Category Archives: Politics

Morning News: On The Ground In Kyiv, Australia Floods, Grammar School

Our correspondent finds Ukraine’s capital already accustomed to an eerie war footing. People are getting married and playing music, even as medicine runs out and a new volunteer army braces for fighting.

Australia’s barely fathomable floods show freakish weather is becoming increasingly common there. And the case for reforming how grammar is taught.

Morning News: Western Ukraine Bombed, Student Loan Freeze, Trump Rally

Russian missiles falling on Ukraine’s far West raise fears that a new front in the war has been opened. The Biden administration may be considering another extension of the federal student loan payment freeze. Will former President Donald Trump’s endorsements and rallies sway the outcome of GOP congressional primaries?

Preview: The Economist Magazine – March 12, 2022

Morning News: Economic Fallout From War, Energy Prices & Inflation, Europe

A.M. Edition for March 11. The economic fallout caused by the war in Ukraine, higher energy prices and inflation isn’t being felt equally around the world. 

WSJ columnist Jon Sindreu details why the Senate’s passage of an omnibus spending bill could provide a tailwind to the U.S. economy, even as BMO GAM’s chief economist Steven Bell explains why Europe may soon face a recession risk. Luke Vargas hosts.

Morning News: Ukraine Hospital Bombed, Voting System Stress, Vaccines

Russia has bombed a children’s hospital in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol. Election professionals cite threats, stress, and political attacks on the voting system among the forces pushing them from their jobs. And how eager will parents of the youngest kids in the U.S. be to have their children vaccinated against COVID?

Morning News: Refugees From Ukraine, French Election, Russia-China

The latest from Ukraine, with an update on humanitarian corridors and the refugee situation. Plus: the official French presidential-election candidate list is released, and how does China and Russia’s relationship swing the balance of global power?

Morning News: Ukraine City Destruction, South Korea Election, Aviation

We have the latest on the invasion of Ukraine. Plus: an interview with former Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves; a look ahead to the South Korean presidential elections; and the latest aviation news.