Hamas is offering a truce with Israel for 5 to 10 years, a U.S. official says
President Trump’s hostage affairs envoy, Adam Boehler, says a new Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal could happen “within weeks,” as he defends his direct talks with Hamas.
One-day strike at 13 German airports, including main hubs, brings most flights to a halt
The German airports’ association, ADV, estimated that more than 3,500 flights in total would be canceled and about 560,000 passengers affected by the 24-hour walkout.
Playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid and its aftermath, dies at 92
The celebrated South African playwright was known for Blood Knot, The Road to Mecca and “Master Harold”…and the Boys. He said his job was to make “leaps out of my reality and into other realities.”
Opinion: Thailand’s deportation of Uyghurs to China has echoes of 10 years ago
Thailand’s recent deportations of Uyghurs to China have eerie parallels with a large deportation in 2015, in which the country bowed to Beijing, writes historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom.
Marco Rubio pivots to America First diplomacy
It’s been a little more than a week since Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
Vice President JD Vance was in the meeting too. And Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the nation’s top diplomat, sat on an Oval Office couch, mostly silent, as Trump and Vance berated the Ukrainian leader.
Along the way, the president and vice president made it clear just how much of the established global order they are ready to upend. An order that for most of his career, Rubio has defended, and worked to help hold up.
So what changed …and what do those changes mean?
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Hong Kong company sells its ports in Panama, says it’s business, not politics
Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison Holdings sold its Panama ports business to a group of investors led by BlackRock. What does this episode tell us about Hong Kong today?
The soundtrack to King Charles’ life features music from Kylie Minogue
King Charles III has admitted he is not impervious to a generational earworm like Kylie Minogue’s “Can’t Get You Out of My Head,” after sharing a playlist that represents the soundtrack of his life.
The Dangerous Popularity of Skin Whitening Products in Nigeria
In many parts of the world skin whitening is a major industry, but women in Nigeria have a particular fondness for creams and lotions that promise to lighten their skin. By one estimate, over 77% of women in the country have used such products. We go t…
Syria imposes curfew after its worst clashes since the Assad regime ouster
Syria’s new government sent in security reinforcements and imposed curfews on a coastal area after major clashes with fighters loyal to the deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Monthly jobs report to be released. And, the White House to host a crypto event
The Labor Department will release the monthly jobs report card today, which is expected to show solid growth. But that’s not the whole picture. And, the White House will host a cryptocurrency summit.
Georgia factory resumes peanut paste production for starving children overseas
Lifesaving peanut paste for malnourished children is being produced again at a Georgia factory after the Trump administration reversed course on a canceled USAID contract.
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