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UK police arrest man for terror plot in probe of antisemitic attacks

UK police arrest man for terror plot in probe of antisemitic attacks

Suspect is 26th arrested over last month, after spate of synagogue and ambulance arsons; Starmer vows law against ‘malign state actors’ amid...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

The Houthis of Yemen promise to cut off Trump's last hope in the Middle East

The Houthis of Yemen promise to cut off Trump's last hope in the Middle East

The Houthis of Yemen promise to cut off Trump’s last hope in the Middle East The Houthis have vowed to close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, vital for...

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New Eastern Outlook

Mohamed Lamine Kaba

The Comparison Trap in Eating Disorder Recovery

The Comparison Trap in Eating Disorder Recovery

How to break free from comparison in eating disorder recovery.

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Psychology Today

Carolyn Karoll Lcsw-C

Daily Briefing April 27: Success of Bennett-Lapid merger hinges on Eisenkot role in race

Daily Briefing April 27: Success of Bennett-Lapid merger hinges on Eisenkot role in race

Political correspondents Sam Sokol and Ariela Karmel discuss the decision by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid to run a joint list and campaign for the...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Cynická obluda: Mafiánske prekáračky na verejnosti

Nie, Ferenčák, napriek krvi, naozaj nie je martýrom pravdy, ani morálnym bojovníkom za lepšie Slovensko.

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SME.sk

Cynická Obluda

The Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Is Bleeding Africa Dry – And What Africa Pays for the U.S. Bombing of Iran

The Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Is Bleeding Africa Dry – And What Africa Pays for the U.S. Bombing of Iran

The Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Is Bleeding Africa Dry – And What Africa Pays for the U.S. Bombing of Iran When American and Israeli missiles...

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New Eastern Outlook

Mohammed Ibn Faisal Al-Rashid

Exclusionary Justice: The APA’s Failure to Protect Jewish Psychologists

Exclusionary Justice: The APA’s Failure to Protect Jewish Psychologists

In January 2026, the Chief Executive Officer of the American Psychological Association (APA) wrote that leadership means “deciding which battles...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Daniel Balva

A Bridge Too Far: When the Court Harms Children to Punish Their Parents

The High Court’s recent ruling may be presented as a victory for “the law” or “equality,” but in practice, it masks a grave moral injustice....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eliezer Simcha Weiss

The war on Iran is eroding nuclear non-proliferation

The war on Iran is eroding nuclear non-proliferation

On April 27, states party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will gather in New York to begin their five-year review of...

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Al Jazeera

Olamide Samuel

Iran said to offer US deal to reopen Hormuz, end war and put off nuclear talks

Iran said to offer US deal to reopen Hormuz, end war and put off nuclear talks

Trump to meet with national security, foreign policy teams to discuss proposal, report says, as oil prices rise after failed attempt to restart...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

EDITORIAL: Nuclear powers must meet pledge to work on arms reduction

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

What a president, a movie star, a congressman, and a cell phone all dared to say

What a president, a movie star, a congressman, and a cell phone all dared to say

Richard Nixon was not a man given to moral clarity. But in the privacy of the Oval Office, away from the choreography of statecraft, he spoke with a...

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Middle East Monitor

Jasim Al-Azzawi

Decoupling and South Korea’s new capitalism

Decoupling and South Korea’s new capitalism

South Korea’s economic performance appears to be decoupling from that of the United States. While economic growth in 2025 was around 1%, less than...

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The Japan Times

Keun Lee

Curiosity: An Essential Force for Emotion Regulation

Curiosity: An Essential Force for Emotion Regulation

Enhancing curiosity is essential for self-reflection and emotion regulation.

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Psychology Today

Bernard Golden

A Jew, the ‘Last Child of Chernobyl,’ Now Defends Ukraine in the Army

A Jew, the ‘Last Child of Chernobyl,’ Now Defends Ukraine in the Army

Yevhen, born in a Jewish family in Chernobyl on April 26, 1986, is known as the “last child of Chernobyl.” Forty years later, he serves in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Alexander lutsenko

The Hidden Chokepoints Threatening the Global Economy

The Hidden Chokepoints Threatening the Global Economy

CAMBRIDGE—The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is just the latest in a series of major supply shocks the global economy has experienced since 2020....

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Project Syndicate

Diane Coyle

Witnessing History: What I Learned Standing with NYC’s Iranian Diaspora

Witnessing History: What I Learned Standing with NYC’s Iranian Diaspora

Following the elimination of Iran’s brutal dictator, Ali Khamenei, on February 28, 2026, the world witnessed a rare phenomenon: a nation partying...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ezra greenspan

The West is still getting Russia wrong

The West is still getting Russia wrong

Four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western observers still do not understand the Kremlin’s strategy. Some think there is...

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The Japan Times

Inna bondarenko — daniel sleat

‘The Zionists’ is a Brave New Play About U.S. Jews That Gets One Big Thing Wrong

‘The Zionists’ is a Brave New Play About U.S. Jews That Gets One Big Thing Wrong

In America’s post-October 7 cultural landscape, telling the truth about Israel has become a radical act of defiance; a feat that turns every Zionist...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kevin deutsch

Africa’s cultural landmarks: Ọṣun-Òṣogbo Sacred Grove, Nigeria

Africa’s cultural landmarks: Ọṣun-Òṣogbo Sacred Grove, Nigeria Africa’s cultural landmarks: Sikien of Koutammakou Africa’s cultural...

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Aeon

Aeon Video

الإمارات.. حين تنقذ المنطقة

في الأزمات الكبرى، لا تُقاس قوة الدول بما تملكه من موارد فقط، بل بقدرتها على اتخاذ...

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العين الإخبارية

علي العامري

J’Accuse…! The ‘Fall and Rise’ of Torah-True Education

For YOUR enlightenment, while concurrently sustaining Incurable symbol-referent Confusions among THEIR (Predominantly Illiterate) believers → there...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Chaim Meyer Scheff

Why Haifa Is Now India’s Most Important Address

There is a cemetery in Haifa, Israel, within walking distance of the city’s port. It is small and quiet, shaded by trees, and contains 44 graves....

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ankit gawande

Korea needs to fix mobility market befor robotaxis arrive

Korea’s autonomous vehicle future will depend less on engineering progress than on whether the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and...

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The Korea Times

Robert D. Atkinson

AI Productivity Growth Won’t Match the Computer Revolution

AI Productivity Growth Won’t Match the Computer Revolution

OXFORD—“Something Big Is Happening,” wrote AI startup founder Matt Shumer in a recent viral essay that captured his industry’s swelling...

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Project Syndicate

Carl Benedikt Frey

Korea needs to fix mobility market before robotaxis arrive

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The Korea Times

Robert D. Atkinson

Netanyahu testimony, set to resume after monthslong break, canceled at last minute

Netanyahu testimony, set to resume after monthslong break, canceled at last minute

PM’s lawyer cites security concerns, preempting cross-examination in ongoing corruption trial, after Herzog rebuffed pardon request

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

From Kings to Kingmakers

From Kings to Kingmakers

The alliance between Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid marks one of the more interesting realignments in Israeli politics in recent years. On paper, it...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jonathan javor

The promise of ‘Together,’ the pattern of before

The promise of ‘Together,’ the pattern of before

The announcement of a reunion between Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid under the banner of “Together” brings a not-so-distant memories jolt in...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Bar Fishman

حين تُفكك الإمارات خليّة.. وتسقط قناع 1979

ليست الإمارات دولةً تُفاجَأ بالتهديدات، ولا تُقاس مناعتها بردود الأفعال، هذه...

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العين الإخبارية

هاني مسهور

Európska únia sa odkláňa od neoliberalizmu

Posledné roky priniesli skôr stagnáciu, dnes kolujú nové myšlienky.

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SME.sk

Washington Post

Corruption at University of Tokyo Hospital: Don’t Let Reforms be Merely for Show

Corruption at University of Tokyo Hospital: Don’t Let Reforms be Merely for Show

15:24 JST, April 23, 2026 In response to a spate of corruption scandals at its hospital, the University of Tokyo has announced specific reform...

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The Japan News

Editorial

New Budget Framework for Investments: Work to Achieve Both Growth and Fiscal Discipline

New Budget Framework for Investments: Work to Achieve Both Growth and Fiscal Discipline

15:41 JST, April 25, 2026 To accelerate the growth of the Japanese economy, it is essential to review the rigid approach to budget formulation....

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The Japan News

Editorial

جيش مختطف.. وسلام مؤجل

بينما تدخل الحرب في السودان عامها الرابع، مثقلةً بأرقام تضعها في صدارة الكوارث...

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العين الإخبارية

عبد المنعم سليمان

Why Chatbots Can't Replace Your Therapist

Why Chatbots Can't Replace Your Therapist

Five reasons you're wondering about AI therapy but still need your therapist.

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Psychology Today

Pamela D. Garcy Ph.d

If You Lose the Algorithm, the Truth Gets Lost

If You Lose the Algorithm, the Truth Gets Lost

The next front in the war over Israel is not on a battlefield, a campus, or even social media. It is inside the machines increasingly trusted to...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mark ginsberg

Kto vykosťuje KDH? Nie je to Smer, ale Igor Matovič (píše Samo Marec)

Opäť a logicky mieri na protificovských voličov KDH.

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SME.sk

Samuel marec

The Peace Agreements That Got Us Home

The seder table in Cyprus was due to be set for 12. Rachel and Dan, long time Jerusalemites, were flying in from Israel with their children and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sarah kreimer

Pogled Andreja Makuca ob dnevu upora proti okupatorju: Toliko o patriotizmu in spoštovanju

Pogled Andreja Makuca ob dnevu upora proti okupatorju: Toliko o patriotizmu in spoštovanju

Letošnjega 24. aprila je bila tudi (kot vsa leta doslej) v Slovenj Gradcu proslava ob izvorno dnevu OF, kasneje preimenovan v dan upora proti...

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Večer

Andrej Makuc

UK’s King Charles heads to Washington to help mend frayed ties with US

UK’s King Charles heads to Washington to help mend frayed ties with US

Trump tells BBC the king’s visit could ‘absolutely’ help repair the relationship, though some believe that for the the president it’s more...

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The Times of Israel

Ap

The Black executioner

The Black executioner Medieval artists depicted bodies as vehicles for politics and hierarchy. Repeated enough, these roles began to appear natural by...

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Aeon

Denva gallant

Excuse My Dust, Dorothy

“Excuse my dust,” the epitaph that Dorothy Parker proposed be hers, doesn’t make me cry but laugh. Posthumously, cris de coeurs should all like...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Gershon Hepner

Haredi Conscription Requires Collaboration

The Supreme Court of Israel recently ruled that the government must enforce conscription against all the Haredi persons who ignored their draft...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Robert Stark

Beersheba college ordered to compensate educator fired over Oct. 7 social media posts

Beersheba college ordered to compensate educator fired over Oct. 7 social media posts

Kaye College to appeal decision after court finds that it didn’t respect Dr. Warda Sada’s academic freedoms, failed to pursue less drastic...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Je minister Tomáš sociálny netvor? (píše Ivan Mikoš)

Kaníkove miernejšie reformy sa Ficovi zdali byť neľudské a kruté.

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SME.sk

Ivan Mikloš

Iran war fertilizer squeeze could spell trouble for next year’s grain harvests

Iran war fertilizer squeeze could spell trouble for next year’s grain harvests

Nitrogen-based fertilizers must be applied each season; but with prices of staple crops low, farmers lack the revenue to absorb the expense caused by...

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The Times of Israel

Gus trompiz

VOX POPULI: As cigarettes lose their allure, what will love songs turn to?

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

South Africa’s 1994 Turning Point and Lessons in Leadership for Israel

Today, April 27, five days after Israel’s Independence Day, South Africa celebrates Freedom Day, marking its first democratic elections in 1994 and...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Tova Herzl

Pakistan–Iran–Central Asia: a new transport corridor is changing the geo-economy of Eurasia

Pakistan–Iran–Central Asia: a new transport corridor is changing the geo-economy of Eurasia

Pakistan–Iran–Central Asia: a new transport corridor is changing the geo-economy of Eurasia The launch of the Pakistan–Iran–Central Asia...

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New Eastern Outlook

Samyar Rostami