China China's top social media platforms - including Weibo, Xiaohongshu, and Doubin - launched a coordinated crackdown on social media "money worship," removing thousands of posts celebrating luxury …

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Israel and PalestineColombia's leftist president, Gustavo Petro, announced plans to open a Colombian embassy in the West Bank's administrative capital of Ramallah, in a gesture of support for the Pale …

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GazaSpain, Ireland, and Norway announced that they will officially recognize Palestinian statehood next Tuesday. They'll join around 140 other countries that already recognize a Palestinian state. The …

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Iran Iranian state media blamed the helicopter crash that killed Pres. Raisi on "technical failure," and that seems like a reasonable explanation for it: the Bell 212 helicopter Raisi was flying in w …

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Coming Up This Week Taiwan inaugurated President Lai Ching-te today. In his inauguration speech, Lai called on China to "stop intimidating Taiwan politically and militarily."Later today, a British co …

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Ukraine Russia's rapid recent advances have Ukraine and its allies worried, and a senior U.S. military official hinted - for the first time - that NATO will probably eventually send military trainers …

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