The World in Brief from The Economist

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NATO goes on high alert; Ru...

06.28.2022

NATO will increase the number of troops on “high alert” from 40,000 to 300,000 to better protect the Baltic states on the alliance’s eastern flank. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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06.28.2022 NATO goes on high alert; Russia strikes shopping center in Kremenchuk, and more NATO will increase the number of troops on “high alert” from 40,000 to 300,000 to better protect the Baltic states on the alliance’s eastern flank. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.27.2022 Russian strikes on Kyiv; Blue states mull over abortion protections, and more Russian missiles hit a kindergarten and an apartment block in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. Joe Biden, America’s president, condemned the strikes as “barbarism”. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.26.2022 Biden bemoans Roe v. Wade's demise; Russia occupies Severodonetsk, and more A day after calling the Supreme Court’s vote to overturn Roe v Wade “a tragic error”, President Joe Biden upped his rhetoric. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.25.2022 America’s Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; The IMF slashed its economic growth forecast for America, and more Russia warned that there would be “negative consequences” for the European Union accepting Ukraine and Moldova as candidates for membership to the bloc See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.24.2022 SCOTUS strikes down New York gun-control law; Ukraine formally accepted as a candidate for EU membership, and more Norway’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate from 0.75% to 1.25% in order to contain rising inflation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.23.2022 Drone attack sparks fire at a Russian oil refinery; Estonia raises concerns about NATO, and more Russia said that a fire at the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery close to the border with Ukraine was caused by an attack from two drones. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.22.2022 Russia threatens Lithuania; Republican election officials testify about January 6th, and more Moscow threatened to punish Lithuania with actions that would have a “serious impact” after the Baltic state blocked the transport of some goods to and from Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave, across its own territory. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out ...
06.21.2022 Israel’s government collapses; Russia threatens to retaliate against Lithuania, and more Israel’s prime minister, Naftali Bennett, and foreign minister, Yair Lapid, agreed to dissolve parliament, triggering new elections. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.20.2022 Macron set to lose parliamentary majority in France; Fierce fighting around Severodonetsk, and more France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, has lost his parliamentary majority according to near-final results in elections to the 577-seat National Assembly. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.19.2022 Russia doubles down with reserve troops; millions lose homes in floods, and more Russia is seeking to take full control of the city of Severodonetsk by bringing in troops from other battle zones, said the governor of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.18.2022 EU leaders back Ukraine’s bid; China launches new-generation aircraft-carrier, and more Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain would oversee a major training programme for Ukrainian armed forces fighting Russian troops in Ukraine See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.17.2022 The BoE raises rates, European leaders arrive in Kyiv, and more The Bank of England increased interest rates by 0.25 percentage points, and forecasted a steep decline in GDP growth. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.16.2022 ECB tackles fragmentation, America’s Federal Reserve raises interest rates and more The European Central Bank said it would speed up work on a new tool to tackle fragmentation in the euro zone. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.15.2022 Wall Street in bear territory, beseiged Severodonetsk severed and more American bond yields remained high and stockmarkets braced ahead of a meeting of the Federal Reserve. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.14.2022 Macron under pressure, America's Capitol riot hearings continue and more Emmanuel Macron, the French president, is fighting to keep his parliamentary majority after the first round of voting in legislative elections on June 12th. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.13.2022 US senators announce gun deal agreement; China’s message to America, and more A bipartisan group of American senators agreed a deal on gun control. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.12.2022 China threatens war over Taiwan split; Americans march for gun reform, and more China would “not hesitate to start a war” if anyone tried to split Taiwan from the mainland, China’s defence minister told Lloyd Austin, his American counterpart. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.11.2022 Inflation in America at a 40 year high; Truckers protest in South Korea, and more The head of the UN’s humanitarian office, OCHA, said that Sri Lanka could be on the brink of a “full-blown humanitarian emergency” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.10.2022 Death sentences for foreign fighters in Ukraine, Iran undermines attempts to revive nuclear deal, and more Three men, two British and one Moroccan, captured by pro-Russian forces in a disputed part of Ukraine were handed a death sentence. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.09.2022 Ukrainian defiance over Severodonetsk, OECD forecasts gloomy growth, and more The governor of Luhansk said Ukrainian forces now controlled only the outskirts of Severodonetsk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.08.2022 Zelensky says stalemate “not an option”, America facing "unacceptable" levels of inflation, and more Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said that a “stalemate is not an option” in the war against Russia, and that Ukraine had to reclaim “full control” over its entire territory. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.07.2022 Boris Johnson survives a no-confidence vote, Elon Musk threatens to pull out of his offer to buy Twitter, and more Boris Johnson, Britain’s prime minister, survived a vote of no-confidence. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.06.2022 Putin’s long-range threats; Boris Johnson’s no-confidence worries, and more Vladimir Putin said if the West supplied Ukraine with longer-range missiles Russia would strike targets it has so far avoided. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.05.2022 Ukraine’s fight-back in Luhansk; American baby-formula factory’s reopening, and more Ukraine claims to have recaptured one-fifth of the city of Severodonetsk, even as Russia intensifies its attack with reinforcements. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.04.2022 Ukraine probes forced deportations; Inflation in Turkey at 24-year high, and more American prosecutors charged Peter Navarro with contempt of Congress for failing to comply with its probe of the Capitol riot See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.03.2022 Russia’s fury at the West, Biden expected to call for stricter gun laws, and more Russia accused America of “intentionally adding fuel to the fire” by promising to send precision-guided rocket systems to Ukraine as part of a new $700m military aid package. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.02.2022 Long-range rockets for Ukraine, Sheryl Sandberg to leave Meta, and more America will provide Ukraine with precision-guided missiles that can strike targets nearly 84km away, as part of a new $700m military aid package. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
06.01.2022 Ukraine prosecutes suspected war criminals, more charges for Navalny, and more Ukraine will begin to prosecute 80 suspected Russian war criminals of the 600 it has identified, according to the country’s prosecutor general, Iryna Venediktova. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.31.2022 EU to ban most Russian oil, America holds back on arms for Ukraine, and more The EU agreed to a partial ban on Russian oil, exempting oil delivered by pipeline in a compromise to satisfy Hungary. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.30.2022 Tension in Jerusalem, Zelensky visits the frontline near Kharkiv, and more Police in Jerusalem fired stun grenades at Palestinians protesting against the "flag march" of right-wing Jewish nationalists. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.29.2022 Putin urged to negotiate with Volodymyr Zelensky; Texas police criticised over school shooting, and more In an 80-minute phone call with Vladimir Putin France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, and Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, urged the Russian president to enter “serious direct negotiations” with Volodymyr Zelensky, his Ukrainian counterpart. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.28.2022 Iran seizes two Greek-flagged oil tankers, ABBA returns, and more A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by Donald Trump attempting to halt the New York attorney-general’s probe into alleged fraud at his real-estate business See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.27.2022 Russia shells eastern Ukraine, Republicans punt on gun control, and more Russia shells eastern Ukraine, Republicans punt on gun control, and more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.26.2022 Texas gunman shared plans on Facebook, deteriorating conditions in Sievierodonetsk, and more Texas gunman shared plans on Facebook, deteriorating conditions in Sievierodonetsk, and more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.25.2022 School massacre in Texas, US Treasury department blocks Russia from paying down debt, and more School massacre in Texas, US Treasury department blocks Russia from paying down debt, and more See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.24.2022 Volodymyr Zelensky called for “maximum sanctions” against Russia, and more The White House insisted that America’s policy on Taiwan “has not changed” after President Joe Biden said that America’s armed forces would step in to defend Taiwan if it were attacked by China. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.23.2022 The Economist Morning Briefing, May 23rd, 2022 Australia’s new PM in Tokyo and no concessions from Ukraine See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.21.2022 The Economist Morning Briefing, May 21st, 2022 Fighting intensifies in Donbas “hell” and America approves $40bn for Ukraine See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.20.2022 The Economist Morning Briefing, May 20th, 2022 Biden backs Nordic NATO applicants and America approves more aid for Ukraine See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.19.2022 The Economist Morning Briefing, May 19th, 2022 Markets plummet and Europe plans to eschew Russian energy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.18.2022 The Economist Morning Briefing, May 18th, 2022 An unclear fate for Mariupol’s defenders and Northern Ireland protocol under threat See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.17.2022 The Economist Morning Briefing, May 17th, 2022 Azovstal abandoned and North Korea’s army mobilised against covid-19 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.16.2022 The Economist Morning Briefing, May 16th, 2022 Sweden’s NATO decision and grim economic data from China See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.14.2022 The Economist Morning Briefing, May 14th, 2022 Russia to cut off Finland’s electricity and Georgian region plans Russia referendum See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.13.2022 The Economist Morning Briefing, May 13th, 2022 Ukrainian aid stalls in the Senate and Russia reacts to Finland’s NATO plans See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.12.2022 The Economist Morning Briefing, May 12th, 2022 Kherson talks of annexation and the Senate rejects abortion safeguards See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.11.2022 The Economist Morning Briefing, May 11th, 2022 US warns of prolonged war and shoot-on-sight ordered in Sri Lanka See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.10.2022 The Economist Morning Briefing, May 10th, 2022 Another bruising day for markets and more American aid for Ukraine See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.09.2022 The Economist Morning Briefing, May 9th, 2022 A Russian bomb hits a school in Ukraine and the Philippines goes to the polls See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
05.07.2022 The Economist Morning Briefing, May 7th, 2022 Apprehension in Ukraine and Sinn Féin’s projected win in Northern Ireland See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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