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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
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
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
The 2025 Doomsday Clock — displayed at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday — is the closest it’s ever been to midnight. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images Humanity is closer than ever to catastrophe, according to the atomic scientists behind the Doomsday Clock. The ominous … Read more
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen gives a statement ahead of a summit of the Baltic Sea NATO countries in Helsinki, Finland, on Jan. 14, 2025. Antti Aimo-Koivisto/AP hide caption toggle caption Antti Aimo-Koivisto/AP BERLIN — Denmark’s prime minister embarked on a tour of major European capitals Tuesday as the continent faces what she called “a … Read more
People gather by a banner welcoming people near the rubble of a collapsed building along Gaza’s coastal al-Rashid Street for people to cross from the Israeli-blocked Netzarim corridor from the southern Gaza Strip into Gaza City on Sunday. Omar al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Omar al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images Israeli troops have … Read more
Alexander Lukashenko expected to win election for 7th time in a row in Belarus, with little opposition. PIEN HUANG, HOST: Not all elections are nail-biters. The former Soviet Republic of Belarus, wedged between Russia and Ukraine, chooses the president this Sunday, and the country’s longtime ruler and Kremlin ally, Alexander Lukashenko, is all but certain … Read more
Four Israeli hostages stand on a stage before Hamas fighters hand them over to a team from the Red Cross in Gaza City on Saturday. Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images Four female soldiers taken hostage in the Oct. 7, 2023 incursion into southern Israel by fighters … Read more
The U.S. has accused an Israeli private investigator of orchestrating a hacking campaign that targeted American climate activists. Extradition hearings for the private investigator, Amit Forlit, were held at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London. Alberto Pezzali/AP hide caption toggle caption Alberto Pezzali/AP A yearslong U.S. Justice Department investigation of a global hacking campaign that targeted … Read more
Prince Harry settled a long-running legal case against Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloids over privacy invasions after the media company issued a full-throated apology. Source link