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The pilot who died after crashing a small plane into Beijing’s tallest skyscraper, injuring 13 people, had mental health issues and had written about suicide in his diary, authorities said Thursday. A hole is seen on the side of the...

If we don’t know the source, not only do humans remain at risk but wildlife can suffer needlessly via retaliation While virologists and public health departments were palpitating over the news of an Andes virus infectious disease outbreak on...

GAZA, (PIC) The Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Gaza issued a comprehensive diagnostic report reviewing the educational status in the Gaza Strip for the years (2023-2026), representing a reference and methodological document through which the ministry monitored the deep...

GAZA, (PIC) Nicola von Arx, Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), affirmed that the humanitarian situation in Gaza remains unsustainable and unacceptable, stressing that the suffering of residents has...

Two People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy warships have sailed into Hong Kong for a five-day visit that will allow residents to board the vessels, a day after the 29th anniversary of the city’s return to China. A family poses for...

The NY Times published an outrageous article on Wednesday that perpetuates the myth that Ukraine is inflicting massive casualties on Russia. I suppose this is just another part of the propaganda game to deceive the US public about...

WEST BANK, (PIC) Jewish settler groups carried out a series of attacks and incursions across the occupied West Bank overnight and into Thursday morning, targeting Palestinian villages, residential communities, and civilian property. In the Nablus governorate, settlers raided the village of Burqa,...

WEST BANK, (PIC Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out a series of overnight and early Thursday raids across multiple cities and towns in the West Bank, conducting house searches, arrests, and demolitions, while Israeli settlers intensified attacks on Palestinian communities and...

This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with permission. Read the original here. KDDI’s cable-laying and repair capacity, Japan’s intervention in the Makino Milling Machine acquisition, and the Daikin–Shin-Etsu–Hitachi–Tokyo Eco Recycle rare-earth magnet project would seem to belong to separate policy...

GAZA, (PIC) Israeli forces continued their ceasefire violations across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, carrying out new demolitions, artillery shelling, and gunfire in multiple areas. A local source said Hisham Khaled Hamad, a resident of Rafah in southern Gaza, died from wounds...

Welcome, Here are the key updates of the day: - Qatar says indirect talks in Doha between the US and Iran see "positive progress", with oil prices falling in response to the news - - Tehran says a communication channel will...

Islam Times - J.D. Vance’s claim that the global economy would welcome Iran back if a nuclear agreement is reached echoes Washington’s long-standing narrative of conditioning economic engagement on Iran abandoning what it views as its nuclear ambitions, defensive capabilities,...

Modern cosmology rests on a simple assumption: if we look on large enough scales, matter should be distributed evenly, with no preferred direction within the cosmos. This is known as the cosmological principle. Now, as new telescopes both on Earth...

On June 29, France thought it had found its way back into the Strait of Hormuz. Hours after French President Emmanuel Macron and Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said agreed in Paris to clear the strait’s mines and guarantee...

Japan is throwing its industrial weight behind a homegrown challenger to US and Chinese dominance in artificial intelligence. The government announced this week it will fund Noetra, a new consortium of SoftBank Corp., Sony, NEC and Honda, to build a...

History has a habit of concealing its most consequential turning points inside the mundane. The invention of the shipping container did not announce itself as a revolution in global trade. The rise of the mobile phone was initially dismissed as...

The Observatory (HKO) hoisted the T1 storm signal at 7.45am on Thursday, as a tropical depression approached China’s Hainan Island. Photo: Observatory. “According to the present forecast, the tropical depression will intensify gradually and move in the general direction of...

By: Majid Maqbool - - - - The killing and maiming of children globally has increased to alarming levels, particularly in the murderous struggle between Israel and its foes, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Myanmar and Somalia as out-of-control...

The World Bank board of directors on Thursday approved $265 million in financing to support construction of a new pumped hydropower storage plant in Morocco, two days after abandoning a goal to devote 45% of its lending resources to climate-related...

Though relegated to the sidelines thanks to President Donald Trump’s decision to launch an illegal and unjustified war on Iran at the behest of the Israeli warfare state, the war in Ukraine grows more dangerous with each passing day. In...

Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack. Will Israel restart the war with Iran before the October elections? This is the consensus view emerging within Iran’s internal national security debate over the past week. Several factors are driving Tehran to...

After President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance committed the United States to a deconfliction cell with Iran in Switzerland – a mechanism enforcing a ceasefire in Lebanon as well as Iran – Israel and its powerful lobby moved...

For a quarter of a century, consumer technology was the most dependable disinflationary force in the world economy. Each year, the device in the hand did more and cost less, and that quiet subtraction flattered every inflation print on earth....

Attackers targeted the homes of three politicians from Greece's ruling party with homemade explosives on Wednesday, leaving one person dead and four wounded, police told AFP . The attacks at dawn in the northern city of Thessaloniki targeted figures from...

Turkey's Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Wednesday that he met senior Iraqi oil and foreign ministry officials to discuss energy cooperation, including on the Iraq-Turkey Crude Oil Pipeline that runs from Kirkuk to Ceyhan. The decades-old Turkey-Iraq Crude Oil Pipeline...

GAZA, (PIC) Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said on Wednesday that escalating Israeli discussions about new plans to displace the population of the Gaza Strip underscore the seriousness of what he described as efforts to forcibly remove Palestinians by destroying the territory’s...

- Total fertility rate at lowest level since 1997 – decline registered among both German and foreign women - - Fertility highest in Niedersachsen , lowest in Sachsen - Not mentioned in the English translation: Women...

GAZA, (PIC) Spain has welcomed 20 Palestinian children from Gaza, accompanied by their families, as part of the sixth medical evacuation mission from the Strip to receive treatment in Spanish hospitals. Spanish Health Minister Mónica García announced the children’s arrival in a...

The Palestinian technocratic committee tasked with administering post-war Gaza said Wednesday it concluded two days of "highly productive" talks in Cyprus on easing humanitarian suffering and advancing plans to rebuild the territory. The National Committee for the Administration of...

At a speech in Jerusalem today, Mike Huckabee described Israel as “the 436th congressional district of the U.S.’” Speaking at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel announced Washington will build a permanent embassy in Jerusalem —...

Islam Times - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed that Iran and Iraq are preparing for a “historic” funeral for the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution His Eminence Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei, speaking following meetings with Iraq’s top leadership...