Mexico City bids adiós to monument to Castro and ‘Che’ Guevara
A controversial monument in Mexico City to the Marxist revolutionaries Fidel Castro and Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara has been removed, setting off debates about their legacy
‘Cautious calm’ reported in southern Syria after week of deadly tribal clashes
More than 1,000 people have been killed since sectarian fighting broke out a week ago, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said.
Israel issues new evacuation orders in crowded central Gazan city
People in Deir al-Balah are told to leave, as the IDF prepares to launch its first ground offensive in the city during its war against
Starving Palestinians pepper-sprayed at GHF aid site in Gaza, video shows
Men, women and children seen running in all directions away from Israeli soldiers attacking the desperate aid seekers.
Video: Passengers jump from burning ship into the sea in Indonesia
Video shows people jumping into the sea as fire engulfs a passenger ship, the KM Barcelona VA, in Indonesia.
Trump’s big beautiful police state is here
The unprecedented expansion of the immigration enforcement budget will pave the way for more policing and repression.
Huge victory as court says sports group can’t force female runner to take hormones
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CyberShoes
From design firm 2-LA: Inspired by the sharp-edged, brutalist aesthetics of the Tesla Cybertruck, CyberShoes explores the tension between aggressive geometry and unexpected comfort. It’s
What Would a Real Friendship With A.I. Look Like? Maybe Like Hers.
Chatbots can get scary if you suspend your disbelief. But MJ Cocking didn’t — and wound up in a relationship that was strangely, helpfully real.
News Analysis: Trump’s ‘force of personality’ hasn’t delivered on key foreign policy goals
The most dramatic example of unfulfilled expectations has come in Ukraine, the bloody conflict Trump promised to end even before his inauguration.
After six months under Trump, California and L.A. are battlegrounds. Who benefits?
The Trump administration has repeatedly centered its policy battles in California, including on immigration and transgender rights, gun permitting rules, environmental regulations and agricultural policies.
Barabak: Here’s why Jeffrey Epstein’s tangled web is conspiratorial catnip
Combining an ancient trope with modern cynicism, the sex-trafficking scandal has ingredients that keep it fresh long after other conspiracies faded. Tweety McTreason used it