Israeli Hostages and Palestinian Prisoners Released in Sixth Swap

new video loaded: Israeli Hostages and Palestinian Prisoners Released in Sixth Swap transcript Back transcript Israeli Hostages and Palestinian Prisoners Released in Sixth Swap Hamas freed three Israelis, and Israel released 369 Palestinian prisoners in exchange, concluding the sixth hostage-for-prisoner swap under the cease-fire deal. I know that it’s all bittersweet, and I know that … Read more

German Chancellor Accuses JD Vance of Election Interference

new video loaded: German Chancellor Accuses JD Vance of Election Interference transcript Back transcript German Chancellor Accuses JD Vance of Election Interference At the Munich Security Conference, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz rebuked U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s call for German leaders to allow the hard-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, to enter their government. Well, … Read more

Love Letters – The New York Times

A friend told me he recently removed the email app from his phone. “I used to love in the old days, coming home and checking email — there would be new messages!” he rhapsodized. I felt the pang. Not only would there be new messages, but often, in those early days of email, they were … Read more

A Closer Look at the 3 Hostages Freed by Hamas

Hamas freed three more Israeli hostages on Saturday in a ceremony marked by some of the same provocative theatrics used by the Palestinian militants in previous releases. It was the sixth round of a tense series of hostage-for-prisoner exchanges that are part of a 42-day cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas that went into effect … Read more

Armed Bandits in Brazil Pursue New Loot: Ozempic

Around 10:30 p.m. on a Friday in late January, David Fernando, a pharmacist, was working behind a counter at a drugstore in São Paulo when a man walked up to him and flashed a gun. “He asked for money from the register and medications from the refrigerator,” Mr. Fernando said. These days, pharmacists in São … Read more