Soldiers amass near nuclear plant Russia and Ukraine are ramping up their military forces in southern Ukraine. Now, concerns are rising about what an escalation in fighting could mean for the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the top U.N. nuclear official said yesterday. “The situation is not improving,” said the official, Rafael Mariano Grossi, who crossed […]
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Your Tuesday Briefing
A delay in Israel’s plan to overhaul the judiciary.
Your Thursday Briefing: U.S. Raises Interest Rates
The Fed raises rates amid turmoil The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter-point as officials tried to balance the risk of runaway inflation with the threat of turmoil in the banking system. The decision was one of the most closely watched in years, and the conflicting forces had left investors and economists guessing […]
Your Friday Briefing – The New York Times
A private-sector bank rescue mission Eleven U.S. banks came together yesterday to inject $30 billion into First Republic Bank, a smaller peer on the brink of collapse after the implosion of Silicon Valley Bank last week. The arrangement, in which each will deposit at least $1 billion into First Republic, is meant as a show […]
Your Monday Briefing – The New York Times
Limiting the effects of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse The U.S. is racing to contain the consequences of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the largest American bank to fail since the financial crisis in 2008. Federal regulators announced that the government would ensure that all depositors of Silicon Valley Bank would have access to all […]
Daily Briefing: War in Ukraine: British and French Leaders Pledge to Coordinate Support for Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — Dmytro Kotsiubailo was a skinny teenager when he took to the barricades in Kyiv’s Independence Square nine years ago, joining thousands of Ukrainians demanding to be treated with dignity and freed from the yoke of Russia. On Friday, he was returned to that same square in an open coffin, as thousands of […]
Your Thursday Briefing – The New York Times
Israel’s judicial proposal reverberates in the U.S. An Israeli government effort to weaken the country’s judiciary, a move that critics call a threat to the nation’s democratic foundations, is drawing protest from American Jewish leaders and organizations, including ones that generally avoid commenting on internal Israeli politics. Democrats and progressives have so far been more […]
Your Monday Briefing – The New York Times
Russian troops close in on Bakhmut Russian forces are attacking Bakhmut from three directions in a persistent attempt to encircle Ukrainian troops, the Ukrainian military said yesterday. The battered city has become the focal point of Moscow’s offensive in eastern Ukraine, and the Ukrainian military’s General Staff said that its forces had repelled 130 Russian […]
Your Monday Briefing: China’s Race to Encourage Births
China tries incentivizing babies After decades of restricting the number of children its citizens can have, China is desperate for a baby boom. Families all over the country are now allowed to have three children, up from just one a few years ago, and one province is allowing women to have as many children as […]
Your Tuesday Briefing – The New York Times
Israelis take to the streets As a battle over the future of Israel’s judiciary — perceived by many as a fight for the soul of the country’s democracy — intensifies, roughly 100,000 protesters filled the streets outside Parliament in Jerusalem yesterday. Carrying Israeli flags, megaphones and banners, they chanted for democracy, freedom and judicial independence. […]