npub1n3ws...e7hs 10 months ago

Israeli Hostages and Palestinian Prisoners Released in Sixth Swap

Video: Israeli Hostages and Palestinian Prisoners Released in Sixth Swap

Hamas freed three Israelis, and Israel released 369 Palestinian prisoners in exchange, concluding the sixth hostage-for-prisoner swap under the cea...

npub1n3ws...e7hs 10 months ago

German Chancellor Accuses JD Vance of Election Interference

Video: German Chancellor Accuses JD Vance of Election Interference

At the Munich Security Conference, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz rebuked U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s call for German leaders to allow the hard...

npub1n3ws...e7hs 10 months ago

British Couple on World Motorcycle Tour Is Detained in Iran

British Couple on World Motorcycle Tour Is Detained in Iran

The couple last posted online from Iran in early January. Britain’s foreign office confirmed their detention after Iranian reports about British ...

npub1n3ws...e7hs 10 months ago

Vance and Musk Attack German Consensus on Nazis and Speech

Trump Officials Attack a German Consensus on Nazis and Speech

Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk have challenged decades-long approaches to political extremism that were designed to prevent another Hitler.

npub1n3ws...e7hs 10 months ago

Relief in Israel as Newly Released Hostages Appear to Be in Better Shape

Relief in Israel as Newly Released Hostages Appear to Be in Better Shape

The emaciated condition of the three men released last week horrified Israelis. A crowd that gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday to watch video of the...

npub1n3ws...e7hs 10 months ago

Love Letters

Love Letters

Mail and phone calls may be archaic, but they have lessons for us on how to be better communicators.

npub1n3ws...e7hs 10 months ago

In D.C. Visit, Canadian Leaders Face Trump’s Tariff Hawks

In D.C. Visit, Canadian Leaders Face Trump’s Tariff Hawks

Canada’s premiers visited Washington this week to make the case for open trade, but influential figures in the president’s circle see tariffs a...

npub1n3ws...e7hs 10 months ago

A Closer Look at the 3 Hostages Freed by Hamas

A Closer Look at the 3 Hostages Freed by Hamas

The release of the men, who include an American, was the sixth in a hostage-for-prisoner exchange laid out in a cease-fire deal between Hamas and I...

npub1n3ws...e7hs 10 months ago

Have You Seen This Pilgrim? Lost in the Throngs of the Kumbh Mela.

Have You Seen This Pilgrim? Lost in the Throngs of the Kumbh Mela.

The lost-and-found center at the world’s largest religious gathering attends to the faithful’s earthly needs as they perform rituals intended t...

npub1n3ws...e7hs 10 months ago

Armed Bandits in Brazil Pursue New Loot: Ozempic

Bandits’ New Demand in Brazil: Hand Over the Ozempic!

Criminals are targeting pharmacies and stealing weight-loss medication in a country with body image insecurities and where many cannot afford the d...

npub1n3ws...e7hs 10 months ago

Even in Death, the Kremlin Views Navalny as an Enduring Threat

Even in Death, Navalny Is Seen by the Kremlin as an Enduring Threat

Russian authorities have zealously prosecuted people with links to Aleksei A. Navalny’s organization inside Russia in the year since he died.

npub1n3ws...e7hs 10 months ago

A Tiny Press Took a Big Risk on Experimental Books. It Paid Off.

A Tiny Press Took a Big Risk on Experimental Books. It Paid Off.

The British publisher Tilted Axis specialized in innovative translated literature. It won them major awards. Now they’re coming to the U.S.

npub1n3ws...e7hs 10 months ago

A Quick, Quiet Trip to Belarus Signals a Turn in U.S. Policy

A Quick, Quiet Trip to Belarus Signals a Turn in U.S. Policy

After years of the U.S. trying to isolate Russia’s closest ally, a meeting with Belarus’s president points to better relations, raising hopes o...

npub1n3ws...e7hs 10 months ago

German Chancellor Rebukes Vance for Supporting Party That Downplays Nazis

German Chancellor Rebukes Vance for Supporting Party That Downplays Nazis

At the Munich Security Conference, Olaf Scholz accused the U.S. vice president of unacceptable interference in Germany’s coming elections.

npub1n3ws...e7hs 10 months ago

Live Updates: Hamas Releases 3 More Israeli Hostages

Israel and Hamas Finish 6th Exchange of Hostages for Prisoners

Hamas freed three Israelis who appeared to be in relatively good condition, and Israel released 369 Palestinian prisoners. The exchange will likely...

npub1n3ws...e7hs 10 months ago

Zelensky Says Ukraine Is Unlikely to Survive the War Without U.S. Support

Zelensky Says Ukraine Unlikely to Survive Its War Without U.S. Support

His comments came on the first day of the Munich Security Conference, where anxious European officials had hoped to learn more about U.S. plans to ...

npub1n3ws...e7hs 10 months ago

Vance Shocks Europe With Support for Far Right, in Message Familiar to U.S.

Vance Shocks Europe With a Message That He Has Long Promoted at Home

The vice president’s speech in Munich, expressing support for far-right, anti-immigration parties and criticizing suppression of conservative voi...

npub1n3ws...e7hs 10 months ago

Cuts to U.S.-Backed Rights Groups Seen as a Win for China

Cuts to U.S.-Backed Rights Groups Seen as a Win for China

U.S. funding for the promotion of democracy has been frozen, disrupting the work of groups that expose abuses in China. Chinese nationalists are ce...

npub1n3ws...e7hs 10 months ago

High Above Chernobyl, Workers Grapple With Ice, Fire and Nuclear Fears

High Above Chernobyl, Workers Grapple With Ice, Fire and Nuclear Fears

After an apparent drone strike blew a hole in the protective shell, there is an urgent need to patch what covers the wreckage of the world’s wors...

npub1n3ws...e7hs 10 months ago

Map: 6.0-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Ethiopia

Map: 6.0-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Ethiopia

View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.