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- Russia, Ukraine Trade Accusations Over Delays In Prisoner Exchangeon June 7, 2025 at 2:47 pm
Ukrainian officials have rejected Russian accusations that Kyiv is stalling the exchange of prisoners of war and the repatriation of fallen soldiers’ bodies, calling on Moscow to stop “playing dirty games.”
- National Guard troops deployed by Trump arrive in Los Angeles amid protests over immigration raidson June 8, 2025
Troops arrived in Los Angeles early Sunday after being ordered there by the US president, against the California state governor's wishes.
- Vietnam: a high-growth market going cheapon June 6, 2025
The threat of tariffs has shaken Vietnamese stocks, but long-term prospects remain solid, says Max King
- Poll Shows GOP Senators Who Vote to Cut Medicaid Could Face Political Perilby Jon Queally on June 8, 2025 at 2:34 pm
A KFF Health Tracking Poll shows anxiety is high about looming Medicaid cuts among voters across the political spectrum.
- Bonus Daily Cartoon: Featherweightson June 6, 2025
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U.S. stocks were mostly lower, with the Nasdaq leading declines as makers of AI infrastructure suffered steep falls, many in the double digits. Nvidia was down 16%. [...]
Gold settled 1.4% lower, down two of the past three sessions, and silver fell 2.5%, down three of the past four sessions. [...]
Panic fueling the selloff of Nvidia, Broadcom and other tech giants is overblown. [...]
Gain insight on Experian, SoFi Technologies and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services. [...]
Arabica coffee prices hit a record level, as traders digested the withdrawal of President Trump’s threats to impose tariffs and economic sanctions on Colombia. [...]
The Yen and Swiss Franc were stronger against the dollar as investors sought safe havens after Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s new AI model hit U.S. tech stocks. [...]
U.S. natural gas futures fell after weekend updates took some of the chill out of early February weather forecasts. [...]
QXO is taking its offer directly to shareholders after being rebuffed on several occasions. [...]
June 4, the date of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, is among the most sensitive dates on the Chinese political calendar. Any attempts to draw attention to the event are routinely censored on the Chinese internet. This year, as people in China, Hong Kong, and around [...]
Updated at 07:53:00 PDT on June 5, 2025: This post has been updated to include information about the number of people arrested and detained in Hong Kong by the end of the day on June 4. This Wednesday, June 4 marks the 36th anniversary of [...]
Over the past couple weeks, the U.S. government has unleashed a barrage of policies that would restrict the ability of Chinese students to study in the United States. These measures strike at a key pillar of U.S.-China relations, and they have generated intense anxiety among [...]
Tibet’s future remains imperiled by the Chinese government’s continued efforts to sever the generational links that sustain Tibetan culture. Recent reports have analyzed how this dynamic plays out in the realms of education and religion. Earlier this year, The New York Times published an investigation [...]
The Chinese animated film "Ne Zha 2" has continued its record-breaking run, grossing over $2 billion worldwide and remaining on China’s top-five box-office list over 110 days after its release. But the film’s success has belied its curated image and masked a broader chill for [...]
Amid recurrent China-Taiwan tensions and rising geopolitical instability, investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker Chai Jing has revisited and updated her iconic 2012 interview with Gao Binghan, a survivor of the Chinese Civil War who escaped with the Nationalists to Taiwan at the age of 13. [...]
Physicists have managed to simulate a strange quantum phenomenon where light appears to arise from empty space a concept that until now has only existed in theory. Using cutting-edge simulations, researchers modeled how powerful lasers interact with the so-called quantum vacuum, revealing how photons could [...]
In a world where over a billion smartphones are produced yearly, a team of researchers is flipping the script on electronic waste. Instead of tossing out older phones, they ve demonstrated a groundbreaking approach: turning outdated smartphones into micro data centers. This low-cost innovation (just [...]
Genetic research in Sweden has unveiled three new gene variants that dramatically increase the risk of venous blood clots, sometimes by up to 180%. These discoveries build on existing knowledge of Factor V Leiden and suggest that genetics plays a bigger role than previously thought, [...]
In a paper published in National Science Review, a Chinese team of scientists highlights the discovery of well-preserved blue-stain fungal hyphae within a Jurassic fossil wood from northeastern China, which pushes back the earliest known fossil record of this fungal group by approximately 80 million [...]
Humpback whales have been observed blowing bubble rings during friendly interactions with humans a behavior never before documented. This surprising display may be more than play; it could represent a sophisticated form of non-verbal communication. Scientists from the SETI Institute and UC Davis believe these [...]
In the dense forests of Michigan s Upper Peninsula, archaeologists have uncovered a massive ancient agricultural system that rewrites what we thought we knew about Native American farming. Dating back as far as the 10th century, the raised ridged fields built by the ancestors of [...]
A massive global collaboration has tracked over 12,000 marine animals from whales to turtles to create one of the most detailed movement maps of ocean giants ever assembled. The project, MegaMove, highlights how animal migrations intersect with fishing, shipping, and pollution, revealing alarming gaps in [...]
Scientists have built a lab model that visually tracks how microscopic contact points between fault surfaces evolve during earthquake cycles, revealing the hidden mechanics behind both the slow buildup of tectonic stress and the rapid ruptures that cause earthquakes. This breakthrough uncovers a key physical [...]
Distinguished lawyers, senior humanitarians and diplomats tell Jeremy Bowen why they are increasingly concerned about the catastrophe inside Gaza. [...]
The Israeli military says Mohammed Sinwar's body was discovered in a tunnel at a hospital. [...]
Israel's defence minister says climate protester Greta Thunberg and others on board are "Hamas propaganda spokespeople". [...]
Dogs are vieved as "unclean" by Islamic officials, but ownership is rising as a form of quiet rebellion. [...]
Israel's military says it was targeting an underground drone factory of armed group Hezbollah. [...]
Israel has been criticised for giving weapons to a group of "criminals and felons". [...]
Volker Turk's intervention comes after the US sanctioned four judges over "illegitimate" targeting of Israel and the US. [...]
It is the latest deadly incident to occur near aid distribution points set up by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. [...]
The operation was retaliation for Kyiv’s devastating drone offensive against Russian strategic cruise missile carriers. [...]
Pushing millions off Medicaid will help offset tax cuts. [...]
“Carême” gives an international audience what it wants: rich food, lusty romps, and Napoleon. [...]
A new biography explores the tangled politics of a revolutionary father. [...]
Peculiar forms of criminality, as seen from front-line Ukraine and Lagos. [...]
What it looks like when Mexican deportees from the United States are forced to return home. [...]
Test yourself on the week of May 31: Poles go to the polls, the Dutch government collapses, and an earthquake rocks Pakistan. [...]
Sunday’s vote handed more influence to the ruling party—and shook investor confidence. [...]
[allAfrica] Liberia's Capitol Building Fire Investigation Reaches New Heights [...]
[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- In a meticulously planned joint operation, the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), the Somali National Army (SNA), and international partners successfully targeted and eliminated over 40 al-Shabaab operatives in the Ceelhareeri area of Hiiraan region. [...]
[RFI] Archaeologists in Senegal have uncovered skeletons with bullets lodged in the bodies during the first excavation of a cemetery at the former military camp of Thiaroye outside Dakar, where French soldiers massacred African colonial troops. [...]
[RFI] Qatar has presented a draft peace proposal to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels following months of mediation in Doha. But from Kinshasa, progress looks slow and uncertain. [...]
[Liberian Observer] In a dramatic twist in the ongoing investigation into the December 2024 fire that ravaged the third floor of Liberia's Capitol Building, the Liberia National Police (LNP) has summoned former House Speaker Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa and six other lawmakers as "persons of [...]
[allAfrica] Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu died in South Africa today, his party announced in a statement. [...]
[allAfrica] Geneva -- United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Türk has expressed shock after the revelation of gross human rights violations at official and unofficial detention facilities run by Libya's Stabilization Support Apparatus (SSA) force. [...]