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Hamas says it's willing to release the five American hostages in Gaza

Friends and relatives of Israeli hostages held captive since the October 7, 2023 attacks by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, stand behind a banner bearing their portraits during a demonstration calling for action to secure their rel

Israel targets what it says was an Islamic Jihad command center in Damascus

Ghassan Mamouli, a representative from the Damascus government, inspects the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike on Thursday. Emily Garthwaite for NPR

Living Like a Fungus

Since its creation I have supported Rupert Read’s Climate Majority Project as the answer to achieving the climate action we need. Read observes that the majority of people are concerned about climate change and to effectively combat it, tha

Rodrigo Duterte is in custody in The Hague for crimes against humanity trial

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a senate inquiry on the so-called war on drugs during his administration at the Philippine Senate, Oct. 28, 2024, in Manila, Philippines.

Snow, The Singularity, and Rocks in the River

(Recorded March 5th, 2025) As the world continued its increasingly chaotic series of events this week – with disruptive events in everything from politics to artificial intelligence, a spring blizzard swept through the upper Midwest of

Opposition party wins the most votes in Greenland election amid Trump takeover talk

Jens-Frederik Nielsen, center, chairman of Demokraatit Party, plays guitar as he reacts during the election party at Demokraatit by cafe Killut in Nuuk, early Wednesday, March 12, 2025.

Finding Each other in the Ruins

Ivan’s Story: Looking For My Tribe A few years ago, I was contacted by an administrator at work who wanted to arrange a phone call. I had been in some meetings with him before, but I couldn’t imagine what he wanted to talk about. It turned

Canada's Hudson's Bay has survived 355 years. Now the store is in crisis

Hudson's Bay has entered creditor protection, struggling with debt. Adrian Wyld/AP/CP hide caption Canada's oldest retailer, Hudson's Bay depar

U.S. tanker is leaking fuel in the North Sea after a collision with a container ship

Fire and rescue services attend after a collision between tanker MV Stena Immaculate and the cargo vessel MV Solong off the coast of the Humber Estuary on Monday. Getty Images/Getty

The Brutish Are Coming, The Brutish Are Coming!

Actually, the brutish are already here and in control of the executive branch of a rapidly dwindling federal government. Note carefully that Congress, the federal government, we the people, and possibly the judiciary are the ones being dwin

Hamas is offering a truce with Israel for 5 to 10 years, a U.S. official says

A man fills a cistern with water on the back of a truck at the southern Gaza desalination plant, which stopped working earlier after Israel cut off electricity supply to the Gaza Strip on Sunday. The plant will have to work on generators no

Trade war danger: China could quickly strangle American tech with metals cutoff

There’s no telling exactly where the Trump administration’s trade war is going as the president authorizes tariffs and then quickly suspends them, only to authorize them again and suspend them again or provide waivers for certain industries

Vatican says hospitalized Pope Francis is showing 'gradual, slight improvement'

Nuns pray for Pope Francis on Saturday in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, where the pontiff is hospitalized. Andrew Medichini/AP