Japan Japan's parliament elected Sanae Takaichi to be the country's first female prime minister. The media enjoys pointing out that Takaichi used to be a drummer in a heavy metal band. While that's …

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Gaza Hamas returned the remains of one more hostage yesterday, bringing the total returned to nine. Since 28 hostages died in captivity in Gaza, that leaves 19 unaccounted for. Hamas's armed wing sa …

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Madagascar Madagascar's Parliament sided with Gen Z protesters to overwhelmingly approve a measure impeaching President Andry Rajoelina, and the military then completed the popular coup by taking ov …

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Coming up this week The International Monetary Fund and World Bank hold their annual meetings in Washington this week, starting today. Pres. Trump will host Argentine Prime Minister Javier Milei at …

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Gaza Israel's cabinet ratified the first phase of the ceasefire that Prime Minister Netanyahu had agreed to, and the truce will formally go into effect early tomorrow morning - 24 hours after it was …

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Gaza Pres. Trump announced that Israel and Hamas have formally agreed to the hostage-prisoner swap envisaged as the first phase of Trump's 20-point Gaza peace plan, marking a momentous step towards …

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