Russia’s fuel crisis

July 7, 2026

TALKING POINTS

Is birthright citizenship ruling the GOP’s new Roe v. Wade?

This Supreme Court ruling might be the right’s new ‘bloody shirt’

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Russia is in the midst of a major fuel crisis

Russian President Vladimir Putin has admitted problems with the oil supply chain

quote of the day

‘You are a despicable woman and unworthy of your position. You do not represent Paraguay, that country which has sweated passion and honor throughout the competition.’

French soccer captain Kylian Mbappé responding on X to Paraguayan Senator Celeste Amarilla’s posts that called him a “colonized Cameroonian” who “never even learnt to write” and stated the “most educated creatures he ever listened to were chimpanzees.” Her messages came after France beat Paraguay 1-0 to advance to the quarterfinals.

the explainer

Sick leave around the world

Germany is clamping down on number of days workers take off for illness

UNDER THE RADAR

An Antarctic sea squirt could help treat melanoma

The organism may help produce a cancer-killing toxin

Picture of the day

Raging fires

Firefighters work to contain the flames at a warehouse facility in a wildfire near Oraiokastro, Greece. Fires across southern Europe, including France, Portugal and Spain, have forced more than 10,000 people to flee their homes, and strong winds and high temperatures are expected to worsen conditions in the coming days.
Konstantinos Tsakalidis / Bloomberg / Getty Images

THE WEEK RECOMMENDS

July’s books include a Cinderella retelling and a Chinese mythology-infused romantasy

This month’s book releases are burning hot