Activism
The Steel Industry Merger That Has Environmentalists Worried
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.U.S. Steel, once the world’s largest company of any kind, can take substantial credit for the growth of...
Israel-Gaza war
Funeral for slain Turkish American Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi draws hundreds
Hundreds of people waving Turkish and Palestinian flags gathered on Saturday for the funeral of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi,...
Europe
More than 100 Ukrainians released in prisoner-of-war swap with Russia
More than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war will be able to return to their families after an exchange...
David Lammy
Joe Biden dismisses Russian threats during meeting with Keir Starmer
Joe Biden dismissed sabre-rattling threats made by Vladimir Putin as the US president met with the UK prime...
Family of US activist shot dead by Israeli forces says Biden has not called
The family of the American activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi said on Tuesday that neither the White House nor Joe Biden had called to offer...
US House clashes over Harris’s role in 2021 Afghanistan troop withdrawal
Partisan divisions over the chaotic 2021 pullout of western forces from Afghanistan have burst into the open ahead of Tuesday’s presidential debate in Philadelphia...
Mark Zuckerberg says White House ‘pressured’ Facebook to censor Covid-19 content
The Meta boss, Mark Zuckerberg, has said he regrets bowing to what he claims was pressure from the US government to censor posts about...
Israel and Hezbollah have good reason to avoid war – but it remains possible
If Israel and Hezbollah wanted an all-out war it would have happened a long time ago. Each side would welcome the destruction of the...