Signing day
Briefing: A peace ceremony in Washington with weapons fire in South Kivu. Putin lands in New Delhi as the U.S. puts on pressure. + How has Europe become the destination for so much dirty money?
‘Wasting the world’s time’
Briefing: Venezuela resumes deportation flights from America. Ukraine peace talks stall in Moscow. + Why are Colombian armed gangs and militias launching so many drone attacks?
The crime of connection
Briefing: A fire killed 156 in Hong Kong; asking why is a national-security violation. Trump pardons a convicted drug kingpin—and endorses his party’s candidate. + How does joining a petition become a crime?
The second strike
Briefing: The American defense secretary’s “kill everybody” order is under Congressional investigation. Zelenskyy meets Macron in Paris as U.S.-brokered peace talks accelerate. + How is an isolated North Korea suddenly producing advanced military tech?
The assignment in Cairo
Briefing: A shooting near the White House. A fire in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district. + Why is it so tough to define what Israel will accept in the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire?
Four days in Geneva
Briefing: Russia and Ukraine strike each other through the night while talking peace in Abu Dhabi. The FBI wants to interview six U.S. legislators who reminded troops to disobey illegal orders. + Does Putin’s vision of Russia as a great power make a peace deal with Ukraine impossible?
Twenty minus one
Briefing: While the world’s big economies convene in Johannesburg, the Americans stay home. A U.S. judge throws out the prosecutions of two of Trump’s perceived political enemies. + What is international law, anyway?
Everything but the plan
Briefing: Pentagon war gaming says regime change in Venezuela would mean total chaos. Burma shuts down massive scam operations on the Thai border. + Why would a country sacrifice thousands of soldiers to another’s war for almost nothing in return?
‘There is no indictment’
Briefing: The U.S. government’s case against a presidential target collapses. Washington and Moscow draft a Ukraine peace plan—without Ukraine. + Why are investors down on AI?
The vanishing of al-Fasher
Briefing: Mass disappearances after Sudan’s al-Fasher falls. The U.S. Congress forces the release of the Epstein files. + Is the world entering a new era of catastrophic risk?
