The United States and Europe offer security guarantees to Ukraine modeled on NATO’s mutual defense pledge. / Reuters What was the center of US military activity in 2025? Somalia. / Forever Wars Some 117 billion people are estimated to have lived on our planet, and seven percent of them are alive
Australian leaders vow to further strengthen their gun control laws after a mass shooting targets a Hanukkah celebration. / The Associated Press How journalists covered a weekend of mass shootings on two continents. / Poynter In 1965, the CIA lost a nuclear device in the Himalayas that people now worry may leak
Bulgaria’s government collapses following a wave of youth-driven protests. / The Wall Street Journal [$] The White House wants Ukraine to withdraw from the eastern Donetsk region and create a "special economic zone." / The Guardian One of Zelenskyy’s advisors says the zone would require both Ukrainian and
As mentioned here previously, European officials say Russia is escalating “deniable, disruptive” attacks on the continent, using local proxies recruited through Telegram. / Semafor Conservatives are gradually cooling toward the Tate brothers despite their Trump connections. / The New York Times [$] The EPA’s website about the causes of climate change now
President Zelensky says he’s ready to hold elections in Ukraine if the United States guarantees their integrity. / NBC News Europe prepares to use frozen Russian assets to bankroll Kyiv for the next two years. / Reuters The White House wants visitors to the US to provide five years of social
We’re taking off the rest of the week for the Thanksgiving holiday. See you on Monday. Hundreds of firefighters struggle to contain a blaze that’s engulfed multiple high-rise buildings in Hong Kong. / BBC News Jonathan A. Czin: Whereas most countries targeted by President Trump’s tariffs rushed
Russia’s oil and gas revenues this month are expected to fall 35% year-on-year. / Semafor Calls with the White House have done little to defuse the spat occurring between Beijing and Tokyo. / CNBC As Chinese cities have grown safer, security guards are mostly protecting property prices “and the
Ten years after the Paris Agreement, the world appears to be retreating from its goal to keep global warming “well below” 2 degrees Celsius. / Grist From David Runciman, a good round-up on recent books on whether humanity is doomed. / The London Review of Books Unrelated: A volcano in Ethiopia
A White House plan to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, recently leaked, seems to heavily favor Putin’s interests. / BBC News, The Atlantic [$] Ukraine prepares a first-ever claim for wartime damages linked to carbon emissions. / Reuters Elmira Bayrasli: The urgency to end the wars in Gaza and Ukraine
Syrians continue to discover large-scale burial sites, sometimes by chance. / The Wall Street Journal [$] President Trump welcomes Saudi Arabia’s MBS, saying about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, “things happen.” / Semafor Karen Attiah: Jamal’s plight and murder was a warning sign for America, “of the censorship that
