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Escalation between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fuels fears that the conflict will expand beyond many borders ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Clashes in the last year between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon have largely been confined to a tit-for-tat border conflict — until now. In …

LOS ANGELES | Xinhua | SpaceX’s Crew-9 Dragon spacecraft autonomously docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday. The spacecraft was launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the U.S. state of Florida on Saturday, and docked with the ISS at 5:30 p.m. …

FIFA President Gianni Infantino: “The FIFA Club World Cup 2025 will feature 12 fantastic stadiums where a new chapter in football’s global history will be written by great players from the 32 best clubs in the world” The official FIFA Club World Champions to be crowned at MetLife Stadium in …

GAZA | Xinhua | Hezbollah confirmed on Saturday that its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was killed in the Israeli airstrikes targeting the militant group’s command headquarters a day earlier in Dahieh, Beirut’s southern suburbs. In a statement, the group mourned Nasrallah, describing him as “a great martyr” and “a heroic, …

JERUSALEM, Israel | Xinhua | Israel launched fresh attacks on targets in Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahieh early Saturday, saying it was targeting Hezbollah weapons stored under civilian buildings. Eyewitnesses in Beirut reported Israeli warplanes flying over the city’s southern suburb and conducting several rounds of bombings within an hour in …

Death of 26 year old has sparked a broader conversation about the pressures faced by young professionals and the need for companies to place a higher priority on employees’ well-being COMMENT | SHASHI THAROOR | The tragic death of Anna Sebastian Perayil, a 26-year-old employee at the accounting firm Ernst & …

GENEVA  | Xinhua | Over 100 countries voiced their support for China’s position and opposed the politicization of human rights at the 57th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Tuesday. In response to criticism of China’s human rights record from the United States and a small …

BEIJING | XINHUA |  Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday held talks with Malaysia’s King Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar in Beijing, pledging to work with Malaysia to bring the building of a China-Malaysia community with a shared future to a new level. Xi pointed out that as neighbors across the …

XI: Democracy is not an ornament to be put on display, but an instrument for addressing the issues that concern the people BEIJING | Xinhua |  Earlier this year, Chinese President Xi Jinping participated in a joint group meeting of the second session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese …

NEW YORK | Xinhua | The Summit of the Future opened at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York on Sunday, with the adoption of a Pact for the Future, as well as its annexes the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration on Future Generations, which cover a broad …