Semafor • Dec 15, 2025
Chinese pandas to leave Japan amid diplomatic row
There will be no pandas in Japan for the first time since 1972, with the last pair set to return to China in February.
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Semafor • Dec 15, 2025
US may deport Chinese citizen-journalist
The Chinese national fled to the US after reporting on the alleged ethnic cleansing of China’s Muslim Uyghur minority.
Zeteo • Dec 15, 2025
The (Muslim) Hero of Bondi
Mehdi on the Islamophobes' response to the brutal killing of Jews in Australia; how the DOGE folks are headed for Gaza; and the fallout from the Bari Weiss/Erika Kirk CBS town hall.
Semafor • Dec 15, 2025
Tanzania seeks US lobbyist to quell criticism over post-election violence
The East African country is facing its biggest political crisis in decades.
Semafor • Dec 15, 2025
Australia and the US mourn following mass shootings
The killings at Sydney's Bondi Beach and Brown University shattered peaceful communities on opposite sides of the world.
Scheer Post • Dec 15, 2025
Surprising Lessons for the U.S. Resistance to Trump: In Sudan’s Recent History
By Rebecca Gordon for Tom Dispatch Follow a line south and west from the Gaza Strip, continue through Egypt, and you’ll end up in another place where a genocide is in progress. It’s one we don’t hear much about in the United States, probably because it’s happening in an African nation, one of those places […]
Semafor • Dec 14, 2025
Hong Kong's last major opposition party dissolves
Hong Kong’s last major opposition party disbanded on Sunday after three decades, a reflection of Beijing’s security crackdown and pressure on the city’s dissenting voices.
Semafor • Dec 14, 2025
Hamas says Israel strike threatens truce
Israel said it killed a top Hamas commander in Gaza, challenging a fragile truce that took effect in October.
Semafor • Dec 14, 2025
Kyiv makes concessions in effort to advance peace talks
Ukraine signaled it could offer a slate of concessions to Russia in an effort to advance peace talks.
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The new era of Israeli expansionism and the war economy that fuels it
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NASA’s Artemis II plans to send a crew around the Moon to test equipment and lay the groundwork for a future landing
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How Human Rights Watch Shattered Yugoslavia
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Kidnapping a President: Leonardo Flores on Trump’s War Against Venezuela
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The Grammys Actually Acknowledged What’s Going on in the World
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Europe in Panic: Trump’s Power Play Shakes the World Order
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Ignoring China’s Poverty Alleviation Success Is Costing Us All
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