Global banks seek to manage exposures in China, considering tensions over Taiwan. / Bloomberg, USA Today Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni claims victory in Italy's election, and is on course to become the country's first female prime minister. / The Economist Denmark and Germany are building the world&
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 it was a gaffe, his health advisors seek 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 New York Times recent investigation into politicians
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.
Railroads and union representatives reach a tentative labor agreement, averting a rail strike that could have sent the US economy into a tailspin. / The New York Times, Associated Press Photos and videos of the military equipment Russian troops left behind while fleeing Izyum. / The Washington Post Patagonia's owners
Ed Yong: Brain fog, one of Long Covid's worst symptoms, leaves people struggling with minds "that are less nimble than before." / The Atlantic China's zero-Covid policy is stressful for students, but perhaps much worse for their teachers. / Sixth Tone Europe follows the US,
