For the first time, microplastics have been found in freshly fallen Antarctic snow. / BBC News The number of African migrants trying to make it to the US southern border may soon hit a record high. (By 2050, 86 million Africans will be displaced because of climate events.) / Bloomberg Six takeaways
The House of Representatives committee investigating January 6 holds its first first public hearing tonight. / The Associated Press A former president of ABC News is producing tonight's hearing "as if it were a blockbuster investigative special." (Unrelated: Newspapers can be woven into art.) / Axios, Colossal The
In yesterday's primaries, San Francisco voted to oust its progressive DA, Chesa Boudin, just over halfway through his four-year term. / San Francisco Chronicle Elsewhere, Republicans who voted to create the Jan. 6 Committee survived their primaries—a possible signal of Trump's waning influence over the
Boris Johnson remains the United Kingdom's Prime Minister despite 148 of his MPs voting to oust him. / The Guardian Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky says the country has lost too many to "simply cede our territory." / BBC News Tick-tock reporting of the 2021 attack on
Russia has restarted its attacks on Kyiv, launching missles into the city for the first time in more than a month. / Reuters According to US officials, Russia is trying to sell up to a half-million tons of grain it stole in Ukraine—possibly to countries facing possible famine. / The
This week in the Russia-Ukraine war: assessing 100 days of an invasion that is reshaping Europe. / The Guardian A recession in 2024 looks likely for the United States, and likely to be mild, but it will expose "glaring fragilities" around the world. / The Economist Microsoft says it
A batch of Associated Press photographs, many harrowing, depict the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the 100-day mark. / The Associated Press President Biden urges Congress to work on gun control. Minutes later: another shooting. / Al Jazeera The US adds 390,000 jobs in May in another month of strong
Beijing orders a $120 billion infrastructure push while China's economy slows. / China Macro Economy The White House forges closer ties to Taiwan through trade and supply chains. / MarketWatch A summary of recent progress on gun control that has—and hasn't—been made at various levels of
Shanghai eases its two-month Covid-19 lockdown for 25 million residents. / BBC News Americans who catch Covid abroad are using a backdoor to get home: flying to Canada or Mexico, then crossing a land border. / The New York Times Helen Branswell interviews a WHO official on the challenges of
"The science is clear: Gun control saves lives." / Scientific American This week, the cruel irony of Texas Republicans' chant that they're "protecting children" has never been so grotesque. / Texas Monthly More from the hypocrisy desk: "If these leaders were truly worried about
