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Why Everyone You Know Is Suddenly a Birder
I can trace my personal descent into what science journalist Ed Yong calls “birder derangement syndrome” back to when I started referring to myself as […]
Take it or leave it? EU faces dilemma in tariff showdown with Trump.
BRUSSELS — A U.S. trade proposal that could land in the European Union’s inbox imminently will confront it with a momentous choice: accept a far-from-perfect offer […]
The EU-China summit will lack deliverables. Xi may not attend. So why even go?
Brussels and Beijing got 99 problems — but an upcoming high-level summit ain’t gonna solve a single one. When EU leaders Ursula von der Leyen […]
The Frightening Casualness of How India and Pakistan Talk about Nuclear Weapons
Are we now so casual about the dangers of nuclear weapons that we do not realize what we have escaped from with the decision by […]
Climate Change Is Happening. Why Don’t We See It?
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The G7 Summit Was Really about One Man
M ark Carney tried awfully hard to Trump-proof the G7 summit. Gone were the mentions of climate change, in were discussions of migration and energy. […]
EU gets tough on Russian energy without Trump, Orbán on board
BRUSSELS — The EU is planning a major new push to cut the funds the Kremlin is using to rain down death and destruction across […]
G7 embraces ‘realpolitik’ to work around disruptive Trump
KANANASKIS, Alberta — The 2025 G7 summit ended without a unified statement on Ukraine and without the U.S. president in the room. The failure to […]
EU devises scheme to squeeze more profit from Russian frozen assets
BRUSSELS ― The European Union is looking to extract billions of extra euros from frozen Russian assets by moving them into riskier investments — via a […]