The war in ukrane involves two of the world's biggest wheat suppliers. A threat to generous bread subsidies is as much a political as a budgetary concern. Mexico city's airport is among the most crowded in latin america. Some worry that the new airport's costs outweigh its benefits.
Joe Biden, among others, has called Vladimir Putin “a war criminal.” International tribunals have tried and convicted war criminals from Rwanda and Serbia: will Russia’s president suffer the same fate? The war in Ukraine will disrupt the world’s wheat market, with potentially grave political consequences in the Middle East. And three public-works projects in Mexico are stirring controversy.
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