It falls to Moscow and Kyiv alone to make peace. This can be accomplished by way of the 12 points in China’s position paper—a ceasefire, negotiations, a mutually satisfactory settlement, adherence to international law, provisions for reconstruction. Can you hear the wind whistling past your ears as China steps forward as a global diplomatic power, and as relations such as China’s and Russia’s advance? I can. My seatbelt is fastened, for there is more, much more to come.

Bernie Sanders’ opening remarks at the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on drug pricing.

By Melvin Goodman China’s orchestration of the renewal of diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia should be a wakeup

Chief executive Albert Bourla said Manchin and Schumer were “wrong” to “single out” the pharmaceutical industry in seeking cost savings for the government.

Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis was attacked in central Athens late on Friday, suffering a broken nose, cuts and bruises. This attack must be thoroughly investigated, and these attackers, and whoever may have hired them, must be brought to justice.

The Four Horsemen of Inflation

War, pestilence, climate change, and the rich.