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Myanmar festival goers shun politics for tradition

Goat, hippo and duck-shaped hot air balloons floated in clear blue skies over war-ravaged Myanmar this week in a rare opportunity for escapism.

The Far Right Targets Their Similarities. Their Differences Define Them.

Zohran Mamdani, the leading contender in the Nov. 4 New York election, and Sadiq Khan, London’s mayor, are liberal and Muslim, but they’re navigating varied politics, communities and cities.

Why is there so much talk about nuclear weapons this week?

North Korea is one potential villain in a fictional movie about nuclear war on Netflix, Kathryn Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite.” It is a “Rashomon”-style thriller about the concept of mutually assured ...

Republican Jewish leaders planned a ceasefire celebration, pivoted to take on antisemitism within

Concerns that antisemitism is on the rise among Republicans burst to the surface this weekend, turning a conference of the nation's ...