignited a debate over wearing
Protests and strikes in Greece over a railway accident that killed at least 42 people. / CNN Space organizations are considering giving the moon its own time zone. / Sky News Drivers in the United States killed 3,434 people on foot in the first six months of 2022, an 18% increase
