Global Affairs
- The biggest city in western Sudan, swollen to half a million or more people due to minority ethnic groups fleeing genocide, fell to rebel
- The biggest city in western Sudan, swollen to half a million or more people due to minority ethnic groups fleeing genocide, fell to rebel
- The biggest city in western Sudan, swollen to half a million or more people due to minority ethnic groups fleeing genocide, fell to rebel
- If there are new revelations about Trump and Epstein on the way, then the U.S. leader needs useful distractions—like invading Nigeria.
- If there are new revelations about Trump and Epstein on the way, then the U.S. leader needs useful distractions—like invading Nigeria.
- If there are new revelations about Trump and Epstein on the way, then the U.S. leader needs useful distractions—like invading Nigeria.
- We are at a point where Trump’s America and Netanyahu’s Israel have established complete domination over the Middle East.
- We are at a point where Trump’s America and Netanyahu’s Israel have established complete domination over the Middle East.
- We are at a point where Trump’s America and Netanyahu’s Israel have established complete domination over the Middle East.
- The American president must know that U.S.-bound cocaine comes mostly from Colombia and Peru, while opioids—the real drug plague—come primarily from China and Mexico.
- The American president must know that U.S.-bound cocaine comes mostly from Colombia and Peru, while opioids—the real drug plague—come primarily from China and Mexico.
- The American president must know that U.S.-bound cocaine comes mostly from Colombia and Peru, while opioids—the real drug plague—come primarily from China and Mexico.
- The sanctions regime makes it hard for Russia to charter ships from legitimate shipping companies. Instead, it has built a ‘shadow fleet’ of almost
- The sanctions regime makes it hard for Russia to charter ships from legitimate shipping companies. Instead, it has built a ‘shadow fleet’ of almost
- The sanctions regime makes it hard for Russia to charter ships from legitimate shipping companies. Instead, it has built a ‘shadow fleet’ of almost
- U.S. President Donald Trump has interfered in both Brazilian and Argentine politics, and the U.S. Navy continues its strikes off Venezuela’s coast in a
- U.S. President Donald Trump has interfered in both Brazilian and Argentine politics, and the U.S. Navy continues its strikes off Venezuela’s coast in a
- U.S. President Donald Trump has interfered in both Brazilian and Argentine politics, and the U.S. Navy continues its strikes off Venezuela’s coast in a
- Far too much money is being spent on long-odds bets that some new artificial intelligence tech will appear that justifies the current ridiculously high
- Far too much money is being spent on long-odds bets that some new artificial intelligence tech will appear that justifies the current ridiculously high
- Far too much money is being spent on long-odds bets that some new artificial intelligence tech will appear that justifies the current ridiculously high
- Jane Goodall’s research revealed chimpanzees were far more like us than anybody had suspected. One aspect was deeply troubling: they fight wars. Like us.
- Jane Goodall’s research revealed chimpanzees were far more like us than anybody had suspected. One aspect was deeply troubling: they fight wars. Like us.
- Jane Goodall’s research revealed chimpanzees were far more like us than anybody had suspected. One aspect was deeply troubling: they fight wars. Like us.
- The draft peace plan may not be dead on arrival, but it is extremely vulnerable.
- The draft peace plan may not be dead on arrival, but it is extremely vulnerable.
- The draft peace plan may not be dead on arrival, but it is extremely vulnerable.
- Iran had 408 kilograms of highly enriched uranium, enough for nine or 10 atomic bombs if the regime chose to go that route, and
- Iran had 408 kilograms of highly enriched uranium, enough for nine or 10 atomic bombs if the regime chose to go that route, and
- Iran had 408 kilograms of highly enriched uranium, enough for nine or 10 atomic bombs if the regime chose to go that route, and
- I’d be less confident about saying 'no' to an American civil war than I was in the old Soviet Union because there I couldn’t
- I’d be less confident about saying 'no' to an American civil war than I was in the old Soviet Union because there I couldn’t
- I’d be less confident about saying 'no' to an American civil war than I was in the old Soviet Union because there I couldn’t
- The missiles even things up a bit in the David-and-Goliath war against Russia, but the Ukrainian army has been retreating all year.
- The missiles even things up a bit in the David-and-Goliath war against Russia, but the Ukrainian army has been retreating all year.
- The missiles even things up a bit in the David-and-Goliath war against Russia, but the Ukrainian army has been retreating all year.
- For the first time, big Western countries are recognizing the state, but it is not unified and it still controls no territory.
- For the first time, big Western countries are recognizing the state, but it is not unified and it still controls no territory.
- For the first time, big Western countries are recognizing the state, but it is not unified and it still controls no territory.
- What is President Vladimir Putin’s motive for this bizarre violation of NATO’s borders—especially given that the drones over Poland were not armed?
- What is President Vladimir Putin’s motive for this bizarre violation of NATO’s borders—especially given that the drones over Poland were not armed?
- What is President Vladimir Putin’s motive for this bizarre violation of NATO’s borders—especially given that the drones over Poland were not armed?
- Compared to the 2022 Brazilian attempted coup, the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol was much less serious—yet look at which country is in
- Compared to the 2022 Brazilian attempted coup, the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol was much less serious—yet look at which country is in
- Compared to the 2022 Brazilian attempted coup, the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol was much less serious—yet look at which country is in
- Israel bombing America's closest ally in the Gulf puts every Arab country on notice that nobody is safe.
- Israel bombing America's closest ally in the Gulf puts every Arab country on notice that nobody is safe.
- Israel bombing America's closest ally in the Gulf puts every Arab country on notice that nobody is safe.
- All the hype about the launch of a new ‘Asian century’ founders on the hard, unyielding fact that there is no Asia except in
- All the hype about the launch of a new ‘Asian century’ founders on the hard, unyielding fact that there is no Asia except in
- All the hype about the launch of a new ‘Asian century’ founders on the hard, unyielding fact that there is no Asia except in
- The leaked U.S. pitch to remodel the wartorn region into a shiny new city built on ruins is both a bizarre and illegal project.
- The leaked U.S. pitch to remodel the wartorn region into a shiny new city built on ruins is both a bizarre and illegal project.
- The leaked U.S. pitch to remodel the wartorn region into a shiny new city built on ruins is both a bizarre and illegal project.
- This rage for deportation started in the developed countries, but it is catching on everywhere.
- This rage for deportation started in the developed countries, but it is catching on everywhere.
- This rage for deportation started in the developed countries, but it is catching on everywhere.
- Outside of the United States and Russia, most governments still uphold the key law about borders, regardless of their domestic political arrangements.
- Outside of the United States and Russia, most governments still uphold the key law about borders, regardless of their domestic political arrangements.
- Outside of the United States and Russia, most governments still uphold the key law about borders, regardless of their domestic political arrangements.
- African economies have grown slowly over the past 50 years, but population growth has meant that real per capita incomes in most African countries
- African economies have grown slowly over the past 50 years, but population growth has meant that real per capita incomes in most African countries
- African economies have grown slowly over the past 50 years, but population growth has meant that real per capita incomes in most African countries
- The truth is that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy privately view Donald Trump with contempt, and neither will sign up to a premature
- The truth is that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy privately view Donald Trump with contempt, and neither will sign up to a premature
- The truth is that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy privately view Donald Trump with contempt, and neither will sign up to a premature
- It’s impossible to be always the last person Donald Trump speaks to, and the effort to be that person soon degenerates into slapstick and
- It’s impossible to be always the last person Donald Trump speaks to, and the effort to be that person soon degenerates into slapstick and
- It’s impossible to be always the last person Donald Trump speaks to, and the effort to be that person soon degenerates into slapstick and
- This is a financial crash of the sort that usually accompanies an exciting new technology, not an existential crisis, but it is definitely on
- This is a financial crash of the sort that usually accompanies an exciting new technology, not an existential crisis, but it is definitely on
- This is a financial crash of the sort that usually accompanies an exciting new technology, not an existential crisis, but it is definitely on
- Whatever happens at the upcoming Alaska summit, U.S. President Donald Trump will go on setting deadlines and then missing them.
- Whatever happens at the upcoming Alaska summit, U.S. President Donald Trump will go on setting deadlines and then missing them.
- Whatever happens at the upcoming Alaska summit, U.S. President Donald Trump will go on setting deadlines and then missing them.
- One version of the Israeli leader is the amoral master tactician who has no permanent allies. Or the other more sinister character, whose goal
- One version of the Israeli leader is the amoral master tactician who has no permanent allies. Or the other more sinister character, whose goal
- One version of the Israeli leader is the amoral master tactician who has no permanent allies. Or the other more sinister character, whose goal
- Maybe so much time has passed that some countries have forgotten what everybody’s objective was at the end of the Second World War: to
- Maybe so much time has passed that some countries have forgotten what everybody’s objective was at the end of the Second World War: to
- Maybe so much time has passed that some countries have forgotten what everybody’s objective was at the end of the Second World War: to
- LONDON, U.K.—You can see why Saudi Arabia wants to go on pumping as much oil as it can. Oil exports account for 87 per
- LONDON, U.K.—You can see why Saudi Arabia wants to go on pumping as much oil as it can. Oil exports account for 87 per
- LONDON, U.K.—You can see why Saudi Arabia wants to go on pumping as much oil as it can. Oil exports account for 87 per
- LONDON, U.K.—Eugenics was a 20th-century pseudo-science that purported to improve the human breed by weeding out the ‘least fit,’ often by measures like compulsory
- LONDON, U.K.—Eugenics was a 20th-century pseudo-science that purported to improve the human breed by weeding out the ‘least fit,’ often by measures like compulsory
- LONDON, U.K.—Eugenics was a 20th-century pseudo-science that purported to improve the human breed by weeding out the ‘least fit,’ often by measures like compulsory
- LONDON, U.K.—‘Changed the world forever’ is the most hackneyed phrase in journalism, and if you can get through this week (the 20th anniversary of
- LONDON, U.K.—‘Changed the world forever’ is the most hackneyed phrase in journalism, and if you can get through this week (the 20th anniversary of
- LONDON, U.K.—‘Changed the world forever’ is the most hackneyed phrase in journalism, and if you can get through this week (the 20th anniversary of
- LONDON, U.K.—A man is sitting in a train somewhere in Europe, tearing sheets of paper into little pieces and throwing them out the window.
- LONDON, U.K.—A man is sitting in a train somewhere in Europe, tearing sheets of paper into little pieces and throwing them out the window.
- LONDON, U.K.—A man is sitting in a train somewhere in Europe, tearing sheets of paper into little pieces and throwing them out the window.
- LONDON, U.K.—If you’re worried about your “carbon footprint” – a concept foisted on the world in 2004 by British Petroleum to persuade people that
- LONDON, U.K.—If you’re worried about your “carbon footprint” – a concept foisted on the world in 2004 by British Petroleum to persuade people that
- LONDON, U.K.—If you’re worried about your “carbon footprint” – a concept foisted on the world in 2004 by British Petroleum to persuade people that
- LONDON, U.K.—Violent Islamist movements, as current events in Afghanistan demonstrate, have had some success in Muslim countries that have been invaded by the United
- LONDON, U.K.—Violent Islamist movements, as current events in Afghanistan demonstrate, have had some success in Muslim countries that have been invaded by the United
- LONDON, U.K.—Violent Islamist movements, as current events in Afghanistan demonstrate, have had some success in Muslim countries that have been invaded by the United
- LONDON, U.K.—The footage on Aug. 16 of a giant USAF transport taking off from Kabul airport with desperate Afghans clinging to its fuselage—and then
- LONDON, U.K.—The footage on Aug. 16 of a giant USAF transport taking off from Kabul airport with desperate Afghans clinging to its fuselage—and then
- LONDON, U.K.—The footage on Aug. 16 of a giant USAF transport taking off from Kabul airport with desperate Afghans clinging to its fuselage—and then
- LONDON, U.K.—Friday, Aug. 13, is the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The capital of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan, fell to the
- LONDON, U.K.—Friday, Aug. 13, is the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The capital of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan, fell to the
- LONDON, U.K.—Friday, Aug. 13, is the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The capital of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan, fell to the
- LONDON, U.K.—“I will never kneel before such a destructive force (as the Taliban),” declared Ashraf Ghani, the soon-to-be-ex-president of Afghanistan. “We will either sit
- LONDON, U.K.—“I will never kneel before such a destructive force (as the Taliban),” declared Ashraf Ghani, the soon-to-be-ex-president of Afghanistan. “We will either sit
- LONDON, U.K.—“I will never kneel before such a destructive force (as the Taliban),” declared Ashraf Ghani, the soon-to-be-ex-president of Afghanistan. “We will either sit
- LONDON, U.K.—Peru holds the current record for revolving presidents (three came and went in a month last November), for coronavirus deaths (almost 6,000 per
- LONDON, U.K.—Peru holds the current record for revolving presidents (three came and went in a month last November), for coronavirus deaths (almost 6,000 per
- LONDON, U.K.—Peru holds the current record for revolving presidents (three came and went in a month last November), for coronavirus deaths (almost 6,000 per