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A lasting Lebanese peace still looks a long way off

Donald Trump has enforced a ceasefire, but that is just a start

War and the making of a superpower

In the AI propaganda war, Iran is winning

A joyless theocracy produces wittier videos than the Trump administration

Why women, more than men, are abandoning rural Japan

Bigger cities are, in turn, skewing more female

The US in Brief: Swalwell’s out

Our daily political update, featuring the stories that matter

How to Fit 250 Years of American History and Culture Into One Map

Smithsonian magazine explores some of the many ways to celebrate the nation and looks back at how previous big birthdays were commemorated amid domest...

Why Anthropic and OpenAI are locking up their latest models

Allowing only a privileged few companies to use them may make commercial sense

Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon is a lethality-maxxing wasps’ nest

America’s armed forces are supremely capable and roiled by infighting

Most Syrians in Germany are there to stay

Sending back masses of immigrants would be foolish and impossible