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The Dali, a Singapore-flagged cargo ship that is almost as long as three football fields, remains stuck under debris from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore Harbor under a cloudy gray sky.

Gigantic Ships Are a Danger—and a Lifeline

The vessel that hit Baltimore's Key Bridge is more than three times as large as its biggest counterparts 50 years ago.

Aam Aadmi Party activists shout slogans during a protest near Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence in New Delhi on March 26.

Modi Flexes Muscle as Elections Approach

In India, recent moves that stymie the political opposition will likely fire up the ruling party's base.

China

British members of Parliament Tim Loughton, Iain Duncan Smith And Stewart McDonald, hold a press conference after allegations that China is responsible for cyberattacks on the U.K. Electoral Commission in London on March 25.

U.S. and U.K. Sanction Chinese Hacking Group

A view shows the burning Crocus City Hall concert hall following the shooting incident in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow, on March 22. Sang Lee (center) receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Kedren Community Health Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 16, 2021. U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at a podium in the State Dining Room of the White House. The seal of the United States is affixed to the podium, and a gold-framed portrait of Abraham Lincoln is visible on the wall behind Biden's shoulder.

Weekend Reads

A historic image of four businessmen at a table with basketballs.

How 'Made in China' Became American Gospel

The canny marketing of imports from vodka to basketballs transformed the U.S.-China trade relationship.

A collage illustration shows half of the face of Joseph Stalin and half of the face of a larger Vladimir Putin alongside a star with a Z on top of it. A clock and calendar hang on a wall covered in floral, vined wallwaper. A hole from a shell is torn in the wall on the left of the scene, revealing a bright gleam of light from outside. An illustration of Chinese leaders jailed for corruption and members of China's military.

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A photo collage illustration of a finger made of bits of contracts and pieces of tech to represent a large corporation, pushing down on the American flag.

America Has a Resilience Problem

The chair of the Federal Trade Commission makes the case for competition in an increasingly consolidated world.

Members of the Indian Civil Service of the Bombay Presidency pose for a photo at their annual gathering in Poona.

The Civil Servants Who Shaped Indian Diplomacy

A new book provides a detailed account of the colonial bureaucrats who made up the first generation of the Indian Foreign Service.

The book covers for A Century of Labour by Jon Cruddas and Keeping the Red Flag Flying by Mark Garnett, Gavin Hyman, and Richard Johnson. A Nasty Little War: The Western Intervention Into the Russian Civil War, Anna Reid, Basic Books, 400 pp., $32, February 2024 The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism, Keyu Jin, Viking, 368 pp., $30, May 2023 Turning Points: Crisis and Change in Modern Britain, from 1945 to Truss, Steve Richards, Macmillan UK, 400 pp., $28.99, January 2024 Book cover for Daybreak by Matt Gallagher Book cover for Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control Haiti by Jake Johnston

Visual Stories

A man fishes at a port near the Lungmen, a nuclear power plant that has suspended its construction, in New Taipei City.

Taiwan Can't Shake Its Nuclear Ghosts

The island's resistance to a dependable—and desperately needed—source of energy has been shaped by a covert history.

Pilgrims walk down one of the main roads that lead to the new Ram Mandir

How the Ram Mandir Has Transformed India

To some, Modi's new temple embodies the revival of a Hindu golden age. To others, it symbolizes the waning of a pluralist nation.

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