Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said on Wednesday that the military and security forces had recovered the remains of two Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack that ignited the war. “The bodies of two of our hostages were returned to Israel,” Mr. Netanyahu said in a statement, adding … Read more
Vietnam just abandoned its policy limiting families to two children. China now says, “Three is best.” The Russian government is targeting child-free lifestyles. And the White House is mulling baby bonuses. Many countries are trying to reverse record low birthrates, but a new report from the United Nations Population Fund contends that governments are operating … Read more
Trump said U.S.-China trade deal is ‘done’ After two days of talks in London, President Trump said yesterday that the U.S. and China had struck a deal to roll back some of the punitive measures they had taken against each other’s economies in recent months. Under the agreement, China would relax its restrictions on shipments … Read more
new video loaded: Inside the Struggle to Find Food in Gaza transcript Back transcript Inside the Struggle to Find Food in Gaza Aid agencies say Gaza faces the threat of widespread starvation in the wake of the 80-day Israeli blockade on food deliveries that ended in mid-May. Two young Gazans, Salem Madhat Alaydi and Aya … Read more
Dozens of people were killed in South Africa, including several children whose school bus was swept away by flash floods, as unusually heavy rain, snow and wind pummeled parts of the country’s Eastern Cape Province this week. A slow-moving storm raged over the largely rural province on Monday and Tuesday, drowning homes and leaving thousands … Read more
The world’s largest and most influential development bank said on Wednesday it would lift its longstanding ban on funding nuclear power projects. The decision by the board of the World Bank could have profound implications for the ability of developing countries to industrialize without burning planet-warming fuels such as coal and oil. The ban has … Read more
Ambulance Crew and Photographer Among Latest Casualties in Gaza
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president, has called for Hamas to “hand over its weapons,” immediately free all hostages and cease ruling Gaza, the French presidency said on Tuesday after receiving a letter from him. The letter was addressed to President Emmanuel Macron of France and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, who … Read more
By late winter, it was becoming more clear that pro-Georgescu disinformation in Romania was also accompanied by concrete, if sometimes ill-conceived, plans aimed at overthrowing the government. On Feb. 28, prosecutors ordered the arrest of Horatiu Potra, a Romanian mercenary who ran a private army similar to the Wagner Group, the Russian state-funded military contractor. … Read more
President Trump’s immigration crackdown reached influencer level last week when Khaby Lame, the world’s most-followed person on TikTok, was detained by U.S. immigration agents in Las Vegas and then left the United States. Mr. Lame, an Italian-Senegalese man who has over 160 million followers, was detained on Friday at Harry Reid International Airport, U.S. Immigration … Read more