How Trump Spurned Pleas to Act as Riot Raged: Weekend Reads

Donald Trump’s response to the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol was largely marked by what the former president wouldn’t do or say to stop the violence, the House committee investigating the insurrection detailed.

Boris Johnson signed-off his final appearance as prime minister in the UK’s House of Commons by offering advice to his successor and declaring his mission is “largely accomplished.”

Sri Lanka’s parliament elected a new president who’s backed by a majority of lawmakers from ousted leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s party, a development that could reignite street protests in the bankrupt nation and scuttle bailout talks with the International Monetary Fund.

The Kremlin is in a dash to hold referendums in Ukrainian territories occupied by its troops to give grounds for President Vladimir Putin to annex them into Russia as early as September, sources say.