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The West Bank village of Qusra was smoldering as I arrived. Clouds of black smoke swirled from a field where rampaging Israeli settlers had lit it on fire, while also setting fire to Palestinian homes...

A few months ago, President Joe Biden seemed so fed up as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel ignored his calls for restraint in the Gaza Strip that he finally sounded tough.In March, Biden...

Now that President Biden is pressuring Israel to back away from an all-out invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, some supporters of Israel feel betrayed.They ask: How can Israel protect itself...

As the year ends, civilians are dying at a staggering pace in the Gaza Strip and the genocide in Darfur may be resuming. A man charged with 91 felonies is leading in American presidential polls, and...

As the United Automobile Workers strike continues, we’re likely to hear grumbling about labour unions.“They killed the auto industry once, and now they’re trying to do it again,” some will...

One of the paradoxes of urban America is that millions of people speak reverently about wilderness but are much less eager to venture into it and risk real bites from actual mosquitoes.I’ve been...

Vladimir Putin has compared himself to the czar Peter the Great. But to travel through Eastern Europe is to see how much he has instead caused Russian influence to shrink.I’ve been on a road trip...

Is India the world’s next tiger economy, poised to succeed a slowing China as a pillar of the global economy?That wouldn’t be anything new, simply a recovery of its traditional position.One...

It’s the Harvard of rural India, minus wingtips or heels: a 50-year-old institution called Barefoot College that offers lessons for empowering people worldwide. Maybe even in America.Barefoot...

Russian Air Force pilots are scaredy-cats who have been surprisingly absent over Ukraine. Russian ground forces are being mowed down as cannon fodder, and one of the best known examples of Russian...

Just a few days ago, the United States was in a national tizzy about a balloon.Never mind that China poses a more significant security risk through TikTok, potentially spying on us while floating...

Enough with the doom and gloom! Our planet may be in better shape than you think.Human beings have a cognitive bias toward bad news (keeping us alert and alive), and we journalists reflect that: We...