Longtime U.S. diplomat Jack Matlock, one of the last ambassadors to the Soviet Union, on the current standoff over Ukraine; The Atlantic’s Ed Yong on how millions of immunocompromised people are navigating the pandemic; A new Amnesty report uncovers more atrocities committed in Ethiopia’s ongoing civil war.

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