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Elements of Genocide: Intent to Kill

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will soon hold public hearings in the case brought by the Gambia against Myanmar. The case involves serious...

They Couldn’t Access Mental Health Care When They Needed It. Now They’re Suing Their Insurer.

In late 2024, Nimrod Shimrony, an emergency medical technician for the New York City Fire Department, tried to end his life. After completing an...

U.S. to Withdraw From Dozens of International and U.N. Entities

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the United States withdrawing from dozens of international entities, a split among Senate Republicans over...

DOJ’s Dangerous Silence in the Face of Federal Immigration Agents’ Violent Tactics

On Wednesday morning in Minneapolis, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed a woman in her car during a federal immigration...

Trump’s New Year Foreign Policy: A Mix of Bold, Bad, Constructive

In the first days of 2026, President Donald J. Trump launched a raid that captured Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro and asserted that the United...

“We’re Too Close to the Debris”: How SpaceX Rockets Put Passenger Planes at Risk

When SpaceX CEO Elon Musk chose a remote Texas outpost on the Gulf Coast to develop his company’s ambitious Starship, he put the 400-foot...

NATO Leaders Push Back Against Trump’s Greenland Threats

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at escalating tensions over U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats against Greenland, Venezuela’s crackdown on political dissent,...

“Step in the Right Direction”: Connecticut DMV Commissioner Calls for More Reforms to State Towing Law to Protect Drivers

Despite a slew of reforms enacted last year to rein in the practices of towing companies, more needs to be done to protect consumers...

A NATO Promise Not to Enlarge? Not according to Putin 1.0

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed in his end-of-the-year press conference that Western “promises that they had given us about refraining from expanding NATO were...

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