Hospitals struggle, hunger surges in Afghanistan amid U.S. aid cuts
HATAM KHAIL, Afghanistan — Sometimes, Muhammad Usman thinks about what he would buy if he became rich. He would start with the basics, he said, which his family has gone…
The CIA reveals more of its connections to Lee Harvey Oswald
For more than 60 years, the CIA claimed it had little or no knowledge of Lee Harvey Oswald’s activities before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963.…
They Met at Summer Camp. Now Their Famous Dog Is Stealing Hearts.
Among the many videos Jacqueline Kaye Hornung has posted of her dog Lumi, known on social media as Little Bear Lumi, some are more funny than adorable. An example: A…
Researchers link severe disasters and loss of health care facilities
Counties that undergo severe climate-related disasters often suffer reduced access to critical health care infrastructure in the years that follow, a study suggests. The analysis, published in the International Journal of…
The Phone Call That Led to Love
When Katherine Amy Doyle, a White House reporter for NBC News, was contacted by the office of Representative Elise Stefanik in November 2023, she wasn’t expecting to find love. She received a…
Australia hosts largest-ever military war games
Exercise Talisman Sabre, the largest ever war drills in Australia, is under way and expected to attract the attention of Chinese spy ships. Talisman Sabre began in 2005 as a…
Musk says he wants a new political party, and many agree. Can he pull it off?
start a new political party to compete with the Republican and Democratic parties. He sounds deeply frustrated with this historically dominant duopoly. The good news for him is that lots of Americans…
It’s Paradise Lost as Climate Change Remakes Europe’s Summers
Not so long ago, families coming to the shore in Montgat, Spain, just outside Barcelona, built sand castles, played paddle games and lounged around on the broad band of sand…
Over 30 killed in clashes in predominantly Druze Syrian city
Fighting between Bedouin tribes and local fighters in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida in southern Syria has killed more than 30 people and injured 100 others, the Syrian interior…
Facing a crackdown, Central American immigrants are sending more money home
In a tangle of strip-mall hair salons and pupuserias in suburban Maryland, the quiet has become palpable amid the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation efforts. Restaurants in this heavily Central American…