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Japan activates tsunami warning on its western coast after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake

The Japanese authorities activated a tsunami alert today, warning of waves of up to five meters along practically its entire western coast after a strong earthquake of 7.4 magnitude that occurred in...

French Holocaust survivors are recoiling at new antisemitism, and activists are pleading for peace

 Survivors of Nazi atrocities joined young Jewish activists outside the Paris Holocaust memorial Saturday to sound the alarm about resurgent antisemitic hate speech, graffiti and abuse linked to the Israel-Hamas war.

China’s Xi is courting Indo-Pacific leaders in a flurry of talks at a summit...

 Chinese President Xi Jinping, fresh off his meeting with President Joe Biden, courted Indo-Pacific leaders in a flurry of meetings Thursday at a time of intensifying competition with the United States.

Biden promises a better economic relationship with Asia, but he’s specifically avoiding a trade...

 President Joe Biden is nurturing economic ties this week with Asia, but he’s not signing any trade deals at a regional summit in San Francisco. This fact — no trade deals —...

UK leader fires interior minister and brings ex-leader Cameron back to government in surprise...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday fired Home Secretary Suella Braverman, a divisive figure who drew anger for accusing police of being too lenient with pro-Palestinian protesters. The...

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the ambassadorial roundtable discussion of settlement in Ukraine,...

Thank you for accepting our invitation to hold a second meeting with the same participants on the developments unfolding in Ukraine and the numerous allegations that we are opposing with facts. I...

Putin is expected to seek reelection in Russia, but who would run if he...

Vladimir Putin isn’t quite the man he used to be — more than a decade has passed since the Russian president engaged in public stunts to boast of his vigor by hugging...

Has Israel invaded Gaza? The military has been vague, even if its objectives are...

Over the past five days, Israeli ground troops have pushed deeper and deeper into Gaza in their war against Hamas, launched in response to a bloody Oct. 7 cross-border raid by the Islamic militant...