The United States now experiences a "billion dollar" disaster event every three weeks. (It was every four months in the 1980s.) / The Wall Street Journal [+] ICYMI: The veterans and civilians who volunteer to do disaster relief together as a form of group therapy. / GQ "Do we or
A high-ranking Israeli official says the country and Hamas are closing in on a deal to free some hostages. / The Washington Post From Gaza to Ukraine, Myanmar to Sudan, diplomats are "running out of bandwidth." / The Economist Global negotiators reconvene in Kenya to create a landmark treaty
Launched on Saturday, a first-of-its-kind satellite will detect carbon dioxide emissions from individual facilities. / Reuters An explainer on the subsea cables that the internet depends on, and that will surely be targets in any sort of kinetic conflict." / CNET As if deepfaked nudes of private individuals
Diagrams suggest how extensive Hamas militants' underground passageways under Gaza could be, and how the tunnels are used. / The New York Times [+] An explainer of what's going on with the multiple investigations into NYC Mayor Eric Adams's campaign fundraising. / The City "I asked him
Hundreds of people have reportedly been killed in ethnic murders in the Sudanese region of West Darfur, forcing thousands more to flee. / BBC News Related: Gaza has the world's attention—as it should—yet no one seems to have noticed the world's largest child displacement crisis
Spain's Socialists secure the backing of Junts, a Catalan separatist party, to form a new government. / Reuters Guinea's former president, Moussa Dadis Camara, nearly broke out of prison last weekend. / Africa Is a Country An argument for Taiwan as China's "best province."
The European Commission recommends that formal talks should begin with Ukraine on joining the European Union. / BBC News At least 45 American service members may have been injured in Iran-linked attacks. / NBC News Five takeaways from last night's off-year elections, where abortion rights fueled big Democratic
Prime Minister Netanyahu says Israel intends to resume "overall security responsibility" for the Gaza Strip "for an indefinite period." / BBC News Watch: A day in the life of a young surgeon at al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza's largest medical facility. / Aljazeera China boasts the world&
US Marines with heavy artillery deployed to fight the Islamic State returned with a strange set of symptoms—which may have been caused by the very weapons they were using. / The New York Times [+] Around the US, cities are trying to enact laws to protect outdoor workers from extreme heat—
Iran, Russia, and China are mounting anti-Israel disinformation campaigns that are "larger than anything seen before." / The New York Times [+] Retail workers and thieves explain what's going on with all the shoplifting, a problem the businesses don't seem to care about enough to
