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World Five Thai nationals held captive by Hamas for over a year returned to Thailand on Sunday, reuniting with their tearful families at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport. Thailand’s foreign ministry said 1 Thai national is still believed to be held captiveThomson Reuters · Posted: Feb 09, 2025 6:59 AM EST |Continue Reading

Hello, royal watchers. This is your regular dose of royal news and analysis. Reading this online? Sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox. ​​​​​​It is, perhaps, a quintessential quandary: style versus substance, and whether one should hold sway over the other. The Princess of Wales — or a source speakingContinue Reading

World A magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook the Caribbean Sea south of the Cayman Islands Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Several islands and countries urged people near the coastline to move inland but authorities in most places later lifted the tsunami alerts. Cayman Islands gives ‘all-clear’ after urging coastal residentsContinue Reading

World Images from Reuters show the bus completely burned out after it was engulfed by flames following the collision, with just the skeletal remains of the metal frame left standing. Officials say 38 passengers, 2 drivers aboard bus killed, along with truck driverThomson Reuters · Posted: Feb 08, 2025 6:42Continue Reading

World Lebanon’s new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Saturday formed the country’s first full-fledged government since 2022. He pledged to work on economic reforms and attempt to secure reconstruction funds after last year’s war between Israel and Hezbollah. Cabinet in country’s first government in over 2 years split evenly between Christian and MuslimContinue Reading

Hamas releases 3 hostages, Israel begins releasing Palestinian prisoners Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages, whose gaunt appearance shocked Israelis, while Israel began freeing dozens of Palestinians, on Saturday during the latest stage of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the 15-month war in Gaza. Palestinian militantContinue Reading

In normal times, a G7 and NATO leader accusing a U.S. president of craving annexation would be a headline-detonating, multi-megaton blast of news, leaving shock waves for months. These aren’t normal times.  Donald Trump’s repeated talk of annexing Canada is almost universally treated as a joke in Washington. Or, maybe,Continue Reading

Time magazine’s Friday cover depicts billionaire Elon Musk behind the Resolute Desk in the White House’s Oval Office, a seat typically reserved for the president, seeming to imply that the world’s wealthiest man holds greater power in Washington than even President Donald Trump. Musk, who spent an estimated $288 millionContinue Reading

World Ukrainian officials want to get in front of U.S. President Donald Trump before he arranges to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump says he’ll ‘probably’ meet with Zelenskyy next week, but won’t go to Ukraine Geoff Nixon · CBC News · Posted: Feb 07, 2025 8:24 PM ESTContinue Reading