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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu treads lightly with President Vladimir Putin. Russia is not responding in kind, with public criticism increasing.
The legislation targets external interference and the theft of state secrets, with implications for businesses, journalists, civil servants and others.
The legislation marks another significant erosion of freedom in a former British colony once known for its relative autonomy from Beijing.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken plans to visit Saudi Arabia and Egypt this week as mediators in Qatar discuss a possible pause in fighting.
With huge demand to see the baseball superstar play for the Dodgers, M.L.B. teamed up with a Japanese travel agency. Fans began plotting trips.
Senegal was seen as an outpost of democracy in a coup-plagued region until its president tried to cancel the election last month. He failed, and its going ahead next Sunday.
A continuing protest in the town of Roscrea symbolizes a surge in hostility toward migrants in Ireland that is fueled by a housing crisis and far-right influencers.
The countrys raucous fan culture will be on display when Major League Baseball opens its season in Seoul. Heres how to cheer and what to eat.
Baseball fans in South Korea have embraced the superstar from Japan, despite the longtime rivalry and history between the two countries.
He broke barriers as the first Black physicist in nearly every role. But his identity made him reach for dreams beyond his career as a scientist.
In a country especially vulnerable to climate change, a drought has displaced entire villages and left millions of children malnourished.
New research found that fewer than 10 percent of countries and territories met World Health Organization guidelines for particulate matter pollution last year.
The House of Commons vote endorsing a package of conflict-ending measures came after language calling on Canada to immediately recognize a State of Palestine was removed.
The warning came amid an Israeli raid on Al-Shifa Hospital. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also agreed to send military and humanitarian officials to Washington to hear the Biden administrations concerns.
Also, Gambia moves to overturn a ban on female genital cutting.
Mr. Issa, a presumed planner of the Oct. 7 attacks, is one of the most senior Hamas leaders killed in Gaza since the start of the war.
A day after a rubber-stamp presidential election, President Vladimir Putin said he would not back down in Russias war against Ukraine.
A new study of camera-trap images complicates the idea that all wildlife thrived during the Covid lockdowns.
Al-Shifa Hospital has been a flashpoint of the war. Hamas has denied using the complex as a command center, but U.S. spy agencies believe it has.
Hamas and Israel failed to reach an agreement ahead of Ramadan. Last week, Hamas dropped one of its demands.
The pre-dawn strikes escalated tensions between two countries that have clashed over the recent rise in militant violence on Pakistans soil.
A global authority on food security said that in the coming months, as many as 1.1 million people in Gaza could face the severest levels of hunger.
At an international forum, the secretary of state said artificial intelligences ability to disrupt the global flow of information could prove politically perilous during a year of elections.
Many Russians say they back their president, but it is far less clear what they might do if they were given alternatives.
If lawmakers in the West African country vote to repeal a 2015 ban, Gambia would become the first nation to roll back protections against the practice.
To decarbonize the electrical grid, companies are finding creative ways to store energy during periods of low demand.
Two years after the cryptocurrency market crashed, internet cafes for playing crypto-earning video games are opening and farmers have started harvesting virtual crops from the games for income.
President Vladimir V. Putin is expected to use the scale of his victory to justify more aggression in Ukraine. Many Russians are uneasy about what comes next.
Mr. Harley was the frontman of the 1970s rock band Cockney Rebel, which landed several hits on the British charts.
The Israeli leader lashed back at a call from a prominent Democratic senator for elections in Israel.
The Russian leader claimed he had been ready to release Navalny in a prisoner swap when the opposition leader died last month at an Arctic penal colony.
The West African countrys military junta said the presence of U.S. forces was illegal. Increasingly, West Africans are questioning the motives of Western countries operating in Africa.
Also, new avenues to get aid into Gaza are not yet relieving hunger.
Yulia Navalnaya, who has vowed to carry on her husbands work, waited in line for hours with voters outside of the Russian embassy.
The chef, Jos Andrs, also said that he hoped his group, World Central Kitchen, would be eventually able to transport huge quantities of food daily into the shores of Gaza.
An oil refinery was set on fire in southern Russia and air defense forces shot down two drones flying toward Moscow, officials said, as Ukraine continued a flurry of attacks timed for the election.
Many appeared to be heeding a call by the opposition to express frustration by showing up en masse at midday. We dont have any other options, said one woman.
Adding methods of aid delivery has not eased the enclaves wartime hunger crisis, experts say. Cease-fire talks are expected to resume soon.
The authorities said the eruption on Saturday night was the most powerful of a series that started in December.
Many hospitals in Haitis capital have been looted by gangs or abandoned by their staffs amid the violence. Some are open, but too dangerous for people in need of care to reach.
While there is little doubt about the votes outcome, there is concern that an emboldened President Putin may use a win to start a new war mobilization.
The 200 tons of food provided by a celebrity chefs charity arrived as UNICEF said rising numbers of children in Gaza were facing food deprivation.
The surprise attacks, timed to Russias election, are meant to undermine the sense of stability in Russia and divert the countrys military resources from Ukraine.
The United Nations human rights office has not blamed any side for the attacks, including one on Thursday that Gazan health officials say killed 20.
Hamass new proposal would allow the release of hostages in exchange for a phased pullback of Israeli troops. It could restart negotiations.
Organizers of the Games promise to slash greenhouse gas emissions by re-using historic buildings, adding bike lanes, even putting solar panels on the Seine. Will it work?
Indias general elections will determine the political direction of the worlds most populous nation for the next five years.
For those of us whove been white-knuckling our way through winter, the new season cant arrive soon enough.
The main lender for SaltWire, which owns most of the regions legacy newspapers outside New Brunswick, has moved to dissolve the publisher.
About one in every 20 children in shelters and health centers in northern Gaza is experiencing severe wasting, the most critical sign of malnutrition, according to the U.N. agency.