Briefing

Briefing: Britain’s ruling party turns on its prime minister. The American president flies to Beijing with an entourage of Silicon Valley CEOs. + How did Washington get so corrupt?

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?

Briefing: A 46-year losing streak breaks in India. A ceasefire’s sunken boats. + How are the new authoritarians doing?

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?

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?

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?

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?

Briefing: A U.S. attorney general seems to have done everything right except the job. The first people bound for the Moon in 53 years are off toward the far side. + What is money, anyway?

Briefing: The White House says the war with Iran will soon end, somehow. The Kremlin bans the most popular messaging app in Russia, for security reasons. + The Sahel is warming 1.5 times faster than the global average. What’s that feel like on the ground?

Briefing: Six months, a billion-dollar Disney deal, and falling downloads. What Meta told parents about Instagram versus what it knew. + Why did the Mexicans kill El Mencho?