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Russia's Defense Ministry reported that air defenses shot down 347 Ukrainian drones overnight. The attack came after Moscow rejected Kyiv鈥檚 ceasefire earlier in the week. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Moscow disregarded the goodwill gesture and launched fresh strikes. Drones were destroyed over 20 Russian regions, including Moscow. The operation was Ukraine鈥檚 second-biggest aerial assault since Russia's invasion over four years ago. It occurred on the eve of Russia鈥檚 Victory Day celebrations, marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Russia has scaled back its traditional military parade due to security concerns. All mobile internet access and text messaging services were to be shut down in the Russian capital on May 9, state media reported Thursday.听鈥� The Associated Press

听Israel struck Beirut for the first time since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last month. It said it targeted a commander of the militant group鈥檚 elite Radwan force in the city鈥檚 southern suburbs. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced the action. Israeli media reported that the commander was killed in the strike, but there was no immediate confirmation from the Israeli military or Hezbollah. The Lebanon ceasefire has underpinned a broader U.S.-Iran truce, with a halt to Israeli strikes in Lebanon being a key Iranian demand. 鈥� Reuters

The Justice Department found UCLA鈥檚 medical school illegally considered race in admissions. The finding Wednesday intensifies the Trump administration鈥檚 scrutiny of college admissions and escalates its ongoing standoff with UCLA, which has focused mostly on the main campus鈥檚 response to allegations of antisemitic harassment. Affirmative action in admissions has been illegal since a 2023 Supreme Court ruling. The Justice Department鈥檚 investigation found UCLA favored Black and Hispanic applicants over white and Asian American students. The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA says its admission process is 鈥渂ased on merit鈥� and that it is committed to complying with state and federal laws.听鈥� A.P.

Guatemala named a new attorney general, after years of power struggles. President Bernardo Ar茅valo appointed lawyer Gabriel Estuardo Garc铆a Luna as Guatemala鈥檚 top law-enforcement official. The independent office has been rocked by corruption allegations in recent years. Outgoing AG Consuelo Porras repeatedly tried to block Mr. Ar茅valo from running for and taking office. She was sanctioned by scores of countries, including the United States, for alleged corruption, illegally targeting human rights advocates, and efforts to block the president鈥檚 anti-corruption plans. 鈥淭his is a time 鈥宼o 鈦爈earn from our history. Justice has all too often been a tool of revenge,鈥� Mr. Ar茅valo said. 鈥� Staff
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A rare comet will light up southern skies over the next two weeks. The comet, known as C/2025 R3 PANSTARRS, recently swung around the sun and is now visible from parts of the Southern Hemisphere, including New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa. Astronomers say viewers will need binoculars or a telescope to spot the glowing blue-green comet before it fades away again for another 170,000 years. Scientists believe it originated from a distant icy region beyond Pluto. 鈥� Staff

A rise in 鈥渢een takeovers鈥� is highlighting young people鈥檚 need for safe spaces and connection. It is also prompting a shift from reactive policing to proactive engagement, including more teen-focused, supervised 鈥渢hird spaces鈥� in communities.

Ahead of President Donald Trump鈥檚 expected visit in Beijing with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, longtime American allies in Europe and Asia remain on edge about the strength of their partnership with the United States.

School districts nationwide struggle with late buses. In Boston, parents, local officials, and the school district are pressing for accountability.

Some research estimates that the Nepalbhasa language could be lost in 30 to 40 years. The Callijatra team hosts calligraphy workshops most Saturdays across Kathmandu Valley听to听preserve and promote Nepalbhasa and its writing systems.

Sudan鈥檚 civil war has displaced some 14 million people. Hidden in that statistic are countless interrupted love stories.

Back in 2018, during his first term as president, Donald Trump called for a curb on a federal requirement that publicly traded firms report their performance every three months. The idea is to nudge both investors and corporations toward longer-term perspectives and focus less on a fluctuating stock price. This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) unveiled a plan that will allow such companies to provide reports every six months.

In the intervening eight years, ever-faster algorithms have enabled warp-speed stock trading, inflating shareholder impatience and expectations of instantaneous information and returns. In 2021, a Cornell University study confirmed that 鈥渇irms were actually becoming more short-term oriented across the market鈥� 鈥� a trend linked to the growing demand for more data and short-term projections for the investing public and markets.

The relative flexibility offered by this rule change will likely save time and repeated effort for the managers and accountants who put together the SEC-mandated reports. Beyond that, the change is a small but key step that can support sustained investment choices and also encourage privately held companies to consider going public.

鈥淢ore companies are choosing to remain private or returning to private ownership, rather than face mounting regulatory burdens and costs associated with being publicly traded,鈥� according to a 2025 report issued by Nasdaq. The document noted a 36% decline in the number of publicly listed companies since 2000 鈥� while firms funded with private capital grew by 475% in the same period.

Public capital markets have been described as an engine of economic growth 鈥� and their expansion widens opportunities for ordinary Americans to obtain a stake in the country鈥檚 economic success, through retirement plans and other investments.

Business titans such as Warren Buffett and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon have long advocated for patient, value-focused investment and growth approaches that benefit both business and society more generally. The practice of quarterly projections, they warned in The Wall Street Journal in 2018, 鈥渓eads to an unhealthy focus on short-term profits at the expense of long-term strategy, growth and sustainability.鈥�

Such short-termism undermines investment in research and development, new equipment or technology, and staff upskilling. These are inputs that spur both innovation and productivity, even if they do not generate immediate shareholder returns.

鈥淏uilding resilience to the risks of tomorrow ... requires time spent learning, thinking and strategizing,鈥� as the Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina has noted.

And those processes require America鈥檚 corporate decision-makers and shareholding public to pursue a measured approach to wealth building that values broad societal benefits over mere stock market speculation.