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Stinging Election Loss Leaves South Korean Leader at a Crossroads

In political banners, campaign slogans and everyday conversations, South Koreans used two words to convey the high stakes of this week’s parliamentary election:...

Middle East Crisis: Famine Has Begun in Northern Gaza, U.S. Official Says

There has been no apparent work done yet on increasing aid to Gaza by opening an additional border crossing from Israel and accepting...

Ukraine’s Parliament Passes a Politically Fraught Mobilization Bill

After months of political wrangling, Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday passed a mobilization law aimed at replenishing the nation’s exhausted and depleted fighting forces,...

Akebono, First Foreign-Born Sumo Grand Champion, Dies at 54

Taro Akebono, a Hawaii-born sumo wrestler who became the sport’s first foreign grand champion and helped to fuel a resurgence in the sport’s...

Thursday Briefing

The U.S. and Japan bolstered tiesDuring a pomp-filled ceremony at the White House, President Biden and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan said...

‘Waiting for My Time to Come’: Ukraine’s New Draft Law Unsettles the Young

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine probably changed the fates of thousands of Ukrainian men when he signed a law lowering the draft age...

Akebono, Foreign-Born Sumo Wrestling Champion in Japan, Dies at 54

Taro Akebono, a Hawaii-born sumo wrestler who became the sport’s first foreign grand champion, has died. He was 54.He died of heart failure...

Hamas Does Not Have 40 Hostages Who Meet Terms of Potential Swap With Israel, Officials Said

A senior Hamas official said on Wednesday that Hamas does not have 40 living hostages in Gaza who meet the criteria for an...

Hamas Leader Defiant After Israeli Strike Kills 3 of His Sons

An Israeli airstrike on Wednesday killed three sons of one of the most senior leaders of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, who said the strike...

Biden Says Israel Has Improved Aid Flow to Gaza but Must Do More

Israeli authorities have improved aid delivery to Gaza but still “need to do more,” President Biden said on Wednesday, offering a measured assessment...

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