The Overview: A newsletter for our curious world
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The world is big. A daily newsletter shouldn’t be. Every weekday afternoon, Blue Marble will send you the news you need to navigate our world.
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- the most important global news of the day
- cultural recommendations
- other interesting or downright odd stories from around the world
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Check out recent editions
- 05/16/2024 - Why are more US citizens being detained abroad?
- 05/15/2024 - Blinken’s surprise visit to Ukraine
- 05/14/2024 - What causes most displacement within countries?
- 05/13/2024 - Death toll in Gaza surpasses 35,000
- 05/10/2024 - UN votes to give Palestine more power
- 05/09/2024 - How will Germany’s 16-year-olds vote?
- 05/08/2024 - EU to weaken ‘forever chemicals’ ban
- 05/07/2024 - Beets (not beef) cut emissions on the cheap
- 05/06/2024 - Cease-fire talks stall as Israel strikes Rafah
- 05/03/2024 - Countries with the most—and least—press freedom
- 05/02/2024 - Gaza’s long recovery from 'domicide'
- 05/01/2024 - US House approves antisemitism bill
- 05/02/2024 - Gaza’s long recovery from 'domicide'
- 05/01/2024 - US House approves antisemitism bill
- 04/30/2024 - Germany can keep arming Israel, court rules
- 04/29/2024 - Are war crime charges coming to Israel?
- 04/26/2024 - People aren’t going out enough, say city leaders
- 04/25/2024 - Planting trees that can take the heat
- 04/24/2024 - Where on earth do people want to work?
- 04/23/2024 - Why Rwanda will accept UK’s deported migrants
- 04/22/2024 - Military spending is up everywhere
- 04/19/2024 - What does India’s youth vote want?
- 04/18/2024 - Sweden makes gender change easier
- 04/17/2024 - Torture in US-funded Syrian detention camps
- 04/16/2024 - France’s Olympic hijab ban
- 04/15/2024 - Israel weighs response to Iran
- 04/12/2024 - Young women are becoming more liberal worldwide
- 04/11/2024 - Poland reconsiders abortion
- 04/10/2024 - South Korea’s ‘generational changeover’ among voters
- 04/05/2024 - The Communist Party plays matchmaker in China
- 04/04/2024 - Biden’s ‘tense’ phone call with Netanyahu
- 04/03/2024 - 25 is the new 27 in Ukrainian draft
- 04/02/2024 - The ‘softer’ obstacles to abortion in Africa
- 04/01/2024 - The plot of the Havana syndrome thickens
- 03/29/2024 - Which foreign country owns the most U.S. land? + Middle East latest + It’s Beyoncé’s world
- 03/28/2024 - More and more Americans disapprove of Israel’s actions in Gaza
- 03/27/2024 - A win for trans women tortured in Argentina’s ‘Dirty War’
- 03/26/2024 - Venezuela’s tumultuous presidential election
- 03/25/2024 - UN passes a Gaza cease-fire resolution
- 03/22/2024 - US Gaza cease-fire veto was ‘cynical,’ Blinken says
- 03/21/2024 - The EU wants to ‘make Russia pay’ for war (literally)
- 03/20/2024 - Dreary youth drag down America’s happiness ranking
- 03/19/2024 - Hong Kong’s new law meant to silence dissent
- 03/18/2024 - Generation Putin + Bibi-Netanyahu talk + Say that again
- 03/15/2024 - Civilians waiting for aid killed in Gaza
- 03/14/2024 - Lady Danes, you’re in the army now
- 03/13/2024 - Artists give SXSW an Irish goodbye
- 03/12/2024 - Haitians rush to form transitional government
- 03/11/2024 - How will Ramadan affect the Israel-Hamas war?
- 03/08/2024 - A little something for the ladies
- 03/07/2024 - Getting aid to Gaza
- 03/06/2024 - The EU deal to ban forced labor
- 03/05/2024 - We’re (not) No. 1: How younger Americans view the US and its place in the world
- 03/04/2024 - Violence erupts in Haiti as thousands of inmates escape from jail
- 03/01/2024 - European farmers and the ‘environment vs. jobs dilemma’
- 02/29/2024 - A deadly day and a grim milestone in Gaza
- 02/28/2024 - Most Americans still support sending aid to Ukraine
- 02/27/2024 - How can Japan solve its baby bust?
- 02/26/2024 - ‘An extreme act of protest’ against the Israel-Hamas war
- 02/23/2024 - US sanctions Russia as war enters third year
- 02/22/2024 - How much would *you* pay for a disinformation campaign?
- 02/21/2024 - US defends Israeli occupation before international court
- 02/20/2024 - US vetoes another UN cease-fire resolution