Your Thursday Briefing
Good morning. We’re covering China’s live-fire drills near Taiwan and a looming Russian offensive in southern Ukraine. A news broadcast in …
Perils of Preaching Nationalism Play Out on Chinese Social Media
It doesn’t often happen that ordinary Chinese say publicly that they’re disappointed with their government. That they’re ashamed of their …
When Home Is a Ferry Ship: An Influx From Ukraine Strains Europe
The duty-free shop on Deck 7 of the Isabelle has been turned into a storage locker and pantry, with suitcases heaped in the perfume section and …
Mines, Fires, Rockets: The Ravages of War Bedevil Ukraine’s Farmers
ZELENODILSK, Ukraine — Their uniforms are dusty jeans and tank-tops, and they drive tractors, not tanks, along the frontline in Russia’s war in …
More Than a Show: China’s Exercises Could Help It Practice Seizing Taiwan
A day after Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, visited Taiwan, celebrating it as a bulwark of democracy, the island …
Newsom Asks Hollywood to Stop Filming in Conservative States
SACRAMENTO — Widening his attack on Republican states for their positions on guns, civil rights and abortion, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California on …
U.S. Could Have Had Many More Doses of Monkeypox Vaccine This Year
WASHINGTON — The shortage of vaccines to combat a fast-growing monkeypox outbreak was caused in part because the Department of Health and Human …
Alex Jones, Under Questioning, Is Confronted With Evidence of Deception
AUSTIN, Texas — In a brutal cross-examination on Wednesday in the trial of the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, a lawyer for Sandy Hook parents …
Gov. Hochul Defends Bail Reform as Mayor Adams Presses for Changes
Hours before Mayor Eric Adams held a news conference on Wednesday to argue that an “insane, broken system” allowed repeat offenders to keep …