Special Coverage: 25 Years Since 9/11

20th party congress

A combination picture shows Chinese leaders Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, and Li Xi.

What We’re Watching: Xi the all-powerful, Sunak the frontrunner, Shoigu the (nuclear) warmonger

All the secretary-general’s men, Sunak leads race to replace Truss

Wildfire smoke on a hill

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From left to right, Lega leader Matteo Salvini, Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi, and Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni during a campaign rally in Rome.

What We're Watching: Italian election, Chinese anti-corruption drive, Lebanese bank shutdown

Italy votes; Xi Jinping's Xi's war on corruption, and disloyalty; unbanked Lebanon