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The Rafah border crossing has opened for the first time in nearly nine months to allow sick and wounded Palestinian patients in Gaza to travel to Egypt for medical treatment abroad. Gaza’s Health Ministry on Saturday said a group of 50 patients, accompanied by 61 caregivers, crossed from Rafah to reach Egypt. Egyptian television showed … Read more
Marco Rubio heads to Latin America on his first trip as secretary of state, including Panama, where President Trump wants control of the Panama Canal. Source link
Unknown fighters reportedly fire at a vehicle carrying Frontier Corps paramilitaries trying to dismantle a roadblock. At least 18 paramilitary soldiers and more than 20 armed attackers have been killed in separate incidents across southwestern Pakistan, according to officials and local media reports, as sectarian, ethnic and separatist violence escalates in the region. Pakistan’s military … Read more
Actress Karla Sofia Gascon at the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, on January 5, 2025. Etienne Laurent/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Etienne Laurent/Getty Images Spanish actress Karla Sofía Gascón, who starred in the Oscar-nominated film Emilia Pérez, is facing a backlash after old, derogatory posts on X, formerly Twitter, resurfaced … Read more
Buenos Aires, Argentina – It is December in the capital of Buenos Aires, and the summertime temperatures have soared to 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit). The sun beats relentlessly on the corrugated metal roofs of Villa Fiorito, a working-class neighbourhood south of Argentina’s capital city. Teenagers in flip-flops ride their motorbikes through the dirt streets. … Read more
Tigers are visible at the Ranthambore National Park in Sawai Madhopur, India. Satyajeet Singh Rathore/AP hide caption toggle caption Satyajeet Singh Rathore/AP BENGALURU, India — India doubled its tiger population in a little over a decade by protecting the big cats from poaching and habitat loss, ensuring they have enough prey, reducing human-wildlife conflict, and … Read more
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that, if the United States imposes tariffs on his country, he will respond in kind. Speaking at a news conference in the capital Brasilia, on Thursday, Lula said his country seeks a relationship based on mutual respect. His comments came in response to US President Donald … Read more
Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, pictured at the 1995 World Figure Skating Championships in England. They had since worked as coaches at a training club in Boston. Russian authorities confirmed they were on board the American Eagle flight that crashed after a collision near Washington, D.C. Chris Cole/ALLSPORT/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chris Cole/ALLSPORT/Getty … Read more
These days there is a sense that Washington, DC, along with most of the Western world, has transported back to the 1930s, when fascism was openly on the march. And the latest executive order from President Donald Trump vowing to send 30,000 “illegal immigrants” to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is certainly adding to this vibe. When … Read more
KOLA SULAIMON/Getty Images KOLA SULAIMON/Getty Images Who owns stolen art? Today on the show, the bloody journey of a Benin Bronze from West Africa to the halls of one of England’s most elite universities — a tale of imperialism, betrayal, and the making of the modern world. Guests: Ore Ogunbiyi, Africa correspondent for The Economist … Read more