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More than 1.5 million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, against the backdrop of a tenuous ceasefire in the Iran war and related regional tensions.
| Keywords | hajjmuslimsislamsaudi-arabiapilgrimagewariran-warmiddle-eastgeopoliticsconflictreligionred-green-axis |
President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes.
| Keywords | trumpiranus-militaryisraelmarco-rubiopeace-dealmiddle-eastwarfarenational-securityus-iran-relationsdefensestrategic-strikesunited-statesescalationtehrancombat-operationsabc-news |
China launched the Shenzhou 23 spacecraft with 3 astronauts heading to its space station. One astronaut is set to stay in space for a year to explore human adaptability in long-duration spaceflights.
| Keywords | chinashenzhou-23spacecraftastronautsspace-stationspaceflightaerospacespace-explorationlong-duration-spaceflighttaikong-space-stationspace-missionhuman-adaptabilityastronomyspace-industry |
The cost of Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on crime is too high.
| Keywords | el-salvadornayib-bukelecorruptionhuman-rightsprisoncrimejusticepoliticsnytimesopinionlawgovernmentauthoritarianismbukelelatin-americacrackdowndisappearancelegal-systempolitical-violence |
Three centuries late and not a moment too soon.
Countries are learning that the finer things in life sometimes have a serendipitous side benefit.
| Keywords | wildfiresclimate-changeeuropewinetruffleshoneyfirefightingnytimesjeanna-smialekagricultureenvironmental-crisisnaturescience |
Leo XIV is to issue his thoughts about artificial intelligence in the modern world, using a centuries-old form of papal communication called an encyclical, the first since he became pope.
As China’s economy slows, consumers are increasingly turning to domestic luxury products, challenging the dominance of long-established European brands.
| Keywords | chinaluxurychinese-brandseconomicsconsumerismwealthfinanceinvestmentgoldheritagedomestic-marketeconomychina-economybusinessshoppinghigh-endluxury-goodsglobal-markets |
Even doctors can learn something from A.I.
Andriy Melnyk, criticized as a Nazi collaborator and lionized as an anti-Soviet resistance leader, was given state honors for his reburial near Kyiv.
| Keywords | ukrainekyivandriy-melnyknazisovietanti-sovietresistancereburialhistorywar-historynationalismstate-honorseuropegeopoliticspoliticseuropean-securitypost-warcontroversymemory-politics |