SCOTT DETROW, HOST:
Here on Earth, we take for granted the fact that my watch displays the same time as everybody else’s watch does, at least within my time zone. And when you step back and think about it,…
SCOTT DETROW, HOST:
Here on Earth, we take for granted the fact that my watch displays the same time as everybody else’s watch does, at least within my time zone. And when you step back and think about it,…

Termite pellets can linger long after the insects that dropped them have disappeared. By testing for microbes in the excrement, researchers can distinguish old droppings from fresh, and whether a colony is actively chewing its way through a…
Activist Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib accuses Hamas of hiding tons of baby formula in Gaza warehouses to worsen starvation and advance its famine narrative against Israel.

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and US House Speaker Mike Johnson signed a letter Tuesday recommending that President Donald Trump receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
“No one in the world has done more than President Trump to advance peace around the…


Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Russian, Chinese planes entered its air defence zone during the joint exercise.
South Korea and Japan separately scrambled fighter jets after Russian and Chinese military aircraft conducted a joint air patrol…

Runners taking part in various marathon events over the coming months – including the Road Scholars China Coast Marathon on January 11 and the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon on January 18 – have been out in full force on the streets of…

JTA — Jewish Republican Bruce Blakeman, the chief executive of Long Island’s Nassau County, announced on Tuesday that he will run for governor of New York.
The announcement sets up a Republican primary between Blakeman, who is Jewish,…

Here are Wednesday’s latest updates from Israel, Gaza and the Middle East:
■ Two Palestinians, one 13 years old, were shot by the Israeli military in a refugee camp near Ramallah, the Red Crescent said.
■ Israel is expected to reopen the…