A Show That Makes Young Japanese Pine for the ‘Inappropriate’ 1980s
The younger generation in Japan has frequently called out their elders for their casual sexism, excessive work expectations and unwillingness to give up power. But a surprise television hit has people...
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Closing arguments in Trump’s criminal trial The prosecution and the defense made their closing arguments to the jury yesterday in the first criminal prosecution of an American president. Here are live...
View ArticleSo Close to Sicily, So Far From the Crowds
For years I had been hearing about the island of Pantelleria, the craggy, hard-to-get-to Eden with middle-of-nowhere tranquillity that sits 89 miles southwest of the island of Sicily and about 50...
View ArticleLogging in Canada’s Most Famous National Park to Save It From Wildfires
The loggers’ work was unmistakable. Flanked by dense forests, the mile-long, 81-acre expanse of land on the mountainside had been stripped nearly clean. Only scattered trees still stood, while some...
View ArticleA Border Runs Through Their Families. Now It’s a Front Line.
When Valentina’s small town in Russia came under heavy bombardment in March by Ukrainian forces, her daughter Alla, who lives a short distance across the border near Kharkiv, would text her mother to...
View ArticleLatest North Korean Offensive: Dumping Trash on South Korea From the Sky
North Korea has resumed an unusual operation to show anger at South Korea: dumping trash from the sky across the world’s most heavily armed border. Between Tuesday night and Wednesday, the South...
View ArticleMiddle East Crisis: Israel Used U.S.-Made Bombs in Strike That Killed Dozens...
U.S. officials said on Tuesday that the Israeli strike that killed dozens of Palestinians in southern Gaza was a tragedy but that it did not violate President Biden’s red line for withholding weapons...
View ArticleIn This English Countryside Race, the Winner Takes the … Cheese
“Cheese! Cheese! Cheese!” hundreds of people chanted at the top of their lungs. An eight-pound wheel of Double Gloucester cheese flew down a hill. Seconds later, a cascade of two dozen people tumbled...
View ArticleDivisions Set to Deepen in Georgia After Foreign Influence Law Passes
The moment the Parliament of Georgia put its final seal of approval Tuesday night on a contentious law aimed at keeping closer tabs on organizations funded from abroad, protesters surrounding the...
View ArticleIsrael Used U.S.-Made Bombs in Strike That Killed Dozens Near Rafah
The bombs used in the Israeli strike that killed dozens of Palestinians in a camp for displaced people near Rafah on Sunday were made in the United States, according to weapons experts and visual...
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