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Tigrayan Forces Mobilize Against the Central Government in Ethiopia
Tigray People’s Liberation Front seized a key airport in the city of Mekelle, as fears grow of a possible return to a full-scale war.
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Trump’s New Favorite Neighbor: Mexico
President Trump built his political brand in part on bashing Mexico. Now his second presidency depends on deepening partnerships with the country.
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India’s Election Panel Faces New Scrutiny Over Voter Roll Revisions
An explosive news report says election commission members objected to the measures that excluded millions of people from voting, which critics say favor the government.
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Ancient Wall Found in Paris Provides Clues to City’s Origins
A discovery at a Parisian hospital, on an island in the Seine, has given archaeologists clues about the city as Julius Caesar may have found it.
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The Lucas Museum’s Architect Wants to Help You Escape From Reality
Ma Yansong, China’s reigning starchitect, lets his buildings wrapped in nature do the shouting.
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TIFF 2026: A Canadian Critic Looks At This Year’s Fest
The 51st Toronto International Film Festival has wrapped, the culmination of eleven days showcasing hundreds of films, with thousands of patrons experiencing some of the best (and worst) of world cinema in 2026. A half million people came down to King Street on the opening weekend as part of the festival’s activation, taking in food…
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TIFF 2026: The Assassin(s), Diary of a Mad Old Man, It’s My Time
Fellow critic Cortlyn Kelly noted in her Gala Presentations dispatch an unexpected thematic arc of intergenerational, interpersonal conflict. The same could apply in to the three Gala films covered here: “The Assassin(s),” “Diary of an Old Man,” and “It’s My Time.” And yet there’s another narrative spine that connects them: these are projects that challenge…
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Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson Are Just Alright, Alright, Alright in Apple TV’s “Brothers”
If you were to ask A-list movie stars (and “True Detective” co-stars) Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, they’re close enough to be brothers. So close, in fact, that they’ve long stoked a theory that they might be biological siblings in real life; after all, McConaughey’s mother has alleged to be intimate with Harrelson’s dad around…
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New Study Illuminates Bats’ Murky Origins
The largest analysis of bat genomes and fossils suggests that the first bats emerged in Europe roughly 65 million years ago and that echolocation evolved early.
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Meta Unveils 3 Smart Glasses With Built-In A.I.
Artificial intelligence again dominated the company’s annual developer conference, as Mark Zuckerberg doubled down on how the technology can empower people.