5 h. ago China’s Birth Rate Hits Record Low, Intensifying Demographic Concerns

A Quieting Nursery: China’s Demographic Crossroads On a gray morning in a Beijing neighborhood where the scooters have grown fewer and the playground shrinks with the seasons, a toddler’s laughter breaks the silence like an unexpected chord. Yet such sounds are becoming rarer across China—so rare, in fact, that official figures released this year read […]

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6 d. ago Dispute Erupts Over Reported Number of Prisoners Freed in Venezuela

A Slow Unraveling: Venezuela’s Puzzle of Prisoner Releases and the People Left Waiting On a sun-baked morning in Caracas, a cluster of women sat beneath a weathered ficus outside a municipal court, clutching crumpled photographs of sons and brothers whose faces time had not yet forgiven. They spoke softly but urgently — their sentences threaded […]

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7 d. ago Minnesota Files Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over ICE Operations

A City in Vigil, a State in Court: Minneapolis After a Death that Changed Everything The wind that evening carried the smell of melted wax and wet chrysanthemums. A weathered photograph of Renee Nicole Good—smiling, eyes steady—leaned against a traffic cone near a stretch of sidewalk turned suddenly into a communal altar. People came and […]

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7 d. ago Trump to meet opposition leader Machado amid mounting pressure on Venezuela

Outside El Rodeo: Waiting, Hope and the Politics of a Prisoner Release On a dusty stretch of road about 30 kilometres west of Caracas, tens of relatives sleep in the stubborn buzz of fluorescent lights and the occasional bark of a security guard’s radio. Tents, folding chairs and the smell of strong coffee mix with […]

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2 w. ago North Korean leader’s daughter seen visiting state mausoleum

At the Mausoleum: A Quiet Photograph and a Loud Question There are images that speak in a dozen languages at once, and then there are images that aim for silence. North Korea’s state news agency released a few such photographs recently—glossy, staged, and instantly thorny—showing a young girl flanked by her parents in the cavernous, […]

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3 w. ago Israel Announces Recognition of Somaliland as Independent State

Jerusalem — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that Israel has officially recognized the Republic of Somaliland as an independent state, according to a statement released by his office.

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3 w. ago Authorities uncover over one million additional potential Jeffrey Epstein documents

A Million Papers, One Pause: Inside the New Pause in the Epstein File Releases On a gray December morning in Manhattan, the courthouse steps felt unusually crowded with a different kind of foot traffic — not the usual lawyers and tourists, but reporters with steaming coffee, advocates clutching folders, and neighbours peering out from behind […]

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3 w. ago Thousands of newly unsealed documents linked to Jeffrey Epstein made public

When the Files Unfurl: A Morning the Internet Couldn’t Look Away From The delivery arrived not by courier but by pixels — a vast, blinking download queue on the U.S. Justice Department’s website that made newsroom Slack channels light up and social feeds tilt for a few breathless hours. At least 8,000 new documents, the […]

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3 w. ago Thousands of Jeffrey Epstein documents newly unsealed and released to the public

A Flood of Files, a Nation Uneasy: Inside the Latest Release of the Epstein Records On a quiet weekday morning, the Department of Justice’s website turned into the most unwanted photo album in recent American memory. Thousands of files — documents, emails, and dozens of video clips — suddenly became public, part of a mandated […]

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4 w. ago Trump administration denies concealing Jeffrey Epstein files amid cover

Black Ink on White Paper: What the Partially Censored Epstein Files Reveal — and Hide On an overcast morning in Washington, stacks of legal paper landed in inboxes and on news desks like small, strange snowdrifts: court filings, photos, and binding memos about Jeffrey Epstein, the financier whose crimes have become a mirror reflecting power, […]

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4 w. ago Newly released Jeffrey Epstein files: top takeaways and revelations

A file cabinet opened, but the light is still dim When the Department of Justice slid a fresh tranche of documents about Jeffrey Epstein across the public table, the world leaned in. The papers — part of a court-ordered release that officials say will continue in weeks to come — promised to answer questions that […]

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