Turkey takes a step toward full autocracy after President Erdoğan jails his main political rival. / Politico The Turkish government says 1,133 people have been arrested after five days of protests across the country. / BBC News High-profile US officials are planning to visit Greenland this week, reviving concerns. / The
The Sudanese army says it has recaptured the presidential palace in Khartoum after nearly two years of fighting. / BBC News An explainer for how Germany's "fiscal flip" this week stunned Europe's diplomats. / Politico Unrelated: Photographs from Berlin's feminist noise-punk scene. / VICE
European leaders gather to find the money and rules needed to turn the bloc into a military superpower. / Politico Hungary passes a law banning any pride marches held by the LGBTQ+ community. / BBC News President Trump removes all democrats from the board of the Federal Trade Commission. / Vox Tesla protesters
Hundreds of Palestinians are killed after Israel resumes its war on Gaza. / Al Jazeera Peru declares another state of emergency in Lima over a crime wave. / Reuters Investors are slashing holdings of American equities by the most on record. / yahoo! Finance Military websites are scrubbing stories about Native American Code
A reporter in Canada explains how furious people are with the United States. / Vox "If you are not a citizen of the US, and you are going through an immigration process, your first thought needs to be: How can this process be weaponized against me?" / USA Today The
Greenlanders vote to rebuff President Trump's bid to control their island. / BBC News Chinese automaker BYD delivers more fully electric vehicles than Tesla for the first time in the fourth quarter. / rest of world Related: Some thoughts about "inventive arrays of everyday small vehicles" in Shanghai.
Ukraine says it is ready to accept a US-led proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia. / BBC News A separatist militant group in Pakistan says it has taken 214 hostages after hijacking a train. / The New York Times [+] The West is said to have bet on the wrong
Secretary of State Rubio says there's "no military solution" to resolving Russia's invasion of Ukraine. / The Guardian A Ukranian newspaper uncovers how Russian defense manufacturers are covertly buying American microchips. / The Kyiv Independent Historian Stephen Kotkin: Trump may be wrong in his analysis of
Why may President Trump's $880 billion in spending cuts come from Medicaid? Because otherwise the math doesn't add up. / The 19th A now-deleted list of government properties for sale includes a secretive CIA facility. / WIRED Related: How Trump's efforts to cut environmental red
The 2025 Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes, is now live. / Field Notes, The Tournament of Books Denmark's postal service plans to end all letter deliveries at the end of 2025. / BBC News Russia is working hard to hold on to its military bases in Syria. / The
