Vladimir Putin hopes that the West will impose his terms on Ukraine. In exchange, he will spare the rest of the world from ruin, hunger and the threat of nuclear Armageddon. The thing is, to accept that deal would be a grave miscalculation https://t.co/Ei93nrhyk4

Writing seems so fundamental that it is hard to believe just how recent—and miraculous—it really is https://t.co/ZdUtyG3w2C

Almost every prominent democrat in Hong Kong is now either in jail or exile https://t.co/TAxmj6FEoh

In both neuroscience and artificial intelligence the next decade promises to be wild https://t.co/4B41cIZatK

Provided Donald Trump can be stopped, which seems likelier than not, it is in theory easy to think that the right will return to sanity https://t.co/2GeAoKUtLS

Snake Island is only 45km from Romania, a member of NATO. Its location overlooking the Danube delta and shipping channels to Odessa and other Black Sea ports make it a strategic prize https://t.co/1kqBn0YxqH

Andrés Manuel López Obrador prefers to fight the drug war with “hugs not bullets”. This approach has failed: violence has intensified in Mexico and the pace of disappearances has increased https://t.co/AASae3BxSN

Almost every prominent democrat in Hong Kong is now either in jail or exile https://t.co/qUpafU4zg8 https://t.co/OzKOxp5xeC

Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos junior’s father was a murderous dictator who stole billions from the state and remained unrepentant to the end https://t.co/T3LW7P1yFn

Many Republicans knew all along what Donald Trump was. The main reason for Republicans’ capitulation is simpler. They hate their political opponents, who are his enemy, which made him their friend https://t.co/jfKQVO8b3T

Ukraine, despite a smaller population, has a larger supply of eager recruits. Ukraine is also receiving ever more sophisticated Western weaponry as Russia cannibalises its own forces https://t.co/ceGVBSeeuh

How exactly did China turn Hong Kong into a police state? It wasn't just the national security law. It was decades in the making. The party used infiltration, co-option, fear and intimidation - tactics it is now trying in the rest of the world. Our essay: https://t.co/L9rWwmKnM1

Since the war began in Ukraine a new heroic figure has emerged: the woman with a gun. One of them is Olesia Vorotnyk https://t.co/ris78x4zNk

Barristers in criminal cases have gone on strike across England and Wales. Earlier this year we explained why, unless lawyers are paid better, courts will grind to a halt https://t.co/8Zx1nr60gX

In 1808 America banned the importation of slaves from abroad and began trading people across states instead. Separation of enslaved families was routine. A new dataset tracks some of their journeys. Read more ⬇️

When war began, Olesia Vorotnyk quit Ukraine’s national ballet and took up a position at a checkpoint, armed with an AK-47 https://t.co/GbWfTL9Mkf

The six-justice majority is “conservative” only in the ideological sense: its core project is to refashion, not conserve, America’s legal structures. My @TheEconomist analysis of a breathtaking Supreme Court term, w apt closing words from @kateashaw1 https://t.co/ab9kua6Cqw

Children have a brutal effect on household income, except in Germany where they are kinder https://t.co/RkPo3Lglrj https://t.co/jijJyUCE3a

Humans ate just 13% of global maize output in 2019 https://t.co/H7AzSWyquj

About 47m people are at risk of hunger because of Russia's war in Ukraine. Could more grain be used to feed humans instead of animals? https://t.co/V1T7mvsemu

If testimony like this is not enough to spur the Republican Party into excising the lie that the election was stolen, it is hard to imagine what could https://t.co/DIfOPoSJpQ

Ukraine won the short war. Now comes the long war, and so far, Russia is winning. But it does not have to be fought on Vladimir Putin’s terms https://t.co/eTwjaHWV5k https://t.co/rLUQsduxlf

Turkey has lifted its objection to Finland’s and Sweden’s applications to join NATO. In exchange, the countries will drop a partial arms embargo against Turkey and crack down on financing and recruitment by the PKK, an armed Kurdish group https://t.co/Vql6CgVT2T

Justice Stephen Breyer has confirmed he will retire from the Supreme Court tomorrow. We explain who Ketanji Brown Jackson, his successor, is, and why her appointment is significant https://t.co/vLMk0LxUyo

But Recep Tayyip Erdogan takes home a victory https://t.co/hTJhcF1Klm

The revival of NATO as the world’s most successful alliance risks being overshadowed by Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s obstructionism https://t.co/Qp60baoL9f

Members of Donald Trump’s cabinet were so disgusted with his actions that they seriously contemplated invoking the 25th Amendment, which would have removed the president from power https://t.co/U7Q8UWwQio

Less than half of the world’s grain harvest is eaten by people https://t.co/6ULbGLaKAI

Just as Vladimir Putin argues Ukraine and Russia are “one nation”, so China maintains Taiwan is now and has always been “part of China” https://t.co/fldygbSHAw

Saudi Arabia still thinks money can buy a new reputation https://t.co/NIv2wGk7py

The lion’s share of the world's grain production goes to animals https://t.co/QfP0UyWlYs

Humans ate just 13% of global maize output in 2019 https://t.co/NWas3YEJEm

Vietnamese modernist architects added “bioclimatic” features such as ventilation shades and exterior corridors to regulate the temperature inside buildings https://t.co/houhWgq8OZ

But Recep Tayyip Erdogan takes home a victory https://t.co/PWon8IAgi7

This year’s energy shock is the most serious since the Middle Eastern oil crises of 1973 and 1979. Like those calamities, it promises to inflict short-term pain and in the longer term to transform the energy industry https://t.co/YffcDzJSEw

The women who challenged Portugal’s dictatorship https://t.co/AsaDXmpd5i

About 47m people are at risk of hunger because of Russia's war in Ukraine. Could more grain be used to feed humans instead of animals? https://t.co/icQkKwuXWu

From 2010 to 2019 the amount of grain used for animal feed rose from 770m tonnes per year to 987m https://t.co/aGndXK8h7K

Ukraine is stepping up its attacks on the strategically important rock https://t.co/kMUTvQyncE

The Biden-Harris problem https://t.co/HCIWs4fhen

The lion’s share of the world's grain production goes to animals https://t.co/bqBQmF9giC

Costly food and energy are fostering global unrest https://t.co/EKyctb6eZY

In 2019 pigs ate 431m tonnes of grain, 45% more than the people of China did https://t.co/lbEHhCUGTN

In America’s most doctrinaire pro-life states, the abortion regime will be more austere than that of Pakistan or Saudi Arabia, which permit the procedure to preserve the health, not just the life, of the mother https://t.co/bCdgVKJvUE

The Supreme Court has never before withdrawn a constitutional right that so many Americans have relied upon for so long https://t.co/XMIDvJ2xqF

America’s uranium firms are salivating over the potential revival of their industry https://t.co/SkiUCzdGsa

The solution is obvious: America should reflect five decades of practice and the settled opinion of the majority by passing a national law that guarantees the right to an abortion https://t.co/QzLhTfDZG0

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth month, NATO leaders will gather in Madrid to prepare the alliance for darker days ahead https://t.co/kEOMxSAIWX

Mark Cuban has slashed the cost of drugs to treat conditions ranging from heartburn to cancer https://t.co/XvZCWtN3I9

NATO’s new strategic concept identifies Russia as “the most immediate threat to our security” https://t.co/mPyox6drsS