YouTube Expands its Livestreaming Tools In Push for More Live Video
[The world’s largest and most influential video platform wants to persuade a lot more content creators to broadcast live.
Month: September 2025
At least 50 dead after refugee boat catches fire off Libya
At least 50 people have died after a vessel carrying 75 Sudanese refugees caught fire off Libya’s coast on Sunday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday. The IOM reported that it provided medical support to 24 survivors rescued from the incident. Libya has long been a major transit point for migrants and … Read more
Pig Organ Transplants May Pose a Dilemma for Some Jews and Muslims
The taboo against pork is deeply entrenched in both religious traditions. But the prohibition is not absolute.
As an Activist, Robert Redford Understood the Power of Celebrity
His knowledge of the ways cameras and media create narratives helped him redirect those stories in service of larger causes like environmentalism.
PTI senators resign from all committees
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has formally resigned from all Senate standing committees, intensifying its political disengagement from the parliamentary process in protest against what it describes as an ‘engineered system’. PTI’s parliamentary leader in the Senate, Barrister Ali Zafar, submitted the resignations of party senators to the Senate Secretariat on Tuesday. Speaking outside the Parliament … Read more
What a No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine Would Mean for the West
Poland suggested such a zone after a major Russian incursion. But political hesitance and military shortcomings pose clear obstacles.
National Parks to Remove Some Materials on Slavery and Tribes
The Trump administration ordered a Civil War-era war image removed from a National Park site in Georgia as it moves to promote what it considers a more positive view of American history.
Russia Indoctrinates Children From Occupied Ukraine at 210 Sites, Study Says
War crime investigators at Yale discovered a program of re-education and military and police training that was larger than estimated earlier.
Palestinian Artists Open Gaza Biennale in New York
The exhibition aims to give a voice to people making creative work about their lives in a war zone. “These small notebooks and my pens became my refuge,” one wrote.
For the First Time in 215 Years, a Woman Leads Mexico’s Cry of Independence
Claudia Sheinbaum, the country’s president, was the first woman to give the country’s annual Grito de Dolores, a tradition dating to a priest’s call to arms against Spain more than two centuries ago.
