Last night, in a televised hearing, the committee investigating the events of January 6th 2021 charged Donald Trump with “dereliction of duty” for failing to stop his supporters’ attack.
The evidence was strong; whether it will change anything remains unclear. We examine the thinking behind the European Central Bank’s surprise half-point rise in interest rates. And the money motivations of Bangladesh’s loosening booze laws.
The House panel painted a detailed picture of how, as officials rushed to respond to an attack on the United States government, the commander in chief chose for hours to do nothing.
The House Jan. 6 committee preps for a primetime hearing examining what Trump was and was not doing in the 3 hours and 7 minutes before he asked rioters to go home that day.
An NPR-PBS NewsHour-Marist survey looks at how many people are actually following the hearings. And, a key pipeline that brings natural gas from Russia to Germany is partially reopen, and there’s concern in Berlin that they my not go back to full capacity.
The restart of the pipeline buys time for governments to decouple from the Kremlin’s exports amid what they expect will be an increasingly unreliable supply of energy.177 min read
The prime minister’s announcement came a day after three large parties in his national unity coalition government didn’t back the prime minister in a Senate confidence vote.1 min read
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Russian President Vladimir Putin also warned that flows via the Nord Stream pipeline could be curbed soon if sanctions prevent additional maintenance on its components.
Vast stretches of the temperate world are baking or burning, and as climate change marches on widespread heatwaves will only grow more intense and more common.
After a half-century of insurgency, some rebels of Colombia’s disbanded FARC group needed a new calling: they have become tour guides. And a look at where Ukraine can store its considerable grain harvest.
BA.5, a highly transmissible variant, is dominating a surge of new infections. Many health officials say the wave is cause for caution, not alarm.
A.M. Edition for July 18. Russia’s war in Ukraine has isolated it from the West. Now, Russian President Vladimir Putin is betting on building a new diplomatic, economic and security network along the North-South axis, in alliance with China.
Jerry Seib, the WSJ’s former Capital Journal columnist and Washington executive editor, discusses why Russia is shifting strategy and what this will mean for the West. Annmarie Fertoli hosts.
The decision to finally confront the gunman was made by a small group of officers and could have been made far earlier, the report found.
Monocle’s Tyler Brûlé, Benno Zogg and Jonathan Slapin cover the weekend’s biggest talking points. Plus: We hear from our editor in chief Andrew Tuck in London, Gwen Robinson in Bangkok and Hani Behlacene in Paris.
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