Why Israel needs more than Iron Dome to thwart attack
Israel and the US have stitched together a bigger air defence system for a possible multifront assault that will present the biggest test yet for Israel.
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Scratch tropes, cat power rules
Feline fans are challenging sad stereotypes, from Taylor Swift’s Time cover to ‘childless cat ladies’ reclaiming the term.
US faces challenges to protect Israel
Biden administration mounts last-ditch appeal to Tehran, while also pushing to keep ceasefire talks alive.
Nine UN workers fired as probe finds links to Hamas
Probe of agency responsible for aid to Palestinians was ordered after Israel alleged employees joined assault.
What is the yen carry trade?
The unwinding of a popular investment strategy is sending ripples through global markets.
Is this 1987 all over again? What’s driving the market meltdown
Financial markets are supposed to capture the wisdom of the crowd, but on Monday the crowd ran in all directions waving its hands in the air screaming. One particular data point triggered the panic.
From dud to holy trinity of heroines: the reinvention of Kamala
Democrats stuck with Joe Biden because they thought his vice president was even weaker. Can the Democrats and a collaborative media pull off their recasting of Kamala Harris?
Harris and the first amendment
The Supreme Court rebuked her use of lawfare in California.
Trump’s team had a Harris strategy. Then he went off script
Donald Trump has ignited a firestorm by questioning Kamala Harris’s racial identity, an attack that risks harming his larger campaign strategy to define her.
US deploys extra warships, jets, readies for severe Iranian strike
Tehran and its allies have told diplomats retaliation will be ‘heavy and swift’ but won’t telegraph when or how, raising the risk of war.
Militants’ attack makes Lebanon more endangered
Diplomats have scrambled to prevent an all-out war between Israel and the powerful Lebanese militia Hezbollah after 12 children were killed by a rocket fired from Lebanon.
British slang might not be the dog’s bollocks for much longer
Many phrases the English grew up with are fading as younger generations learn to call each other ‘Karen’ or ‘basic’ like any other rando, instead of indigenous slurs.
America’s political war pits men against women
The forces of US culture and politics are pushing men and women under 30 into opposing camps, creating a new faultline and adding an unexpected wildcard.
Dozens of Russian mercenaries dead
Rebels seeking autonomy in Mali have killed dozens of Russian mercenaries in an attack that is being portrayed as a setback for Moscow’s African ambitions.
How Elon Musk broke with Biden and the Democrats
The split started with a snub at a White House electric-vehicle summit. Things got worse from there.
Trump looks to regain campaign edge after rough week
Republicans sharpen verbal attacks on Harris, who has rapidly erased the former president’s leads in polling and fundraising
Paris Olympics organisers apologise for opening ceremony’s ‘Last Supper’ scene
The bawdy segment, which involved dancers, drag queens and a mostly naked figure covered in blue paint, was decried by religious and conservative groups.
Israel prepares for retaliatory strike on Hezbollah
Israel’s government has authorised a strike on Hezbollah in Lebanon, amid a US-led diplomatic push to contain the fallout from a strike that killed 12 young people in the Golan Heights.
Vance has ‘basket of deplorables’ moment
Doanld Trump’s running mate is on the defensive over his views about the childless.
Pentagon to set up joint HQ in Japan
American forces in Japan to be overseen from a headquarters there as Washington tries to strengthen allies in Asia.
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