Reading the Times (and Not Just the Paper)
Let me try to tell you what an old man I really am. As a start, imagine this: I still read the New York Times every day on paper. Yes, the paper New York Times still exists! Yikes!
Brazil will feature the number 24 on the pitch during World Cup 2026. And that carries a message
Four years ago, a group of activists sued to demand the use of shirt number 24 in the national team. The 2022 World Cup was the first time it appeared officially.
Case Concerning an Inquiry by the International Seabed Authority: Less a Defence of Due Process than an Attempt to...
On 30 May 2026, two deep seabed mining exploration contractors—NORI and TOML (“the contractors”), both subsidiaries of Canada-based The Metals Company (TMC)—lodged an application and a request for …
North Korea’s Uranium Enrichment Capacity Could Soon Expand by 75%, Analysis Says
Kim Jong Un recently inspected a new facility that could dramatically boost Pyongyang’s ability to make nuclear bombs.
Tommy Robinson, Nigel Farage, and a Riot Over a Crime That Never Happened
With characteristic restraint, Tommy Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has said Saturday’s Unite the Kingdom rally in London is going to be “the biggest event in British history ever”.
Global
Risk profiling systems used to identify potential offenders are in breach of international law and must be banned – new report
European Banks Are Stopping Financing Israel’s Genocide
Barclays has quietly stopped underwriting Israeli wartime bonds, Novara Media can reveal, as pressure grows on European institutions to distance themselves from Israel.
CERD’s May 2026 Statement on Israel’s Death Penalty Law: On the Silence of Other Treaty Bodies and On a Missed Rendez-Vous...
On 29 April 2026, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) expressed alarm at Israel’s “Death Penalty for Terrorists Law,” urging its immediate repeal, and situating the …
For LGBTQ+ people in Egypt, the internet is both a lifeline and a trap
Social media offers connection for queer Egyptians, but also exposes them to surveillance, entrapment, and harassment under expanding cybercrime laws
In Conversation with François Alabrune
Dear Ambassador Alabrune, thank you very much for accepting the invitation from Völkerrechtsblog.
DOJ Targets Michigan Palestine Solidarity Activists With Federal Charges
The charges follow escalating repression by the University of Michigan against pro-Palestine students since 2024.
Gezinkte Karten
Trump lässt Wahlkreise neu zuschneiden, um seine Mehrheit zu retten. Doch ob der Plan aufgeht, ist mehr als fraglich.
Subdivided
HBO's Neighbors attempts to capture our mutual loathing and derangement at the neighborhood level. What hope is there for the paranoid suburbs?
How Israel Planned Gaza Genocide Decades Ago
The truth slowly comes to light: Israel‘s genocide in Gaza was planned decades ago. Listen to the testimonies of four Israeli soldiers who served in Gaza. Soldier 1: “Human lives didn’t matter.
Writing Rooted in Community
Colette Estelle interviews Giada Scodellaro about Ruins, Child (New Directions, 2026), a hybrid novel on proximity, grief, and community.
Nuclear in my backyard: A Nebraska utility is skirting the public backlash that plagues wind and solar
This story is made possible through a partnership between Grist and The Flatwater Free Press , Nebraska’s first independent, nonprofit newsroom focused on investigations and feature stories.
Mehrdeutigkeit in der Meerespolitik
Die Stellungnahme des Internationalen Seegerichtshofs zum Klimaschutz
A Campaign of Disappearances: Inside the Killings, Abductions and Surveillance of Mozambique’s Government Critics
Dozens of opposition members and journalists have been abducted or killed in Mozambique, since the 2024 general elections.
