When it goes dark: Facebook’s terrible week

When it goes dark: Facebook’s terrible week

Yesterday’s global outage is not even the worst of it: today’s congressional testimony will examine a whistleblower’s allegations that the company knows its products cause widespread harm. The modern food-industrial complex is great for eaters but appalling for the planet; we examine technological fixes, and whether consumers will bite. And how Afghanistan's embassies abroad are—or aren’t—dealing with the Taliban.

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A plight in Tunisia: the president passes

A plight in Tunisia: the president passes

Beji Caid Essebsi promised to fix the economy, re-establish security and consolidate Tunisia’s democracy—but all of that remains unresolved as the country begins its search for a new leader. Pet owner...

26 Heinä 201921min

Nothing new to report: Robert Mueller testifies

Nothing new to report: Robert Mueller testifies

As promised, the special counsel revealed no more than appeared in his report into Russian election-meddling and obstruction of justice. The story hasn’t moved on, but Democrats would be wise to. Econ...

25 Heinä 201922min

Ricky situation: Puerto Rico’s protests

Ricky situation: Puerto Rico’s protests

Rolling protests have rocked the island after leaked texts revealed the governor’s insults. But Puerto Rico’s problems are far greater than almost 900 pages of tasteless jokes. We consider the merits ...

24 Heinä 201919min

You, May, be excused: Boris Johnson ascends

You, May, be excused: Boris Johnson ascends

Britain has a new prime minister—who will inherit all the same problems his predecessor had. Good luck guiding a divided nation through Brexit with a paper-thin majority in parliament. Europe’s steel ...

23 Heinä 201919min

Get one thing strait: Iran’s tanker stand-off

Get one thing strait: Iran’s tanker stand-off

The seizure of a British-flagged tanker in the Gulf may seem counter to Iran’s international objectives. But at home, hardliners are in the ascendancy—for them, it’s a public-relations coup. The rise ...

22 Heinä 201922min

Servant’s entrance: Ukraine’s elections

Servant’s entrance: Ukraine’s elections

Volodymyr Zelensky’s Servant of the People party looks set to make big gains in Ukraine’s parliament this weekend. It must, if it wants to weaken oligarchs’ hold over the country. If space exploration...

19 Heinä 201922min

Unmoving movement: Venezuela’s bloody stalemate

Unmoving movement: Venezuela’s bloody stalemate

The opposition’s momentum has faded; many protesters are too tired to go on. Nicolás Maduro, the illegitimate president, is showing his grip on power with shows of force. Global shipping is in a slump...

18 Heinä 201920min

In like a Leyen: the European Commission’s new president

In like a Leyen: the European Commission’s new president

Ursula von der Leyen has a tough task ahead, pressing a broad agenda in a fragmented European Parliament. We take a look at the vast international collaboration that is weather prediction, where it’s ...

17 Heinä 201921min

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