Actor Richard Gere, right, kisses the hand of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at an event celebrating the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday in Dharamshala, India, Sunday. Ashwini Bhatia/AP hide caption toggle caption Ashwini Bhatia/AP DHARAMSHALA, India — The Dalai Lama turned 90 on Sunday surrounded by thousands of followers, who thronged the Himalayan town … Read more
Here are the key events on day 1,228 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is how things stand on Sunday, July 6 : Fighting Ukraine’s military claimed an attack on the Borisoglebsk airbase in Russia’s Voronezh region, hitting a depot containing glide bombs and training aircraft. Russian officials did not immediately comment on the attack. … Read more
The MingKwai typewriter’s keys enable the typist to find and retrieve Chinese characters. Elisabeth von Boch/Stanford hide caption toggle caption Elisabeth von Boch/Stanford STANFORD, California — Scholars in the U.S., Taiwan and China are buzzing about the discovery of an old typewriter, because the long-lost machine is part of the origin story of modern Chinese … Read more
The brothers, who were en route to the UK, were found dead near Zamora in northwestern Spain after a car crash. The funeral of footballers Diogo Jota and his brother has been held, two days after the siblings died in a car crash in Spain, with family and friends joined by players and staff from … Read more
Relatives grieve over bodies of family members killed in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians near al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Thursday. Anas Baba/NPR hide caption toggle caption Anas Baba/NPR GAZA CITY and WASHINGTON – The Israeli military intensified strikes throughout Gaza on Friday, even as President Trump signaled that talks … Read more
The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza cannot be understood solely through the lens of humanitarian crisis. What we are witnessing is not just a tragic consequence of war, but the deliberate use of starvation as a tool of political and demographic control. This strategy, designed to dismantle Palestinian society, amounts to a form of structural genocide. … Read more
The Pentagon is halting the delivery of some U.S. weapons to Ukraine that are crucial in its battle against Russia. This comes at a time when Russia has stepped up its attacks against Ukraine. Source link
The country has had three leaders in as many days, following a court’s decision to suspend Paetongtarn Shinawatra. Thailand has ushered in the appointment of its second interim prime minister this week, following the Constitutional Court’s suspension of the country’s leader, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, fuelled by a phone call scandal with a key Cambodian political figure. … Read more
Digital nomads from the U.S. who roam the world say their time abroad allows them to recognize — and even appreciate — aspects of American life and the privilege of American identity. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Some things become clearer with some distance – like home. The farther you travel from your native country, the clearer … Read more
The court ruled that Trump’s presidential powers did not authorise him to set up an ‘alternative immigration system’. A federal court has ruled that President Donald Trump overstepped his authority by barring asylum claims at the southern border of the United States, as part of his broader immigration crackdown. On Wednesday, US District Judge Randolph … Read more