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The problem of global energy inequity, explained by American refrigerators

The average fridge in the US consumes more electricity in a year than an average person in dozens of countries.

By Siobhan McDonough

What Biden’s approach to Asia misses

Can the president’s Asia-Pacific trip be about more than countering China?

By Jonathan Guyer

The US just deepened its commitment to Ukraine by $40 billion

By Jen Kirby May 19

The European country where “replacement theory” reigns supreme

By Zack Beauchamp May 19

The developing Covid crisis in Beijing, explained

By Muizz Akhtar May 19

Finland and Sweden’s historic NATO bids, explained

By Jen Kirby May 17

What Mariupol’s fall means for Russia — and Ukraine

By Jen Kirby May 17

The Philippine election is the latest example of illiberalism’s popularity

By Zack Beauchamp May 17

The staggering amount of US military aid to Ukraine, explained in one chart

By Jonathan Guyer May 17

Lebanon is in political crisis. Sunday’s elections won’t change that.

By Ellen Ioanes May 15

Why Sri Lanka’s new PM isn’t the change the country needs

By Ellen Ioanes May 14

The killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, explained

By Jonathan Guyer May 13

The new Russian offensive in Ukraine isn’t going much better than the previous one

By Zack Beauchamp May 12

The extraordinary heat wave in India and Pakistan, explained

By Umair Irfan May 11

Could the Ukraine war spill over into Moldova?

By Jen Kirby May 10

The solution to “differential demography” is more migration

By Bryan Walsh May 9

The Biden experts waging war without weapons

By Jonathan Guyer May 9

The EU can’t quite get it together on a Russian oil embargo

By Ellen Ioanes May 7

How many people have died from the Covid-19 crisis?

By Umair Irfan May 5

Are sanctions against Russia working?

By Jen Kirby May 4

Was Russia’s decision to cut off natural gas exports a mistake?

By Natasha Ishak May 1

The economic crisis in Sri Lanka, explained

By Natasha Ishak April 30

Ron DeSantis is following a trail blazed by a Hungarian authoritarian

By Zack Beauchamp April 28

An expert on why wars start, and how to prevent them

By Dylan Matthews April 28

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is fracturing the delicate peace in the Arctic

By Umair Irfan April 25

Deadly attacks on Afghan minorities show the Taliban isn’t keeping its promises

By Ellen Ioanes April 23

Russia’s offensive in the Donbas can’t make up for its failure in Kyiv

By Zack Beauchamp April 22

Why is it Macron and Le Pen, again?

By Jen Kirby April 22

A young man with his back to the camera wears a black jacket with a white letter “Z” made of tape on the back.

How “Z” became Putin’s new propaganda meme

By Coleman Lowndes April 21

Shanghai’s zero Covid nightmare

By Zack Beauchamp April 21

Will new weapons shipments change the war for Ukraine?

By Ellen Ioanes April 17

How China’s zero-Covid policy is failing Shanghai

By Ellen Ioanes April 16

The banned weapon Russia (and the US) won’t give up

By Laura Bult April 15

How war in Ukraine is making people hungry in the Middle East

By Siobhan McDonough April 15

What Russia’s war means for the International Space Station

By Madeline Marshall April 13

Will this grim satire help you understand what’s happening in Ukraine? Kind of.

By Alissa Wilkinson April 13

Is Russia committing genocide in Ukraine?

By Zack Beauchamp April 13

When Russian troops arrived, their relatives disappeared

By Jen Kirby April 12

What the media needs to get right in the next pandemic

By Kelsey Piper April 10

Here’s what the ICC can actually do about Putin’s war crimes

By Ellen Ioanes April 9

Pakistan’s political crisis, briefly explained

By Jonathan Guyer April 9

How Ukrainians are saving art during the war

By Marie Cascione and Kimberly Mas April 8