Today’s Flagship
Israel in revolt over Netanyahu’s judicial reforms, Putin to move nuclear bombs to Belarus, and Lebanon gets stuck halfway in its move to daylight savings time.
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Alexander Onukwue
africa
OPay and PalmPay, Chinese-owned fintech apps, are the main winners in Nigeria’s banking sector after a botched currency overhaul.
Shelby Talcott
politics
The president used his first major rally to embrace January 6th participants even tighter and settle personal scores.
Jay Solomon
security
The U.S. and its allies fear that a coordinated messaging effort by Russia and China is winning over developing nations, making it more difficult to punish and isolate Vladimir Putin's nation.
Today’s Flagship
Israel in revolt over Netanyahu’s judicial reforms, Putin to move nuclear bombs to Belarus, and Lebanon gets stuck halfway in its move to daylight savings time.
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Max Tani
media
The charity arm of the conservative Daily Caller offered donors the opportunity to “propose topics for coverage” and news beats for reporters in exchange for financial contributions.
David Weigel
politics
Clips of street brawls, crime, and harassment — sometimes from years earlier — are taking off on Twitter with a boost from race-baiting extremist users.
Reed Albergotti
tech
In 2018, Musk wanted to take charge of OpenAI to beat Google but others opposed the move, putting Altman at the helm.
Tim McDonnell and Joseph Zeballos-Roig
climate
Senators remain divided, however, on key questions of how the policy would work.
Steve Clemons
politics
Convicted on terrorism-related charges in 2021, his release follows intense negotiations between U.S., Qatari, and Rwandan officials.
Alexander Onukwue
africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is particularly vulnerable to waves of displacement from extreme weather events, the United Nation warns.
Morgan Chalfant
politics
House Republicans and Democrats mercilessly grilled TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on Thursday and they have legislation to back up their tough talk.
Tawanda Karombo
africa
Zimbabwe’s decision to ban raw lithium exports and encourage local processing is helping Chinese and western companies gain a foothold in its mining industry while putting local players at a competitive disadvantage.
The far-right coalition member party Jewish Power said in a statement Monday that the controversial legislation would be pushed to the next session of parliament.
A Center for American Progress report finds tax cuts are responsible for Washington’s budget woes.
Yousaf wants Scotland to be its own republic and to return to the European Union, saying, "We will be the generation that delivers independence."
The president used his first major rally to embrace January 6th participants even tighter and settle personal scores.
Clips of street brawls, crime, and harassment — sometimes from years earlier — are taking off on Twitter with a boost from race-baiting extremist users.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission had reportedly been probing Binance since at least 2021.
The self-governing region has accused Chinese vessels of cutting the undersea cables connecting one of its outlying islands, putting a renewed focus on the need to shore up its internet infrastructure.
The bank paid senior staff in special bonds whose value was wiped out by Swiss regulators in the rescue, people familiar with the matter said.
Mike Brown, CEO of Travel + Leisure, said there were 42% more first-time buyers of timeshares last year.
A dispute between executives and the board over the outlook for venture capital left the bank with just a day to raise $2 billion.
In 2018, Musk wanted to take charge of OpenAI to beat Google but others opposed the move, putting Altman at the helm.
The country joined a string of Western governments and institutions that have banned TikTok in recent weeks.
TikTok has become more prominent as a livestreaming platform in recent years, used by legacy media companies and amateur creators.
Uninsured depositors in the U.S. didn’t act the way they have in past crises, leaving regulators debating whether there should be new guardrails.
OPay and PalmPay, Chinese-owned fintech apps, are the main winners in Nigeria’s banking sector after a botched currency overhaul.
Sub-Saharan Africa is particularly vulnerable to waves of displacement from extreme weather events, the United Nation warns.
Zimbabwe’s decision to ban raw lithium exports and encourage local processing is helping Chinese and western companies gain a foothold in its mining industry while putting local players at a competitive disadvantage.
A British court found the former senator, his wife, and a doctor guilty of a conspiracy to exploit a street trader for his kidney on Thursday.
Obi, a businessman and former governor of southeastern Anambra state, came third in last month’s election, which was won by Bola Tinubu.
Senators remain divided, however, on key questions of how the policy would work.
The change in timing causes problems for pollinator species.
Negotiators have little time to sort out some of the hardest questions in global climate politics.
The new U.N. report said severe outcomes are more likely sooner as climate change progresses rapidly.
The U.S. and its allies fear that a coordinated messaging effort by Russia and China is winning over developing nations, making it more difficult to punish and isolate Vladimir Putin's nation.
Norway, Finland, Sweden, and Denmark plan to develop a joint air defense plan using NATO frameworks.
Expanding the AUKUS program will likely further ratchet tensions with China.
The U.S. State Department released its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices this week.
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs slammed the U.S. for destabilizing the Middle East on the 20th anniversary of the Iraq invasion, all while Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited Russia to show his support for the Ukraine war.
The charity arm of the conservative Daily Caller offered donors the opportunity to “propose topics for coverage” and news beats for reporters in exchange for financial contributions.
The Messenger is gearing up for an online tabloid war.
The once-hot media company is being sold for scrap, but its co-founder made himself one of the richest men in 20th Century media.
The former soccer star will return to the broadcaster's Match of the Day program after a row over his tweet criticizing the government's asylum plans.
A scoop on how the new Bing chat has been leaning on NewsGuard to deliver something approximating … the truth.