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- Caring for the caregivers: How Ukraine鈥檚 medics get helpFront-line medics work grueling hours to help Ukrainian soldiers defending their country. Behind them stands a scaffolding of support to help maintain their mental well-being.
- First LookFrench prime minister loses confidence vote, toppling governmentFrance鈥檚 government has collapsed again, forcing President Emmanuel Macron to find a new leader amid concerns over the national debt.聽
- Why some Israeli journalists only now are turning a lens on Gaza devastationThroughout the war in Gaza, Israel鈥檚 media has focused on Israelis鈥 hardships on and since Oct. 7. It was what people wanted. Now, some journalists are admitting that coverage of Gazans as people has been irresponsibly minimal, distorting reality.
- First LookIsraeli army tells Gaza residents to flee as it targets more high-rise buildingsAid groups warn that a large-scale evacuation would exacerbate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza City, which is suffering from famine. Most families have already been displaced several times over the course of the Israel-Hamas war, and say they have nowhere left to go.聽
- First LookThai parliament ousts prime minister after ethics scandalAnutin Charnvirakul was elected prime minister of Thailand on Sept. 5, after Paetongtarn Shinawatra was dismissed last week for ethics violations.
- Behind France鈥檚 confidence vote, a nation at political loggerheadsFrench Prime Minister Fran莽ois Bayrou faces a confidence vote he called to help push through unpopular budget cuts. But the ploy will likely backfire.
- Why a weakened Hezbollah still poses a challenge to Lebanon鈥檚 governmentFor decades, Iran鈥檚 powerful ally Hezbollah limited Beirut鈥檚 power. Israel severely weakened the Shiite militia, yet as a new Lebanese government seeks to assert its authority, an easy compromise seems unlikely.
- Amid record violence, more Latin Americans welcome US interventionHistoric mistrust of the U.S. is softening in Latin America, as politicians there ponder turning to Washington for help in combating drug violence.
- Xi鈥檚 week of diplomacy: As the US pushes countries away, China draws them closerVladimir Putin and other world leaders alienated by the West gathered in China this week 鈥 first for an economic summit in Tianjin and then a military parade in Beijing.
- Letter from Yukon: In Canada鈥檚 north, the gold rush lives on as a family businessThe Klondike gold rush is long over, but residents of Canada鈥檚 Yukon still 鈥減an for gold.鈥 It鈥檚 a family business, passed down between generations.
- Difference MakerIndian women learn how to rebuild their lives after being traffickedThe nonprofit Basirhat Initiative for Rural Dedication is breaking the silence around the exploitation of women in and near the Sundarbans.
- Cooking videos got these Gazans a global following. Now, there鈥檚 nothing to eat.Instagram creators like @renadfromgaza and @hamadashoo documented how Palestinians in Gaza ate in a time of war ...聽 until they had nothing to eat themselves.
- Points of ProgressWhere cellphones help users save money, and pricey calls are now freeProgress roundup: To better connect incarcerated New Yorkers with loved ones, the state is paying for phone calls. In Africa, mobile money helps people save.
- First LookRussia accused of GPS jamming flight of EU leader von der Leyen over BulgariaEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen鈥檚 plane landed safely at Plovdiv airport. President Von der Leyen, a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow鈥檚 war in Ukraine, is on a four-day tour of European Union nations bordering Russia and Belarus.
- First LookJudge bars Trump administration from deporting Guatemalan children, for nowThe judge ruled Sunday after their lawyers said the youngsters were loaded onto planes in violation of laws affording protections for migrant kids. The judge, in Washington, says the children need to be taken off the planes while the legal process plays out.
- Cover StoryHe reported on the rise of an autocrat. Then he had to flee his country.Our reporter fled El Salvador after uncovering corruption. He鈥檚 one of many escaping authoritarian regimes.
- First LookHouthi rebel prime minister killed by Israeli airstrike in YemenThe Iranian-backed Houthis say an Israeli airstrike has killed Ahmed al-Rahawi, the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in Yemen's capital, Sanaa.聽The Israeli military confirmed it targeted a Houthi military site in Sanaa Thursday where the Houthis say Mr. Rahawi was killed.
- China鈥檚 humanoid robots are gaining ground 鈥 but they鈥檙e not there yetThe U.S. and China are racing to build humanoid robots capable of performing many daily tasks 鈥 but the complexity of home and business environments makes that challenging.聽
- Letter from Delhi: Indian care packages caught in crossfire of tariff changesAmerica鈥檚 Indian diaspora has never been larger 鈥撀爋r more dependent on mail from home. But the end of tax exemptions聽for small parcels entering the U.S. has post offices around the world suspending service.
- In Europe, laws protecting asylum-seekers under fire from publicPublic sentiment in European countries is turning against asylum-seekers, prompting some governments to consider abrogating treaties that protect them.