The Signal

Weather report: Halifax, Canada. Sunrise over the harbor in the Nova Scotian capital, July 25, just before a spell of

Weather report: Brooklyn, U.S.A. It’s high-summer New York City, regularly in the mid-30s C (mid-90s F)—and

The bill comes due. Voters in the United Kingdom gave the Labour Party an enormous victory in general elections on

Trade War II. China’s Commerce Ministry announced this week that the People’s Republic and the European Union have

Everything is under control. The Chinese Communist Party is expanding its clampdown on Muslims, with Beijing now surveilling and destroying

In five years, bear right. In elections across Europe this week, voters from the EU’s 27 member states moved

Scream to a whisper. Today, Hong Kong’s High Court found 14 pro-democracy activists guilty of “subversion.” Their case marks

A series of violent events. On May 23, an armed gang attacked a U.S. Christian missionary group in Haiti,

Quiet streets. Flying in foggy blizzard conditions through the mountains of northwest Iran, a helicopter carrying the country’s president,

The end of Law & Justice. The European Commission announced on May 6 that it would drop sanctions proceedings against