Trump Is Pushing Allies Away and Closer to Each Other
Important U.S. allies are trying to bolster their ties as the Trump administration shifts priorities and reshapes the world order.
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Gaza Aid Group Says Hamas Attacked Its Palestinian Workers
The group, which has been harshly criticized by the U.N. and other aid providers, said at least five people had died in an attack on one of its buses.
U.N. Report Says We’re Missing the Real Fertility Crisis
Policymakers in many countries assume that birthrates have fallen because people want fewer children, but a global study says financial insecurity is driving those decisions.
New China Trade ‘Deal’ Takes U.S. Back to Where It Started
If a handshake agreement holds, it would merely undo some of the damage from the trade war that President Trump started.
Israel Says It Recovered the Remains of Two Hostages in Gaza
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said on Wednesday that the military and security forces had recovered the remains of two Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack that ignited the war. “The bodies of two of our hostages were returned to Israel,” Mr. Netanyahu said in a statement, adding…
School Bus Swept Away as Floods in South Africa Kill at Least 49
Dozens of people were killed in South Africa, including several children whose school bus was swept away by flash floods, as unusually heavy rain, snow and wind pummeled parts of the country’s Eastern Cape Province this week. A slow-moving storm raged over the largely rural province on Monday and Tuesday, drowning homes and leaving thousands…
A Syrian Committee for Civil Peace Angers Those Demanding Justice
It was established by Syria’s fledgling government to restore calm in a country fractured by roughly 14 years of civil war. Instead, the Committee for Civil Peace has become a source of national strife. Discontent is simmering among some Syrians who supported the uprising against the country’s ousted dictator, Bashar al-Assad. They now accuse the…
Tusk Government Wins Confidence Vote in Poland
Poland’s centrist government won a confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday, averting political turmoil for the biggest country on the European Union’s eastern flank and a robust supporter of Ukraine. Prime Minister Donald Tusk last week called the vote for legislators to endorse his government, hoping to reassert his authority after the victory of a…
This Elusive Antarctic Squid Was Seen for the First Time
The deep-sea environs of the Earth’s poles are home to mysterious ocean creatures: giant sea spiders, Antarctic sea pigs, phantom jellyfish. Finding and identifying these animals can be difficult, however; some are known only because researchers found their remains in fishing nets or in the bellies of seabirds. But on Christmas Day last year, the…