Europe
Ukraine Moves Kramatorsk Industry West to Escape Russia
Kramatorsk’s factories are being transplanted to Perechyn near Ukraine’s western border as Russian troops advance, testing whether an entire industrial ecosystem can move.
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Europe
Ukraine’s drone strikes on Tuapse oil hub: fires and Black Sea spill
Ukrainian drones struck Rosneft's Tuapse oil hub repeatedly in April, killing two people, igniting fires and spilling oil across about 50km of Black Sea coastline.
Europe
A Russian Village Fights to Keep Its School as War Spending Bites
In Russia's Archangel region, the growing village of Nikolsk is fighting a plan to cut its school's upper forms — a move district officials openly blame on the…
United States
US Clean-Energy Investment Holds at Record Despite Trump Wind Curbs
American clean-energy investment remains at record levels despite Donald Trump's stall on wind permits, even as global renewable growth falls short of Dubai 2030 targets, Oliver Morton writes.
Culture
Why Hollywood Can’t Stop Adapting Classic Novels
From Sense and Sensibility to East of Eden, Hollywood is mining classic novels. The boom is comforting and commercial — and it is sending readers back to the…
Culture
What to Watch This Week: Bad Apples and Sense and Sensibility
Three of the week's four picks are moral dramas about harm done in the name of virtue. The fourth is a new adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and…
Science & Technology
Do Weighted Blankets Help You Sleep? What Clinical Trials Show
Weighted-blanket trials report some self-reported benefits, but evidence for improved objectively measured sleep remains limited and inconsistent.
Europe
Europe races to close its long-range missile gap as US pulls back
A dozen NATO members have pledged $50bn for deep-precision-strike missiles as US deployments recede. Germany is now hunting for European-made stopgaps to deploy as early as next year.
Leaders
Vasily Grossman: Soviet War Reporter From Stalingrad to Berlin
News editor Oliver Jones explores Vasily Grossman's Second World War reporting for Red Star — from Stalingrad to Berlin — and asks what makes a truly great war…
Leaders
Central banker’s four lessons from a fragmented decade
With multilateralism in crisis, new ways must be found to co-operate, argues the departing head of the Banque de France, François Villeroy de Galhau.