What in the World?

Some international observers have been baffled by Morocco’s slow search and rescue process, along with its reluctance to accept some foreign aid, FP’s Nosmot Gbadamosi writes in Africa Brief.

The meeting—the first between Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin since 2019—underscored each country’s desperation for allies and resources, FP’s Robbie Gramer and Amy Mackinnon report.

China’s increased military buildup could be an attempt to compensate for its faltering economic performance, Jacqueline N. Deal and Michael Mort argue.

The new figure, to be achieved by 2030, accelerates the bloc’s transition away from fossil fuels as climate change-related weather events wreaked havoc across much of the world this summer, as FP’s Christina Lu and Brawley Benson reported last month.

The last several years have seen former French colonies steadily fall to military coups, a trend potentially amplified by U.N. peacekeeping missions, Jamie Levin and Nathan Allen argued last month.

Thirty years after the signing of the Oslo Accords, peace between Israelis and Palestinians seems more out of reach than ever, but that doesn’t mean leaders should abandon the pursuit of a solution, Aaron David Miller writes.

The Supreme Federal Court will try nearly 1,400 alleged participants of the attempted insurrection on Jan. 8, FP’s Alexandra Sharp reports in World Brief.

China has significant commercial investments in Zambia and can’t afford to let the country collapse under its own debt—a situation that Beijing has found itself in more frequently as of late, FP’s Christina Lu reported in May.

The man, Erlend Bore, was instructed by his doctor to pick up a hobby to be more active, The Associated Press reports.