Checks and balances
A long day for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Rest in peace, Giorgio Armani. + Why is Russia jamming GPS navigation on flights across Europe?
Who controls the past …
A new January 6 probe in Washington. A conspiracy in Beijing. + What’s Afrobeat?
The gathering
Dictators unite for a Beijing military spectacle. A U.S. judge blocks the Trump administration’s domestic troop deployment. + Late summer’s remarkable tech-stock tank.
Fault lines
Disaster and diplomatic isolation in Afghanistan. The planets are aligning. + A word on what’s ahead.
