the Global Magazine of News and Ideas
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Sat, 08/06/2019 - 12:00
Chaos worsens in Sudan, Theresa May exits No. 10 Downing St., and the United States marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
Fri, 07/06/2019 - 23:53
The United Nations halts withdrawal of peacekeepers amid fear that Sudan’s notorious Rapid Support Forces are filling the security vacuum.
Fri, 07/06/2019 - 23:23
Will Facebook and Twitter be next?
Fri, 07/06/2019 - 19:38
The Social Democrats are poised to lead the next government, but after adopting the far-right’s anti-immigration agenda the party isn’t what it used to be.
Fri, 07/06/2019 - 18:51
On the podcast: An American adventurer describes climbing over bodies to reach the top of Mount Everest.
Fri, 07/06/2019 - 16:32
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sold his country as an investment destination with the IMF’s help—but the living standards of ordinary Egyptians are plummeting as elites line their pockets.
Fri, 07/06/2019 - 16:30
Here’s how they can get out of it.
Fri, 07/06/2019 - 16:29
Ten things to read as relations sour.
Fri, 07/06/2019 - 16:16
Euroskepticism was once the purview of policy wonks. The Leave campaign changed all that, and in doing so may have undermined Britain’s Conservative Party for a generation.
Fri, 07/06/2019 - 12:15
Turkish pilots training in the United States must leave by July 31, as Ankara refuses to ditch a Russian missile system.
Fri, 07/06/2019 - 12:01
Plus: Hong Kong prepares for protest over mainland extradition, Ethiopia tries to mediate in Sudan, and the other stories we're following today.
Thu, 06/06/2019 - 22:47
The trade war has been good for Hanoi—but the boom has its limits.
Thu, 06/06/2019 - 21:21
Europe’s wave of burqa bans comes crashing down in the Americas.
Thu, 25/04/2019 - 00:31
The United States should be working to help negotiate peace rather than fanning the flames of another failed war.
Wed, 24/04/2019 - 23:51
The battle for control over critical infrastructure shows who might win the civil war.
Wed, 24/04/2019 - 21:46
Under threat from Russia, national identity in Ukraine has overpowered religious and ethnic differences.
Wed, 24/04/2019 - 21:15
The never-ending conversation about leaving the EU has stalled all other progress on economic policy.
Wed, 24/04/2019 - 19:30
In the new age of lies, law, not tech, is the answer.
Wed, 24/04/2019 - 11:29
Washington’s extraordinary unilateralism is cracking the foundation of its global financial power.
Wed, 24/04/2019 - 08:20
Both Armenians and Jews have been the victims of premeditated mass murder. The Israeli government must put justice before political expediency and call the crime by its name.
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