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Israelis attend a ceremony at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery on Monday, marking Memorial Day for fallen soldiers.
WORLD
May 14, 2024
In Israel, a 'different' Memorial Day amid Gaza war
Yom hazikaron, or Memorial Day, pays tribute to soldiers killed in the line of duty and to victims of attacks in Israel.
Boys watch smoke billowing during Israeli strikes east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
May 14, 2024
Celebrities face digital backlash over Gaza silence
For months, activists have flooded the comments sections of social media sites, urging stars to join calls for a cease-fire in the war.
Smoke billows following Israeli strikes on the Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) on October 11, 2023.
WORLD / Society
May 13, 2024
Gazans strive to study as war shatters education system
The U.N. estimates that 72.5% of schools in Gaza will need full reconstruction or major rehabilitation.
A Palestinian student, who plans to return to his homeland after graduation and who wishes to remain anonymous, poses for a portrait while wearing a kaffiyeh along with his commencement cap at the Auraria Campus in Denver on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
May 13, 2024
Campus Gaza rallies may subside, but experts see possible 'hot summer of protest'
Academics say it's difficult to maintain the people-power energy on campus if most of the people are gone.
Palestinians who fled Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip transport their belongings in the back of a truck as they arrive to take shelter in Khan Yunis on Sunday.
WORLD
May 13, 2024
Israel pushes back into northern Gaza and ups military pressure on Rafah
Jabalia, Gaza's largest refugee camp, hosts over 100,000 people, mainly descendants of Palestinians displaced during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
Smoke billows from an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip on Sunday.
WORLD
May 12, 2024
Fighting rages across Gaza as U.N. chief urges 'immediate cease-fire'
Correspondents and witnesses and said Israeli air strikes pounded parts of northern, central and southern Gaza during the night and into Sunday morning.
CIA Director William Burns testifies during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on worldwide threats on Capitol Hill in Washington in March 11.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
May 11, 2024
U.S. spy chief becomes key envoy as Biden-Netanyahu ties fray
CIA Director William Burns is quietly keeping Washington’s lines of communication open across the Middle East.
Palestinians sit on an animal-pulled cart as they move to safer areas in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Friday amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas.
WORLD / Politics
May 11, 2024
U.S. working to keep Israel and Hamas engaged in Gaza truce efforts
The United Nations warned that aid for Gaza could grind to a halt within days after Israel seized control of the Rafah border crossing.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 11, 2024
Israel may have violated international law, U.S. report says
The Biden administration said Israel may have violated international law, but it won’t stop the flow of weapons and bombs to a key ally.
As the entire world is fixated on Gaza, the Iranian government has been arresting girls who go out in the street without headscarves and executing people.
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2024
Don't let Gaza help Iran cloak its own repression
As the entire world is fixated on Gaza, the Iranian government has been arresting girls who go out in the street without headscarves and executing people.
Israeli soldiers walk amid military vehicles near the Israel-Gaza Border, in southern Israel, on Thursday. Washington has long urged the Israeli government not to invade Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip without safeguards for civilians.
WORLD / Politics
May 10, 2024
Israel due to get more U.S. weapons despite Biden pause
A range of military equipment worth billions of dollars, some in the works since December, remain in the pipeline as a result of a slow approval process.
A Palestinian man leaves a house hit by an Israeli strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday.
WORLD / Society
May 10, 2024
Gaza's sick and injured search for help amid Rafah assault
Fighting has directly shut some of the main medical facilities that had served people sheltering in Rafah.
Smoke rises following Israeli strikes in Rafah on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
May 10, 2024
Israel strikes eastern Rafah as cease-fire talks end with no deal
A senior Israeli official said the latest round of indirect negotiations in Cairo had ended, and Israel would proceed with its attack on Rafah.
Displaced Palestinians construct makeshift shelters in the rubble of destroyed homes after fleeing from Rafah, in central Khan Younis, Gaza, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 9, 2024
Biden warns he’d hold back more weapons if Israel invades Rafah
U.S. President Biden's warning does not signify a break with Israel, U.S. officials said, but is rather to exert as much pressure as possible.
Palestinians crowd a street as smoke billows after Israeli strikes in Rafah on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 8, 2024
U.S. paused shipment of bombs to Israel, concerned over Rafah invasion
The U.S. has not made a final decision about how to proceed with the shipment, according to the official.
Protesters link arms outside Hamilton Hall barricading students inside the building at Columbia University, despite an order to disband the protest encampment supporting Palestinians or face suspension, in New York on April 30.
WORLD
May 7, 2024
Columbia University cancels main graduation ceremony in wake of protests
The protests drew national attention, inspiringf similar demonstrations at dozens of universities around the country.
Displaced Palestinians who fled Rafah ride atop a car in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
May 7, 2024
Saying cease-fire plan falls short, Israel continues attacks on Rafah
Israel’s war Cabinet unanimously rejected the truce as "far from Israel’s necessary demands,” dashing hopes for an immediate pause in the fighting.
The 1960s protests, rooted in civil rights and anti-war movements, convulsed campuses nationwide for nearly a decade, while recent protests lack comparable breadth and intensity.
COMMENTARY / World
May 6, 2024
Comparing Gaza protests to the ’60s is wrong — and dangerous
Confusing a few weeks of pro-Palestinian activism with a more than decade-long movement could lead to needless tragedy.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson calls on USC President Carol Folt to convene an emergency student dialogue for the protest encampment in support of Palestinians at the University of Southern California's Alumni Park in Los Angeles on April 29.
WORLD
May 6, 2024
Police clear pro-Palestinian encampment at USC
The demonstrations have emerged as a political flash point during a contentious election year as President Joe Biden seeks a second term in office.
Israeli tanks sit near a border crossing to the southern Gaza Strip, in Israel, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2024
Truce talks shift to Qatar as Hamas hits Israel border crossing
The status of the talks was unclear after the latest round in Cairo following weeks of negotiating toward a potential truce.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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