International law decrees that embassies are ‘inviolable’. Attacks on embassies have breached that, prompting anger., EXPLAINER International law decrees that embassies are ‘inviolable’. Recent attacks on embassies have breached that understanding, prompting anger. Mexico and Ecuador are locked in a diplomatic spat after Ecuadorian police raided the Mexican embassy inContinue Reading
Why India’s election is such a big deal., India is about to hold the world’s biggest election: 970 million voters will cast their ballots over seven phases of voting from mid-April to early June. Start Here with Sandra Gathmann explains how the election will work, why Narendra Modi and theContinue Reading
Delivery falls short of the minimum UN requirement to stave off the humanitarian crisis in the besieged territory., Delivery falls far short of the minimum UN requirement to stave off the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the besieged territory. Israel has announced the entry of more than 300 aid trucks intoContinue Reading
Clark missed out on US collegiate basketball’s greatest prize, but her game captured the imagination of fans everywhere., Clark missed out on US collegiate basketball’s greatest prize, but her game captured the imagination of fans everywhere. Caitlin Clark believes the excitement surrounding her trailblazing college basketball career heralds a brightContinue Reading
Russia said Ukraine struck the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station controlled by Russian forces three times on Sunday and demanded the West respond, though Kyiv said it had nothing to do with the attacks., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
A man killed his friend’s husband because he was Tutsi. Now the two live together in a ‘reconciliation village’., Mbyo/Kigali, Rwanda – Mukaremera Laurence gazed at the ground as Nkundiye Thacien spoke about how he used a machete to kill her husband 30 years ago. The three of them hadContinue Reading
Cosgrave resigned as CEO in October after backlash to post accusing Israel of committing war crimes in Gaza., Cosgrave resigned as CEO in October after backlash to post accusing Israel of committing war crimes in Gaza. The co-founder of one of the world’s largest tech conferences has returned as chiefContinue Reading
The relationship between snowfall and climate change is not as simple as it might first appear., Read MoreContinue Reading
Ultimatum: n. a final proposition, condition or demand Especially: one whose rejection will end negotiations and cause a resort to force or other direct action -Merriam Webster It sounded like an ultimatum. Thursday President Biden spoke for about 30 minutes with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The call came afterContinue Reading
At around 10:23 a.m. Friday morning, a magnitude-4.8 earthquake rattled the Northeastern United States from Maine to Virginia , including wide swaths of New Jersey and New York City. But perhaps more surprising than the earthquake was the precise location of the epicenter: Tewskbury, New Jersey , less than sixContinue Reading
Analysts say Iran faces pressure to respond to Israel assassinating a senior commander, but what are Tehran’s options?, Iran has vowed retaliation for an Israeli attack on its consulate in Damascus last Monday. The strike was part of a pattern of escalated Israeli attacks in Syria since the eruption ofContinue Reading
Seoul and Pyongyang are in a race to put more reconnaissance satellites into orbit amid rising tensions., Seoul and Pyongyang are in a race to put more reconnaissance satellites into orbit amid rising tensions on the peninsula. South Korea has successfully launched its second military reconnaissance satellite, days after NorthContinue Reading
The Houston-bound Boeing 737-800 operated by Southwest Airlines landed safely after the incident., The Houston-bound Boeing 737-800 operated by Southwest Airlines landed safely after the incident. An engine cover fell off a Boeing plane and hit the plane’s wing flap during takeoff in Denver, the United States, officials have said,Continue Reading