Platonic Creators Nick Stoller and Francesca Delbanco on Writing from Experience

The upcoming Trump-Putin summit has many Europeans trying to shape the US stance on Ukraine. As Russian propagandists prep for the meeting, Ukrainians watch with skepticism. Netanyahu is also feeling the heat from all sides. In other news, a French man has been arrested in Slovenia for crimes committed during the 1991 war in Croatia.

30 years after the Bosnian War, refugees still cannot return home. Early wildfires are ravaging the Mediterranean, and the Srebrenica massacre commemoration is a painful reminder of the enduring bitterness felt by grieving families.

Firefighters in France unite to battle the country’s largest wildfire in decades, while suicide rates among men are three times higher than women. Extreme heat is resulting in more drownings, and French investigators are closely examining FIFA’s contracts in the Qatargate scandal.

In video news, a tsunami warning sounded in Japan after an 8.8 magnitude quake off the Russian coast. Learn more about France’s ‘Black code’ and the creation of the European Union. Plus, discover Russia’s secret to making cheap weapons with glide bombs.

Opinions vary on the war in Gaza, with Israeli writer Etgar Keret calling for it to stop, and Agnès Levallois highlighting the political nature of the conflict. Magazine features include stories of beauty amidst the devastation in Gaza, a Hiroshima survivor breaking decades of silence, China’s bohemian haven ‘Dalifornia,’ and retracing James Baldwin’s footsteps in Istanbul.