Tuesday Briefing: Israel Conducts Raids in Lebanon
Plus, creating fashion in prison. Israeli conducted raids in Lebanon Israeli commando units made brief incursions into Lebanon yesterday as troops gathered at the border, possibly to prepare for a…
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Why Mount Everest Is Growing Taller Every Year
Trilobites Researchers say that two rivers merged some 89,000 years ago and gave the mightiest peak in the Himalayas a huge growth spurt. Mount Everest is many things. It’s called…
U.S. and Allies Sound Alarm Over War Ties Among Axis of Adversaries
News Analysis The Biden administration is struggling to halt cooperation among Russia, China, North Korea and Iran. It feels urgency over the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East while…
Senior South Korean Police Officer Sentenced to 3 Years Over Crowd Crush
Lee Im-jae, a former district chief, is the most senior official to be convicted in connection with the 2022 disaster that killed nearly 160 Halloween partygoers. A Seoul court sentenced…
China Removes Curbs on Home Buyers, Sparking Stock Market Surge
After seeing prices decline for years, Chinese officials have made a burst of policy changes aimed at making easier to buy homes. During China’s decades-long housing boom, demand for apartments…
Stocks Tumble in Japan After Party’s Election of New Prime Minister
Stocks dropped after Japan’s governing party chose Shigeru Ishiba, a critic of the country’s longstanding ultralow interest rates, as its leader. Stocks in Japan fell sharply after the country’s governing…
Monday Briefing: The Aftermath of Nasrallah’s Death
Plus, we retraced one of Mayor Eric Adams’s lavish trips to Istanbul. Israel killed Hezbollah’s leader and struck Yemen Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed on Friday near Beirut, Lebanon,…
Nepal Flooding and Landslides Kill at Least 170 People
The mountainous country is experiencing more extreme weather driven by climate change, including melting glaciers that add to the frequency and severity of flooding. At least 170 people have died…
At Least 66 Die as Persistent Monsoon Rains Inundate Nepal
Disasters in the small Himalayan nation have become more frequent as the effects of climate change increase. At least 66 people have died and 69 were missing in Nepal after…
The Wily Spy Who Risked His Life to Meet North Korea’s Secretive Leader
The Global Profile Park Chae-so was so successful in infiltrating the North that Kim Jong-il, the enigmatic ruler, once gifted him blueberry wine. So why was the celebrated undercover agent…