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The Weekend Web
The measure of President Obama’s success, the demise of the PLO and the struggle for Afghanistan. Plus, first bees—now bats.
Feature • November 1, 1999
Can the Blind Lead …?
Some claim we’ve never had it better. Others see doom around the corner. What is the true state of the world as we rush towards the end of one century into another?
Article • April 21, 2025
China Tests Nonnuclear Hydrogen Bomb
Article • July 2, 2012
MI5 Chief Says ‘Arab Spring’ Breeds Terrorism
Feature • July 1, 1999
Parliament Moves Right
Feature • June 1, 2000
Giant Defense Merger
Feature • July 1, 2002
Capital Flight
Article • February 23, 2026
Mexican Cartel Head Killed, Violence Erupts
Article • July 31, 2007
Global Stock Markets Fall, Global Confidence Shaky
Several factors are combining to send investors back to shore and the global economy into dangerous waters.
Article • July 13, 2007
Blair Told to Pressure Jews
The new Quartet envoy to the Middle East has been advised by EU foreign ministers to force Israel to make even more concessions.
Article • January 14, 2008
Plunging Grain Supply Up Against Soaring Demand
Analysts see export sales of U.S. wheat “beginning to look like panic buying” as inventories hit record lows.
Article • August 9, 2011
Draghi Puts Teeth Into ECB
The designated new head of Europe’s central bank shows his power.
Article • November 14, 2011
Germany Wants to Shrink the Eurozone
Behind the scenes, German officials are plotting to form a smaller, better-integrated single currency area.
Article • July 10, 2012
Muslim Brotherhood: The genie is unleashed
Article • July 8, 2012
Brotherhood Maneuvers for a Lead Role in Libya
Article • February 16, 2026
Word of the Day: Kriegstüchtig
Article • September 12, 2012
EU Body to Gain Power Over British Banks
New EU proposals on banking regulation contain a fresh assault on the City of London.
Article • January 1, 2013
Fiscal Cliff and Fiscal Insanity
If the fiscal cliff fiasco shows one thing, it is that America is living in a dangerous make-believe wonderland.
Article • October 7, 2009
California: Will it become a failed state?
Article • December 1, 2009
German Youth Celebrate Edmund Stoiber
Germany’s new generation is searching for charismatic, staunch politicians of the caliber of Edmund Stoiber and Baron zu Guttenberg.
Article • April 2, 2015
California Mandates Unprecedented Water Restrictions
The ‘big hammer’ has finally struck.
Feature • September 1, 2017
SocietyWatch
Article • September 15, 2018
This Week: Five Events You Need to Know (September 15)
Nuclear World War III rehearsals, China’s new rail-gun rockets, Hamas terrorism, and more
Article • April 25, 2016
Canada to Legalize Weed by Next Spring
Prime Minister Trudeau plans to fulfill his election promise to legalize recreational marijuana.
