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Heist at Louvre Leaves Museum Missing Priceless Jewels

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 14:39:00 GMT

Thieves in Paris used a portable elevator and an angle grinder to access and cut through a window and steal royal artifacts over the course of seven minutes, officials said.

By: Sam Schechner

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Trump Says U.S. Is Cutting Aid to Colombia Over Drugs

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 14:19:00 GMT

President says Colombian leader hasn’t moved to stop drug production.

By: Alyssa Lukpat

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Israel Strikes Gaza, in What It Says Is Retaliation for Hamas Attack on Its Troops

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 12:25:00 GMT

Israel accuses militant group of violating truce while Hamas’s armed wing denies mounting any attack on Israeli troops.

By: Dov Lieber

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The Israeli Politician Who Became Netanyahu’s Top Trump Whisperer

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 03:00:00 GMT

Ron Dermer built up ties to the Republican Party that culminated in Trump supporting the war and cutting a deal to end it on Israel’s terms.

By: Anat Peled

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U.S. to Repatriate Survivors of Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 02:08:00 GMT

The two survivors from the latest attack will be sent to Colombia and Ecuador, avoiding a potentially thorny legal process in U.S. courts.

By: Shelby Holliday

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A New Challenge for China’s Economy: ‘Involution’

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 02:00:00 GMT

Beijing is fighting to limit the damage from a pattern of price wars and excess capacity across multiple industries.

By: Hannah Miao

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U.S. Warns Hamas Against Attacks in Gaza as Pressure on Cease-Fire Deal Builds

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 01:01:00 GMT

Israel has targeted militants and others who approach its troops, as President Trump’s deal faces new challenges.

By: Anat Peled, Michael R. Gordon

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Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan Hits an Early Snag in Gaza

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 08:25:00 GMT

The unexpected dispute over Hamas’s return of dead hostages to Israel highlights the fragility of the deal.

By: Summer Said, Feliz Solomon

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A Family’s Odyssey to Find Somewhere Safe in Gaza

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 02:00:00 GMT

Nearly two million people fled their homes. Now Ghaidaa Qudaih and her husband and daughter are trying to find their way home.

By: Sudarsan Raghavan, Jason French, Daniel Kiss

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Decision to Bar Israeli Fans From U.K. Soccer Match Sparks Outcry

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:35:00 GMT

Fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv have been told not to attend an Aston Villa game following concerns by police about violence. Authorities are now reviewing the decision.

By: Max Colchester, Natasha Dangoor

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At the Center of Hamas’s Fight With Its Gaza Rivals: A Hospital Hideout

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:00:00 GMT

Heavily armed Hamas fighters have re-established control over a hospital complex that residents and Israel’s military said was a redoubt for the group.

By: Suha Ma’ayeh, Dov Lieber

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China’s Communist Elites Gather to Map Strategy

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:05:00 GMT

A communique after the Communist Party’s Central Committee meeting, which runs Monday to Thursday, will indicate how Beijing aims to steer the economy through turbulence, though details of its 15th five-year plan won’t be released until March.

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American Bankers Are Making a Mint Helping China Inc. Go Global

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:45:00 GMT

The unlikely U.S.-China collaboration is producing frothy markets in Hong Kong, the place where Wall Street and China Inc. meet for mutual profit.

By: Rory Jones

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Lower U.S. Tariffs Would Boost India Growth Outlook, Says Central Bank Chief

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 18:37:00 GMT

Sanjay Malhotra said talks are under way to lower tariffs, and success would help lift the economy.

By: Paul Hannon

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Fortifying America’s Pacific Front Line Is Getting Expensive and Difficult

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:00:00 GMT

The Pentagon is bolstering its military assets in Guam with the “latest and greatest technology” to deter Beijing.

By: Mike Cherney

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French Markets Buoyed as Government Moves Toward Budget Compromise

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:40:00 GMT

Shares in France rose and the euro strengthened against the dollar after the prime minister proposed suspending a pension reform.

By: Elena Vardon

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How Venezuela’s Maduro Became Coup-Proof After Years of Military Purges

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 01:00:00 GMT

Even with U.S. warships offshore, the strongman has prevailed in efforts to unseat him—purging, spying and paying off officers so the armed forces remain loyal.

By: Juan Forero, José de Córdoba

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U.S. Is Holding Survivors of Latest Strike Against Alleged Drug Boat

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 23:30:00 GMT

The U.S. is treating survivors from the latest attack on a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean, according to two officials familiar with the matter.

By: Shelby Holliday, Robbie Gramer

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Venezuela Mobilizes Troops and Militias as U.S. Military Looms Offshore

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 01:00:00 GMT

Nicolás Maduro says his country is ready for combat, though the strongman’s military is underfunded, ill-trained and no match for American firepower.

By: Juan Forero, Kejal Vyas, José de Córdoba, Lara Seligman

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Milei’s Radical Overhaul of Argentina Meets Its Match in the Humble Peso

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 02:00:00 GMT

The Argentine president is asking for billions of dollars from the Trump administration to prop up the country’s currency, a departure from his program of free-market revisions of its economy.

By: Ryan Dubé, Silvina Frydlewsky

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Trump Authorizes CIA Covert Operations in Venezuela

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 01:50:00 GMT

The president also floated the idea of land strikes, in a broadening campaign against alleged drug trafficking.

By: Vera Bergengruen, Brett Forrest, Alex Leary

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Prince Andrew Loses ‘Duke of York’ Title After Epstein Scandal

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 21:11:00 GMT

The prince agrees to forgo use of his royal title after pressure from Buckingham Palace.

By: Max Colchester

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The Chinese Spy Scandal That Is Rocking Britain’s Government

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 19:05:00 GMT

When a British parliamentary researcher was arrested for allegedly spying for China, security officials expected a slam-dunk case. Instead, the trial collapsed.

By: Max Colchester

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Microsoft, Anthropic Hire Former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 11:09:00 GMT

Sunak, who remains a member of Britain’s parliament, said he would be working with the tech companies as a senior adviser and strategic consultant.

By: Aimee Look

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BOE Must Keep Key Rate Restrictive to Boost Growth, Mann Says

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 09:55:00 GMT

The Bank of England should keep its key rate high so as to foster conditions for future growth, rate-setter Catherine L. Mann said.

By: Paul Hannon

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Cash-Strapped U.K. Discovers Missing $4 Billion Thanks to Data Flub

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 12:26:00 GMT

Even after the revision, public borrowing is above projections made earlier this year by the government’s budget watchdog.

By: Ed Frankl

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Opinion | The U.N. Blinks on Its Carbon Tax

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 21:37:00 GMT

Leaders delay a vote on its taxation-without-representation scheme.

By: The Editorial Board

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Opinion | Give Ukraine the Tomahawks, Mr. President

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 21:37:00 GMT

Long-range cruise missiles could be a force for peace by altering Vladimir Putin’s capacity to carry on his grinding war.

By: The Editorial Board

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Opinion | Why the China Doves Are Wrong

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 20:46:00 GMT

American business leaders cozying up to Beijing refuse to see that the Communist Party wants us to fail.

By: Shyam Sankar

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Opinion | Trump’s Mideast Playbook Is Prime for Ukraine

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 20:30:00 GMT

Don’t drop the strongman shtick yet, writes Garry Kasparov.

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Opinion | Allies United Against China on Rare Earths

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 21:55:00 GMT

Bessent has the right idea, but then why hit friends with tariffs?

By: The Editorial Board

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Opinion | The Hamas Rule of Terror in Gaza

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 21:51:00 GMT

It delays returning dead Israeli hostages while it kills more Palestinians.

By: The Editorial Board

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Drone Threats Ignite Burst of Counterdrone Wizardry

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 16:00:00 GMT

Startups from Silicon Valley to Europe and beyond are racing to develop cheap, reliable systems to counter hostile drones.

By: Bertrand Benoit, Daniel Michaels

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How a Handyman’s Wife Helped an Hermès Heir Discover He’d Lost $15 Billion

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 01:00:00 GMT

Nicolas Puech says his wealth manager isolated him from friends and family and siphoned away a massive fortune. Then came the clue that began to reveal the deception.

By: Nick Kostov

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Trump Says He Would Rather End War Than Send Tomahawks to Ukraine

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 23:45:00 GMT

The president said he hoped Ukraine wouldn’t need the U.S. to provide it with long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles as he met with President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.

By: Robbie Gramer, Meridith McGraw

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Green Shipping Plan Is Delayed After Trump Backlash

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 19:10:00 GMT

Proposal for shipowners to pay a fee for their carbon emissions had been criticized by the U.S.

By: Ed Ballard, Costas Paris

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The Attempted Assassination of a Russian Dissident Is Foiled in France

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 18:20:00 GMT

The alleged plot targeted Vladimir Osechkin, a human-rights activist in exile and a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

By: Noemie Bisserbe, Matthew Luxmoore

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Xi Removes China’s No. 2 General in Escalating Purge of Military Leadership

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:45:00 GMT

China also ousted eight other high-ranking military commanders, as leader Xi Jinping dials up a crackdown on corruption and disloyalty in the armed forces.

By: Chun Han Wong

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China’s Deflationary Pressures Ease Slightly

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 03:47:00 GMT

Downward price pressures eased in September, but not quite as much as expected, as Beijing ramps up efforts to curb excess capacity and bolster domestic demand.

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China, Betting It Can Win a Trade War, Is Playing Hardball With Trump

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 01:00:00 GMT

Chinese leader Xi Jinping thinks the president will fold before launching new tariffs that would roil markets.

By: Lingling Wei, Gavin Bade

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China’s Rare-Earth Export Controls Are ‘Critical Concern’ for EU, Trade Chief Says

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:20:00 GMT

Maros Sefcovic said the measures were causing a lot of problems for European companies, as tensions continue to rise between Brussels and Beijing.

By: Edith Hancock

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China Adds Hanwha Ocean’s Units to Sanctions List

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 08:20:00 GMT

The Chinese commerce ministry has banned Chinese entities and individuals from working with five companies affiliated with South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean.

By: Kwanwoo Jun

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Trump Bets Personal Diplomacy Will Break Ukraine War Logjam

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 03:00:00 GMT

Trump’s team is preparing for another summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, to be held in Hungary in coming weeks, with more advance meetings and diplomatic leverage than preceded the Alaska summit earlier this year.

By: Vera Bergengruen, Annie Linskey

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Trump Says He Will Meet With Putin in Budapest to Discuss End to Ukraine War

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 23:01:00 GMT

A phone conversation between the two leaders took place a day before Trump is expected to meet with Ukrainian President Zelensky.

By: Lara Seligman, Meridith McGraw, Thomas Grove

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Melania Trump Says ‘Back Channel’ With Putin Led to Return of Ukrainian Children

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 17:05:00 GMT

The first lady said she has been in contact with the Russian leader since sending him a letter in August expressing concern for abducted children.

By: Meridith McGraw

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Putin Admits Russia’s Role in Downing Azerbaijani Passenger Jet

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 17:03:00 GMT

The incident last year further eroded Moscow’s influence across the former Soviet states.

By: Georgi Kantchev

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Trump Praises Putin’s Offer to Extend Nuclear Treaty

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 02:43:00 GMT

An accord capping the number of long-range nuclear weapons was due to expire in February but would be extended by a year.

By: Michael R. Gordon

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International Criminal Court Convicts Sudanese Militia Leader of War Crimes

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 17:57:00 GMT

The guilty finding is a rare conviction for the court, and comes as the institution confronts U.S. sanctions and sexual-assault allegations.

By: Matthew Dalton

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German Firm’s African Green-Energy Project Runs Into Ghosts From Past

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 15:00:00 GMT

Namibia’s indigenous Nama population argues they have been sidelined in a $10 billion project being built on their ancestral lands.

By: Caroline Kimeu

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Powerful Earthquake Kills at Least 69 People in Central Philippines

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 09:05:00 GMT

The Philippines sits in the so-called Ring of Fire, a seismic arc of volcanoes and fault lines around the Pacific basin.

By: Gabriele Steinhauser

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Russia’s Ambitious Plans in Africa Are Unraveling

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:28:00 GMT

Not long ago a rising military force in Africa, Russia is now struggling to maintain its footprint on the continent.

By: Benoit Faucon, Nicholas Bariyo

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Rwanda’s President Turns to Sport to Give Tarnished Image a Makeover

Sat, 27 Sep 2025 16:00:00 GMT

Paul Kagame hopes to bring Formula One to a country accused of using rebels to take critical minerals from its neighbors.

By: Nicholas Bariyo

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Pentagon Review of Aukus Security Pact Worries U.K., Australia

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:10:00 GMT

The review throws into doubt a strategic partnership that aims to give Australia nuclear-powered submarines and deter Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific.

By: Max Colchester, Rhiannon Hoyle

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Russia’s Side Quest to Dominate Africa: Hijack a Videogame

Sun, 16 Feb 2025 05:02:00 GMT

Players in the ‘African Dawn’ videogame are asked to choose a side aligned with either Russia or the West.

By: Alexandra Wexler, Sarah E. Needleman

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Families Battle Tech Giants as Australia Pushes for an Under-16 Social-Media Ban

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:32:00 GMT

The proposal marks the latest effort by political leaders worldwide to regulate children’s use of platforms, amid concerns that it is harming their mental health.

By: Mike Cherney

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‘We’ve Got to Kill’: Inside New Zealand’s Mission to Wipe Out Predators

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 14:21:00 GMT

Scientists debate whether a multibillion-dollar plan to eliminate invasive animals by 2050 is feasible.

By: Mike Cherney

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New Zealand’s Economy Emerges From Recession in First Quarter

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 00:09:00 GMT

New Zealand’s farm-rich economy returned to growth in the first quarter, exiting the recession that has dogged it for much of last year, but further weakness can’t be ruled out.

By: Rthvika Suvarna

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Trump Organization Expands in India, Where Many of Its Partners Face Accusations

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 01:00:00 GMT

Indian real-estate firms have been accused of fraud, money laundering and more on other projects. The Trumps have stepped up overseas deals in the president’s second term.

By: Rory Jones, Krishna Pokharel, Peter Grant

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India Delicately Counters Trump Claim It Will Drop Russian Oil

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:01:00 GMT

New Delhi didn’t outright contradict the president, saying it was committed to protecting consumers by diversifying its energy supplies.

By: Shan Li

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The Path to the American Dream Is Narrowing for Indian Tech Workers

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 09:00:00 GMT

About 70% of H-1B visas go to Indians. Looming changes to the program are upending plans, but may help India retain talent.

By: Tripti Lahiri

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The Race Back to America for a Plane Full of H-1B Workers

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 01:43:00 GMT

Reports of a new visa fee for foreign workers prompted hasty goodbyes, races to the airport and an anxiety-filled flight to San Francisco.

By: Robert McMillan

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Setting Up a Business in India Is Hard. Leaving Is Even Harder.

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 03:00:00 GMT

General Motors ran into barriers on its way out of India, highlighting the hurdles that keep foreign companies leery of doing business there.

By: Shan Li

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Poland Frees Nord Stream Suspect, Defying Germany

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 18:03:00 GMT

It was the latest twist in a case that has stoked tension over the prosecution of suspects seen as aiding Ukraine in its fight against Russia.

By: Bojan Pancevski

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The Man Threatening Viktor Orbán’s 15-Year Grip on Hungary

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 03:00:00 GMT

A former ally of the authoritarian prime minister is leading in the polls as an election with huge implications for Europe and the war in Ukraine looms.

By: Yaroslav Trofimov

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Why Finding All the Bodies of the Gaza Hostages Is So Hard

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 18:37:00 GMT

Israel and other countries have established an international task force to search for missing hostage bodies in the enclave’s ruins.

By: Anat Peled, Summer Said

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Israeli Airstrike Killed Senior Houthi General

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 15:45:00 GMT

Muhammad Abdulkarim al-Ghamari was a target of an Israeli strike in August but declared dead on Thursday.

By: Dov Lieber

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Ukraine Wants Tomahawks. Trump Has to Decide if They Would Help End the War.

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 03:00:00 GMT

The president is weighing whether providing the cruise missiles to Kyiv would help bring Russia to the negotiating table.

By: Michael R. Gordon, Robbie Gramer, Alistair MacDonald

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The Best Laptop Backpacks, According to CEOs, Pilots and Stylists

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 19:24:00 GMT

From commuting to long-haul flights, these are the bags avid travelers rely on for their trips.

By: Sal Vaglica

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Best of Buy Side Awards 2025: Travel

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:42:00 GMT

Tried and tested by our expert travel writers and editors, these Buy Side best product award-winning luggage picks will ensure your trip gets off to a great start.

By: Nick Guy

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The Best Travel Shoes to Make Every Trip Lighter and Easier

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 19:54:00 GMT

No matter the destination, these shoes will get you there.

By: Hannah Selinger

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As Israel’s Hostages Came Home, a Mother From Nepal Learned Her Son Would Not

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Bipin Joshi was taken alive in the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel. But as other hostages were released to jubilant homecomings this week, Joshi’s family learned that he didn’t survive captivity.

By: Krishna Pokharel, Drew Hinshaw, Joe Parkinson

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As Russian Aggression Turns West, Poland Says It’s Ready

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 03:00:00 GMT

For more than a decade, Poland has been building up for the worst-case scenario: becoming the front line in a war between Russia and the West.

By: Thomas Grove, Karolina Jeznach

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After Israeli Withdrawal, Hamas Launches Violent Crackdown on Rivals in Gaza

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 01:00:00 GMT

Firefights and public executions have spread fear and raised concerns about a spiral of internecine violence. “I could hear gunfire all around.”

By: Benoit Faucon

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China, Betting It Can Win a Trade War, Is Playing Hardball With Trump

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 01:00:00 GMT

Chinese leader Xi Jinping thinks the president will fold before launching new tariffs that would roil markets.

By: Lingling Wei, Gavin Bade

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A Coordinated Squeeze Forced Hamas to Accept a Deal It Didn’t Want

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 16:12:00 GMT

Under pressure from its overseas hosts and increasingly reviled at home, the militant group had little choice but to relent.

By: Jared Malsin, Summer Said

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