Floods along Nigeria's borders with Niger, Chad, and Cameroon kill hundreds and leave tens of thousands homeless. / Foreign Policy Iranian women abroad are watching the ongoing protests "with pride and fear." / BuzzFeed News Patricia Cohen: The dollar being strong is good for the US but bad
Areas in Cuba are evacuating and Florida prepares as Hurricane Ian gains strength. / NBC News According to the Congressional Budget Office, the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness plan will cost $400 billion over 30 years. / CNBC A school shooting in central Russia leaves 17 dead, including 11 children.
Global banks seek to manage exposures in China, considering tensions over Taiwan. / Bloomberg, USA Today Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni claims victory in Italy, on course to become the country's first female prime minister. / The Economist Denmark and Germany are building the world's longest immersed tunnel.
The White House is sending private warnings to Moscow against using a nuclear weapon in Ukraine. / The Washington Post In 2020 and 2021, 109 soldiers assigned to Fort Bragg lost their lives, almost entirely stateside. Eleven soldiers were murdered or charged with murder. / Rolling Stone Thousands of oral histories from
Protests in Iran over the death of a young woman in police custody spread to more than a dozen cities, as shutdowns take effect to disrupt mobile internet and social media access. / Associated Press, The Guardian "This is unprecedented. We haven't seen this level of fury and
Security forces in Russia detain more than 1,300 people at protests denouncing Putin's mobilization. / The Guardian Russian men explain how they're trying to resist Putin's call-up of soldiers. / BBC News Protests spread in Iran after a 22-year-old woman is killed
One-way flights out of Russia sell out as Putin mobilizes 300,000 reservists. / Reuters In what Ukraine and Western leaders are calling a sham referendum, Russian-controlled regions in Ukraine are voting on whether to become part of Russia. / Associated Press Ranking states based on where it's
President Biden says the pandemic is over. Whether or not his comment's a gaffe, his health advisors would like to clarify. / Politico Helen Branswell: Reaching the end of a pandemic is not like driving out of one county into the next. / STAT Recalling the recent investigation by the
Citing concerns over authoritarianism and money mismanagement, the EU's executive branch recommends suspending funding to Hungary. / ABC News Russia looks to tighten its "comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation" with China. / Associated Press See also: "How the war in Ukraine turned Moscow into Beijing's
A Venezuelan migrant says he was paid $200 to recruit people in San Antonio to go to Florida, where they were then flown to Martha's Vineyard. / San Antonio Report Abbott and DeSantis's transporting of migrants echos the 1962 Reverse Freedom Rides concocted by white southern segregationists.
