Honduras planstoestablish diplomatic ties with China and sever them with Taiwan. / NPR Argentina's annual inflation rate hits 102.5%, its highest level since hyperinflation in the 1990s. / The Buenos Aires Herald A list of banks that have failed since 2000. / FDIC A guide to issues dividing the prospective
Despite pledging no more drilling on federal land, President Joe Biden approves a sprawling oil project in Alaska. / The Associated Press Elizabeth Warren: Silicon Valley Bank is gone. It's critical that those responsible not be rewarded. / The New York Times The United States' "drunk shopping habit&
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 facilitated by China. / Reuters 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 York Times Congress came together
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 dress male models in their sexiest products to
Protesters in Israel begin a "day of resistance to dictatorship," following weeks of demonstrations against the government's plans to overhaul the judiciary. / TIME Staff working for a United States Senator decide to unionize. / Quartz A researcher appears to have tracked the location of a former top
Four former bank executives are charged with helping a cellist 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 United
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
