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South China Morning Post – World · China
The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) appears sudden and revolutionary, yet its origins stretch deep into history, revealing a profound and forgotten inte…
The Guardian – World · Europe
Written in 1947, Kiyoshi Tanimoto’s account of the horrors of the atomic bomb attack will be published in August and is being made into a filmThe memoir of a m…
The New York Times – World · US
Rob Jetten’s acknowledgment of the historical injustice is part of a larger reckoning with the Netherlands’ colonial past.
The New York Times – World · US
In a ‘plot twist’, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be heading into an election this fall without his main prop: President Trump.
The Guardian – World · Europe
Rob Jetten acknowledges grief and pain of Moluccan families as crowdfunded monument unveiled in RotterdamThe Dutch prime minister, Rob Jetten, has formally apo…
The Guardian – World · Europe
Helen Cammock says her comments blaming wartime leader for Bengal famine were intended to create ‘dialogue’ A Turner prize-winning artist accused of telling a …
Deutsche Welle (DW) – World · Europe
A German fund set up to compensate the millions forced to work for the Nazi regime is marking 25 years since the first payments were made. But for many victims…
South China Morning Post – World · China
By many historical accounts, the Ming dynasty’s doom was sealed when Li Zicheng, the leader of a peasant rebel army, invaded Beijing in 1644. Less than 24 hour…
Deutsche Welle (DW) – World · Europe
The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was set on fire as Russia struck multiple cities in Ukraine overnight. Meanwhile, Moscow repor…
The New York Times – World · US
Statues of Shivaji are rising everywhere. The founder of the Maratha empire who fought against the Mughal dynasty is now a symbol for nationalists remaking the…
The New York Times – World · US
The seizure of Beaufort in southern Lebanon called up bitter memories in both countries amid a widening Israeli conflict with Hezbollah that seems far from ove…
Al Jazeera – News · Middle East
Israel’s military has advanced beyond Lebanon's Litani River for the first time since 2006.
Al Jazeera – News · Middle East
French MPs vote to repeal law that governed slavery in colonies.
The New York Times – World · US
In a country fractured by civil war and other crises, he held the title of president from 2012 to 2022 and was widely seen as an ineffective ruler.
Al Jazeera – News · Middle East
Israeli army has already expanded its control of Gaza by 11 percent over the 'Yellow Line', beyond terms of 'ceasefire'.
Deutsche Welle (DW) – World · Europe
Britain's National Trust is working on replacing the chalk outline of the Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset. The Saxon-era carving depicts a club-wielding man "still…
Deutsche Welle (DW) – World · Europe
When Red Army troops entered Berlin's Jewish Hospital in 1945, they were astonished to discover hundreds of Jews living just a couple of miles away from Hitler…
The Hindu – World · India
Here are four clear bullet points summarizing the article: • Raul Castro, Cuba's former President and Defense Minister, has been indicted by the Trump adminis…
Al Jazeera – News · Middle East
Kyiv's Chornobyl Museum devastated in overnight Russian missile attack.
The Guardian – World · Europe
Some casualties after attacks on multiple locations in south and east of country on Sunday, state media reportsMiddle East crisis: live updatesIsraeli strikes …
The New York Times – World · US
Andriy Melnyk, criticized as a Nazi collaborator and lionized as an anti-Soviet resistance leader, was given state honors for his reburial near Kyiv.
South China Morning Post – World · China
In ancient China, women were largely denied formal education and confined to the roles of dutiful wives and mothers. Against this restrictive social order, two…
South China Morning Post – World · China
Ancient China dreamed of future technology long before the modern age, conjuring visions of magic mirrors, ingenious machines and even lifelike wooden puppets.…
BBC News – World · Europe
Busch's representatives had said earlier on Thursday that he had been sent to hospital with a severe illness.
The New York Times – World · US
Cuban officials closed ranks around Mr. Castro, their embattled former president, who was indicted on murder charges in the downing of two civilian planes 30 y…
The New York Times – World · US
An Israeli strike designed to free Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from house arrest in Tehran, U.S. officials said, was part of an effort to bring about regime change and…
South China Morning Post – World · China
In ancient China, summer heat could be deadly long before the advent of air conditioning. To survive it, people resorted to remedies ranging from imperial ice …
The Guardian – World · Europe
King distinguished herself as a tennis champ at Cal State Los Angeles, winning Wimbledon doubles while enrolledWhen Billie Jean King left college in 1964, she …
The Guardian – World · Europe
Étienne Davignon, 93, was last living person targeted in investigation into assassination of DRC’s first PM, Patrice LumumbaA 93-year-old Belgian former diplom…
South China Morning Post – World · China
Beijing has slammed Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te for paying tribute to a former Japanese coloniser in Taiwan. In a commentary published on Sunday, the…
South China Morning Post – World · China
Visitors to the Forbidden City in China’s capital city might find it hard to ignore its magnificent red door, but there is more to the entrance than its beauty…
BBC News – World · Europe
Mengele fled Europe after the war but for years there were rumours he spent time in Switzerland.
IEEE Spectrum · Global
Editor’s note: If you’d like to pinpoint the instant when the world entered the nuclear age, 5:29:45 a.m. Mountain War Time on 16 July 1945, is an excellent ch…
The Guardian – World · Europe
Man arrested after admitting to taking relic from church and planning to throw it in river, say policeAn 800-year-old relic believed to be the skull of Saint Z…
Times of India – World · India
Grants Exclusive Daily Worship Rights To Hindu Community
Al Jazeera – News · Middle East
The Palestinian question never disappeared despite Israel’s best efforts and worst brutality.
Al Jazeera – News · Middle East
Nakba commemorations serve as remembrance and a call for justice, self-determination and the right to return.
The New York Times – World · US
China’s leader reached for Greek history to warn the United States of what can happen when a rising power meets an incumbent one.
The Guardian – World · Europe
Member of army squad sent with medics to assist suspected hantavirus patient recounts descent to remote islandThe hardest part of the parachute jump, according…
The Guardian – World · Europe
Millions of documents chronicling generations of trauma saved from Gaza and East Jerusalem in 10-month Unrwa operationEast Jerusalem to Amman should have been …
The New York Times – World · US
Here are four clear bullet points summarizing the article: • President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for a summit in Beijing, where Xi warned that p…
South China Morning Post – World · China
For most people, drinking water is an unremarkable daily habit. In ancient China, however, it carried far greater meaning. Water was bound up with social rank,…
South China Morning Post – World · China
At least gold glitters. Long before the first paper banknotes fluttered through the financial houses of Europe, the bustling markets of 11th century China birt…
The New York Times – World · US
President Trump’s visit to Beijing comes as relations with China have become more combative.
The New York Times – World · US
Wolder, near the Belgian border, is waiting to see if the skeleton it dug up in a church is Count d’Artagnan, from Alexandre Dumas’s tale.
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