BTS return from military service – but does their album live up to the hype?
The band’s 10th album sees them return to the rebellious, rap-heavy sound of their early days.
This week’s Short Wave news roundup
NPR’s Short Wave team talks about a wildflower’s ability to adapt to climate change, the grooming habits of birds, and the social lives of sharks.
Georgia woman charged with murder after police say she took pills to induce an abortion
A 31-year-old Georgia woman has charged with murder by police who say she took pills to induce an abortion
Forced from their homes and fearing all-out Israeli invasion, Lebanese feel nowhere is safe
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Fleeing in the middle of the night, sleeping without blankets in schools-turned-shelters, and struggling to find basic resources.
North Korean leader Kim and his daughter ride a tank together during army training
In their latest joint public appearance, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his teenage daughter rode a tank together, state media photos showed Friday.
VC Montis raises €50M to back Europe’s energy and industrial tech startups
The Warsaw-based fund, backed by the European Investment Fund and the Polish Development Fund, plans 20–25 pre-seed and seed investments in companies working on energy
Eid celebrations dimmed by war and displacement across Middle East
Economic crises and conflict dampen traditional Eid celebrations in Iran, Gaza, and Lebanon.
Five problems the Iran war could solve for Israel’s Netanyahu
From the Iranian threat to his own domestic legal and political troubles, war with Iran has advantages for Netanyahu.
Long before Trump: How US policy has harmed the environment for decades
Environment advocacy groups are suing the US government over climate change policy rollback.
I went to bed with a sore ear, meningitis put me in a coma
Mark McNamee did not know he had meningitis until he woke up in hospital after being in an induced coma.
Woman with ‘agonising’ condition to ‘give back’
The Worcester woman says she wants endometriosis patients to be “met with a little extra comfort”.
Observers blown away as Trump proves he ‘paid attention to nothing’ war advisors told him
Two political experts were blown away on Thursday after President Tweety McTreason proved he “paid attention to nothing” that his war advisors are telling him.
‘Oh boy!’ Jen Psaki beside herself as ‘biggest grift’ in Trump admin unearthed
MS NOW’s Jen Psaki was beside herself on Thursday as she reported on two blockbuster stories about corruption in the Trump administration. NBC News reported