Wanting to believe
The weekend despatch: A small keyhole into a vast secrecy regime. A second look at an old photograph from the Moon. + Who is Oneohtrix Point Never?
The same answer twice
Briefing: The U.S. president loses on tariffs in court for the second time in three months. The Iran ceasefire, holding and not holding. + Can you really switch off?
The lotus in Bengal
Briefing: A 46-year losing streak breaks in India. A ceasefire’s sunken boats. + How are the new authoritarians doing?
The last institution
The weekend despatch: Nothing like a good old-fashioned election. They were digging in the wrong place. + Everything but the Girl?
The emergency goes on
Briefing: Life sentences for 12-year-olds in El Salvador. Back at the table after four decades for Israel and Lebanon. + How is new technology reshaping the battlefield?
The banks of the Danube
Briefing: A landslide and a tectonic shift in Europe. A blockade in the Strait of Hormuz—and a ceasefire with six days left. + What has the Iran war done to the global economy?
A whole civilization
The weekend despatch: Twenty-one hours in Islamabad, and what do you get. Eternal darkness in Lebanon. + Who is Fennesz?
Truce conditions
Briefing: A ceasefire no one seems to agree on. A NATO meeting someone in the room calls a “tirade of insults.” + Why is Pakistan in “open war” with the Taliban?
Whiplash
Briefing: The U.S. president threatened to destroy a civilization and accepted a ceasefire, all in a day. Four astronauts are heading back from the far side of the Moon. + Six degrees above normal for the time of year from Delhi to the Pakistani border. Now what?
High ground
The weekend despatch: The race to the lunar south pole. Five weeks of war, one month of occupation. + What is Širom?
