Mystery frightens us. Big Data offers to explain it away, thereby giving us reliable tools with which to control our lives. It is no great discovery to point out that such tools sometimes fail. Christopher Beha has done something more significant: he has asked why we want them to succeed.

As of 3:00 pm on Saturday, Russia had failed to observe one of the two agreed-upon ceasefires, according to local authorities.

The Hungarian elections, which will be closely watched by the international public, will be held in the spring of 2022. The situation—just before the start of the official campaign period—at a glance.

“For years we have been calling for a Europe that is strong and proud of its identity and its roots. Instead, today we are paying the consequences of an increasingly weak Europe,” Ms. Meloni bemoaned.

“I think everyone today has realized that revisionism in practice can come at a huge cost,” the Greek PM said, an obvious reference to the humanitarian tragedy unfolding in Eastern Europe.