Trapped in a Kill Zone, a Ukrainian City Is Beginning to Starve

Evacuation is almost impossible and food is running out in Russian-occupied Oleshky, a city menaced by mines and drones.A protester in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, last month calling for help for Oleshky, a city in southern Ukraine.

S Siobhán O’Grady, Liubov Sholudko and Yurii Shyvala

A Supreme Court Battle Over Climate Change Begins

The justices are about to hear a lawsuit that could determine whether the oil industry faces billions of dollars in liability for damages caused by global warming.Boulder has sued Exxon and Suncor saying they should help pay for the damage caused by global warming in the state. A Suncor refinery in

K Karen Zraick

In a Major Boost for the Right, Another Bolsonaro Nears Brazil’s Presidency

Flávio Bolsonaro’s first round lead leaves President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva three weeks to find the votes to stop Brazil’s, and Latin America’s, rightward shift.Flávio Bolsonaro, the son for Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, had the lead after Sunday’s vote.

A Ana Ionova and Adam B. Ellick

Alejandro G. Iñárritu Knows That ‘Digger’ Is Polarizing. That’s the Point.

Alejandro G. Iñárritu knows that “Digger” is polarizing. “I prefer that to the lukewarm reception,” he says of the climate-change satire with Tom Cruise.“Digger” is “a provoking film,” Alejandro G. Iñárritu conceded. “That’s the role of a film for me — let’s start the conversation.”

M Melena Ryzik and Sinna Nasseri

Geography Is Back With a Vengeance

Trade blockages in the Persian Gulf have reminded the world that there are forces as great as or greater than technology and globalization.

P Patricia Cohen

Are Babies Conscious?

By pinpointing when it begins in young humans, scientists hope to better understand what consciousness is, and how it arises, in all of us.

C Carl Zimmer

Burst of Attacks in Gulf Heightens Fears Over Fragile Energy Trade

Strikes on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia came as the region’s exporters were getting more oil to the world market.Ships near the Strait of Hormuz last week. More tankers have moved through the strait in recent weeks.

L Lisa Friedman and Jenny Gross

Why Saudi Arabia’s Last War in Yemen Turned Into a Quagmire

A Saudi-led coalition has announced a military campaign against the Iran-backed Houthi militia in the country, reviving memories of its previous effort.Smoke billowing from the fuel storage area at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last month after the Houthis claimed to hav

I Ismaeel Naar

Saudi and Yemeni Forces Attack Houthis to Retake Control of Red Sea Coast

The offensive is an effort to wrest control of the Bab al-Mandab Strait from the Houthis, a militia in Yemen backed by Iran.Inspecting melted foam in a factory after a strike in Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday. Houthi-affiliated media blamed Saudi Arabia for the attack.

V Vivian Nereim, Saeed Al-Batati and Sanjana Varghese

On the Docket

We look at the cases before the Supreme Court this term.

S Sam Sifton

Russia Moves to Tamp Down Rumors About Plague Outbreak in Siberia

The country’s consumer watchdog has said only that “an employee of an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk Region” contracted pneumonia. Rumors and unconfirmed reports sounded a more ominous note.An infectious-diseases hospital in the town of Shelekhov, Russia, on Monday. The mayor has urged residen

I Ivan Nechepurenko