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In the war’s aftermath, key details about the regime remain opaque.

Kyiv is struggling with skepticism of conscription fueled by Russian propaganda.

News of less violence is welcome, but let’s be clear what Israel thinks in Lebanon when its Gaza “ceasefire” has meant continued genocide.

The rise of Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr signals the consolidation of a new type of state.

With the rift over Greenland, the intergovernmental body finds itself in troubled waters again.

Today’s wars are tearing down the existing global system, but they can’t replace it.

In 2022 Jonathan Keeperman, then a lecturer in the English department at the University of California, Irvine, who for years had moonlighted as a

A rare insider testimony reveals how China tries to hide state violence in Xinjiang

There’s a recording I hold close, Joan Armatrading’s “Woncha Come on Home. ” When the song was released in 1977, it was common for music producers to

Silicon Valley’s quarrel with democracy is not abstract — it begins in the workplace, where unilateral authority is normalised.

Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix Cairo, Illinois’ housing crisis. More than a year later, the one duplex it printed still isn’t finished. And the more we asked questions, the weirder things got.

For more than a century, factories spewed toxic dust across the city, contaminating the soil and causing lead poisoning. We talked to experts about how to stay safe from lead exposure.

Climate change has thawed permafrost and increased rainfall in the Far North, producing sulfuric acid that is turning rivers and lakes yellow or rusty orange. Scientists are scrambling to parse the impacts on wildlife, fish, and the drinking water of Indigenous communities.

Typhoon Sinlaku exposes the U. S. commonwealth's climate risks, economic fragility, and federal strain.

The UN’s biggest Indigenous gathering is happening next week, but a key climate advocate will be missing.

A majority of Senate Democrats voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders’s resolutions to block arms sales to Israel.

A first round of U. S. -Iran talks didn’t lead to a deal, but Islamabad wants to stay at the table.

His shortsighted analysis of the war in Iran was followed by a blatant lie.

Hungary’s incoming leader aims to tackle corruption, the previous administration’s influence, and dependence on Russia.

A dispatch from the Art Editor