The amount of homicides in major American cities is falling at its quickest rate in decades. / axios Mass shootings in the United States are said to be down 30% from this time last year. / X Funding for US-based "creator" startups more than doubled in the first three
Photographs from four days in a Ukrainian trench with soldiers from an international legion. / The New York Times [+] "Be honest and vulnerable." Activists explain how they keep calm in a world full of crises. / Goats and Soda Spencer Ackerman: A world with exceptions to international law is one
In China, companies making fentanyl precursors and analogues can apply for state tax rebates. / NPR Nearly 200 American colleges and universities hold contracts with Chinese businesses, valued at $2.32 billion. / The Wall Street Journal [+] Argentina experiences a 2,153% increase in Dengue fever cases. / The Guardian From February, some
Following Israel's thwarting of Iran's aerial attack, world leaders urge Netanyahu not to retaliate, and Biden says the US won't support an Israeli counterattack. / AP, Axios A mission to capture space junk has now rendezvoused with a second-stage rocket that's been
Following Israel's attack on Iran's consulate in Syria, Iranian forces have seized an "Israeli-linked" container ship near the Strait of Hormuz. / Al Jazeera See also: "The conventional wisdom in Washington and elsewhere has often held that Iran has become contained, even isolated.
Bird flu outbreaks typically go away after culling poultry, but over the past three years the virus hasn't died down, and in fact is increasing. / WIRED Moira Donegan: How society's failure to help an obvious victim of domestic violence led to Nicole Brown's death.
The February heatwave in West Africa was made 10 times more likely by climate change. / CarbonBrief British farmers say this year's record rainfall suggests an ongoing emergency. / The Guardian A round-up of superlatives, senior yearbook style, for "the most surprising, actionable, and fun solutions" to
"If the global south exists, then who leads it?" From 2000 to 2021, China funded more than 20,000 infrastructure projects across 165 countries. / The Economist Ed Conway: Elon Musk isn't going to be the Henry Ford of the electric car—China is. / Material World Jon
Over the weekend, Iran seemed to float a way to stop the Gaza genocide and a regional war. / Forever Wars From February: Gaza and the dilemmas of genocide scholars. / Al Jazeera The Moscow terror attack causes a backlash against labor migrants in Russia. / Carnegie Endowment for International Peace See also:
Israel regroups its army to move into Rafah. A round-up of statistics from a devastating six months. / The Associated Press, Al Jazeera Pankaj Mishra: The more remote the Shoah has grown, the more fiercely its memory has been possessed by Jewish Americans. / The London Review of Books Who is
