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The Blue Line dividing Israel to the left and Lebanon to the right is seen.
The Blue Line dividing Israel to the left and Lebanon to the right is seen.

Israel, Hezbollah Prepare to Approve a Cease-Fire Deal

But continued cross-border attacks could threaten the fragile negotiations.

An elderly woman with feathered gray hair and red lipstick smiles wide as she holds a sign above her head. The sign reads "Mass deportation now!" A crowd of dozens of other rally attendees is visible behind her, many of them wearing red, white, and blue and also holding signs.
An elderly woman with feathered gray hair and red lipstick smiles wide as she holds a sign above her head. The sign reads "Mass deportation now!" A crowd of dozens of other rally attendees is visible behind her, many of them wearing red, white, and blue and also holding signs.

What Trump’s Mass Deportations Would Mean for the U.S. Economy

The economic costs of such a campaign may be bigger than the president-elect has bargained for.

Two shelters, with one being held up by plastic blue drums and angular bars.
Two shelters, with one being held up by plastic blue drums and angular bars.

Trump Will Be a Philippine Military Ally But a Climate Enemy

Manila is worried about Chinese maritime aggression and rising seas.

Employees work on a production line at a factory.
Employees work on a production line at a factory.

Washington Is Getting Economic Security Wrong

Competition with China is based on false premises.

A campaign sign for Donald Trump in the Capitol Reflecting Pool in Washington on Jan. 9, 2021.
A campaign sign for Donald Trump in the Capitol Reflecting Pool in Washington on Jan. 9, 2021.
This picture shows two women exchanging a US dollar bill against a fifty thousand Lebanese pound (lira) banknote in Beirut on Jan. 19, 2023.
This picture shows two women exchanging a US dollar bill against a fifty thousand Lebanese pound (lira) banknote in Beirut on Jan. 19, 2023.

How Hezbollah Diversified Its Funding

The so-called “crime-terror nexus” is alive and well, and only multilateral cooperation can break it.

Russian conscripts in uniform holding their winter hat in their hands stand in attention in a line.
Russian conscripts in uniform holding their winter hat in their hands stand in attention in a line.

Putin Is Throwing Human Waves at Ukraine but Can’t Do It Forever

The Russian meat grinder strategy is terribly effective, terribly wasteful, and boundlessly cruel.

A protester dressed as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and another dressed as U.S. President Donald Trump demonstrate outside the White House on Oct. 19, 2018, in the wake of the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
A protester dressed as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and another dressed as U.S. President Donald Trump demonstrate outside the White House on Oct. 19, 2018, in the wake of the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands in Jerusalem.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands in Jerusalem.

The World Reacts to Netanyahu’s ICC Arrest Warrant

Hungary is the first ICC member state to openly flout the decision, with Prime Minister Viktor Orban inviting the Israeli leader to visit.

A woman with braided gray hair is seen from behind as she prepares her phone to take a photo of a banana affixed to a plain white wall with a strip of duct tape.
A woman with braided gray hair is seen from behind as she prepares her phone to take a photo of a banana affixed to a plain white wall with a strip of duct tape.

What in the World?

Test yourself on the week of Nov. 16: Gabon approves a new draft constitution, New Zealanders protest a divisive bill, and Brazil eyes criminal charges for a former president.

An older man with a cane stands next to a stone lantern as a woman uses a walker on a gravel path past a kamikaze plane. Trees surround the path.
An older man with a cane stands next to a stone lantern as a woman uses a walker on a gravel path past a kamikaze plane. Trees surround the path.

The Enduring Resonance of the Kamikaze Pilot

Japanese tourists flock to sites remembering the young men who crashed into Allied warships.

A group of young children all wearing the same red shirt and khaki pants take part in a ceremony.
A group of young children all wearing the same red shirt and khaki pants take part in a ceremony.

The Only Way to Achieve Lasting Peace in Ukraine

History shows that security arrangements alone will not be enough.

People wear white protective suits and gloves with black goggles as they sit aboard a ship.
People wear white protective suits and gloves with black goggles as they sit aboard a ship.

How Britain Poisoned Its Own Soldiers

A new documentary exposes a grim nuclear history.

The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic, Alan Moore and Steve Moore with various artists, Top Shelf Productions, $49.99, 352 pp, October 2024.
The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic, Alan Moore and Steve Moore with various artists, Top Shelf Productions, $49.99, 352 pp, October 2024.

Alan Moore Wants You to Invent Your Own God

An acclaimed English author offers his take on creativity and magic.

Trucks move past cargo containers at a port in Bayonne, New Jersey, on Oct. 15, 2021.
Trucks move past cargo containers at a port in Bayonne, New Jersey, on Oct. 15, 2021.

The Case for Trump’s Tariffs

Conservative economist Oren Cass explains how the president-elect has created an “enormous amount of space for new thinking.”

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