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Life on a warming planet. Canada is now battling multiple wildfires across the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba—

A destra. Journalists at Rai, Italy’s public broadcaster, went on strike this week over the “suffocating control” they say

Generals and rebels. April 15 marked the one-year anniversary of the outbreak of civil war in Sudan—between the military

Year of the ballot. As of April 19, the world’s biggest election is underway as voters in India start

Build your dreams. On April 15, Tesla informed employees that it would be firing 10 percent of its workforce, or

Same as the old boss. Surprisingly, Turkey’s political opposition defeated the party of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in nearly

One country, one system. On March 19, Hong Kong’s legislature passed a sweeping national-security bill, giving authorities broad powers

Algorithmic life. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill this week banning the popular mobile-video app TikTok unless

Borderlands. Today, Sweden officially became NATO’s 32nd member state. In May 2022, the historian Susan Colbourn examined Finland’s

Going underground. The success of BYD and China’s EV industry comes in part from their control over their supply