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NARRATIVE: Dnipro, the train 866 platform, the alert that sounds and the Russian drone that leaves 14 dead
Around 11 a.m., people are waiting on a platform at Dnipro’s railway station. They are waiting for their train. A Russian drone strikes. The alert had sounded. The platform was full.
ANALYSIS: Moscow counts 613 drones and answers that the war must continue, while Trump holds Kyiv back
Six hundred thirteen. That is the number of drones launched at Moscow in a single night, if its mayor, Sergey Sobyanin, is to be…
EXPLAINER: Israel, 53 seats for Netanyahu, 61 needed, and 19 Arab seats almost everyone refuses
Fifty-three seats. In the partial count, Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc comes first. Governing takes 61. The Knesset has 120 seats. A majority starts at 61.…
EDITORIAL: The Netherlands reaches for the chequebook while Europe fights over Putin’s phone
The Netherlands pays. Europe fights over the telephone receiver. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanks The Hague for €500 million in military aid. The sum…
PROFILE: Jesse Adams asked how he could help, a Russian drone struck his vehicle near Kramatorsk
Jesse Adams was evacuating animals. The vehicle was loaded. A drone attacked it. The windshield was hit. It was near Kramatorsk. It was Sunday,…
INVESTIGATION: Urda, at least 69 dead and a control centre “yes” to explain
Two high-speed trains are running south. Same track. Automatic signalling goes down. The trains stop. The one behind is ordered to move off again.
OPINION: Beijing confirms a record 33 expulsions, and Party discipline serves one man
The Chinese Communist Party does not try its expelled members. It confirms them. On October 29, the plenary session confirmed 33 expulsions. It is…
QUICK TAKE: Flávio Bolsonaro was due to hand in his passport, Washington granted him a visa
Flávio Bolsonaro had 24 hours to hand any foreign passports to the police. He did not. No document arrived. The deadline passed. The senator…
COLUMN: 3.4% growth less than a week before the vote, and gas still above $4
3.4%. The figure is good. It beats the forecasts. That can be said without a wince. The Bureau of Economic Analysis, the BEA, released…