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In the most lighthearted ritual of the political calendar, President Donald Trump officially pardoned two North Carolina-bred turkeys, Gobble and Waddle, on Tuesday, sparing the hefty birds from the Thanksgiving dinner table and granting them clemency in the White House Rose Garden. The annual ceremony, marking the first of President… Read more »

KYIV, UKRAINE—With the conflict escalating and crucial U.S. military aid stalled, the government of Ukraine has issued an urgent and highly public call for a face-to-face meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington, D.C., possibly as early as this week. The desperate diplomatic push… Read more »

Neuroscientists have upended the traditional understanding of the human lifespan, reporting in a landmark study that the period of adolescence does not end with the teenage years or even in the mid-twenties, but rather continues until the average age of 32. The research, conducted by the University of Cambridge and… Read more »

NONTHABURI, THAILAND—In a miraculous and deeply unsettling incident that stunned a Buddhist temple community, a 65-year-old Thai woman, believed to have been dead for two days, was discovered alive inside her coffin just moments before her body was due to be placed in the crematorium oven. The shocking discovery was… Read more »

A federal judge has delivered a stunning legal rebuke to the Trump administration, ordering the immediate dismissal of criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The judge ruled that the prosecutor who secured the indictments was unlawfully appointed by the Justice Department,… Read more »

In a poignant and deeply personal essay published Saturday, Tatiana Schlossberg, the 35-year-old environmental journalist and granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, disclosed that she has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and given a prognosis of less than a year to live. The news adds another chapter of heartbreak to… Read more »

BANGKOK, THAILAND—In a dramatic finale that capped off the most controversial staging of the pageant in years, Fátima Bosch Fernández of Mexico was crowned Miss Universe 2025 on Friday. The victory is a potent symbol of vindication for the 25-year-old, who captured global attention weeks ago by walking out of… Read more »

In a radical overhaul of the U.S. approach to global human rights, the Trump administration has introduced sweeping new guidelines for its annual country reports, effectively classifying traditional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and affirmative action policies worldwide as potential violations of fundamental individual rights. The new instructions, issued by… Read more »

President Donald Trump on Friday attempted to de-escalate a political firestorm he ignited by insisting he was “not threatening death” against Democratic lawmakers, despite having explicitly stated that their recent video to U.S. service members amounted to “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” The President’s clarification, made during a radio interview,… Read more »

NHA TRANG, VIETNAM—The death toll from relentless and historically severe flooding across central Vietnam has climbed to at least 43 people, with nine others missing, as a multi-week onslaught of extreme rainfall continues to devastate the region’s densely populated coastal cities and crucial coffee-growing highlands. Emergency teams, backed by the… Read more »