Trying to Solve a Covid Mystery: Africa’s Low Death Rates
The coronavirus was expected to devastate the continent, but higher-income and better-prepared countries appear to have fared far worse.Read More
A Town on Ukraine’s Edge, Determined to Escape Its Past
Przemysl’s history has been intertwined with war. This time, like much of Poland, it wants to do things differently.Read More
Russia and Far-Right Americans Find Common Ground With Ukraine War
Some conservatives have echoed the Kremlin’s misleading claims about the war and vice versa, giving each other’s assertions a sheen of credibility.Read More
How Europe Got Hooked on Russian Gas Despite Reagan’s Warnings
A Soviet-era pipeline, opposed by the president but supported by the oil and gas industry, set up the dependency that today helps fund the Russian assault on Ukraine.Read More
Strikes on critical coastal city of Mariupol are coming from ships as counteroffensive pushes Russia back from the capital
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In pictures: The confirmation hearings
Tuesday was the second day of confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman ever to be nominated for the US Supreme Court. Read More
Opinion: Jackson is handing conservatives one key victory
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is likely to be confirmed as a justice on the US Supreme Court, but her confirmation hearing demonstrates how conservatives are winning the ideological war over the Constitution. Read More
Analysis: Republicans greet a historic nomination with a political circus
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson could make history as the first Black female Supreme Court justice but some Senate Republicans with their eyes on higher political office are making her confirmation hearing all about them. Read More
Lindsey Graham storms out of hearing after questioning Jackson
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) pressed Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson about her political leanings and stormed out of the hearing after questioning her defense of Guantanamo detainees as an attorney. Read More
Takeaways from the marathon Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearing
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