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Tehran falters while Riyadh rewrites regional stability

Tehran falters while Riyadh rewrites regional stability

The Middle East is once again speaking in the language of pressure, grief and unfinished power. Iran’s streets, its nuclear sites and its diplomacy...

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Middle East Monitor

Kurniawan Arif Maspul

How to protest correctly: Notes from Iran, warnings from Pakistan

How to protest correctly: Notes from Iran, warnings from Pakistan

The West is very proud of its eyesight. Satellites blink. Algorithms scrape. Journalists retweet. Intelligence agencies inhale metadata like...

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Middle East Monitor

Junaid S. Ahmad

Europe’s Unexpected Reply to Trump Over Greenland: A Last Crack in the Transatlantic Alliance?

Europe’s Unexpected Reply to Trump Over Greenland: A Last Crack in the Transatlantic Alliance?

By deploying troops to Greenland in response to Donald Trump’s annexation threats, European states draw an unprecedented red line against...

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New Eastern Outlook

Ricardo Martins

The UK is now willing to undermine British institutions to protect Israel

The UK is now willing to undermine British institutions to protect Israel

On Friday, the retirement of Craig Guildford, the chief constable of West Midlands Police in the United Kingdom, was publicly announced. His...

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Al Jazeera

Ahmed Najar

Our unfinished republics

Our unfinished republics

Listen to this essay Across the democratic world, citizens describe a growing sense of powerlessness. Governments rise and fall, but the power to...

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Aeon

Sean Irving

Pennsylvania’s Shapiro: Harris team asked if I’d ever been ‘a double agent for Israel’

IDF announces launch of a ‘wide-scale’ counter-terrorism operation in Hebron * Australia parliament returns with moment of silence for victims of...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Artificial Intelligence Mirrors Natural Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Mirrors Natural Intelligence

Can we move beyond human education years to hybrid intelligence?

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Psychology Today

Cornelia C. Walther Ph.d

Netanyahu's Postwar Decision to Surrender U.S. Military Aid Defies All Logic

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Haaretz

Nehemia Shtrasler

Thousands march in New York, LA, decrying Iranian regime crackdown on protests

Protester who fled Iran in 2006 says 10-year-old cousin was killed during rallies; other activist expresses hope Trump will intervene, backs...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

2 Israelis charged for terror-related arson, shootings in Ramle aimed at scaring police

Arrests carried out amid police crackdown on crime within Arab communities in Israel, announced hours after probes opened into two suspected...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Trump tells Norway’s PM he’ll no longer think ‘purely of peace’ after Nobel snub

Trump tells Norway’s PM he’ll no longer think ‘purely of peace’ after Nobel snub

US President Donald Trump told Norway’s prime minister he no longer needed to think “purely of peace” after failing to win the Nobel Peace...

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The Times of Israel

Agencies

Daily Briefing Jan. 19: Day 836 – Trump team forms Gaza peace board, shows who’s boss

US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses Board of Peace charter, its members and the various committees being formed to take charge of Gaza in phase two

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Toll in Spain train collision rises to at least 39 dead as rescue efforts continue

Toll in Spain train collision rises to at least 39 dead as rescue efforts continue

ADAMUZ, Spain (AP) — Spanish police said Monday that at least 39 people died in the high-speed train collision Sunday in southern Spain and rescue...

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The Times of Israel

Iain Sullivan

Microbiome and the Good Life

Microbiome and the Good Life

Trillions of bacteria in our gut influence our health and well-being.

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Psychology Today

Marianna Pogosyan Ph.d

The art of museum dioramas

The art of museum dioramas

This short captures Tim Bovard, the staff taxidermist for the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, as he reflects on over five decades...

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Aeon

Aeon Video

Pennsylvania’s Shapiro: Harris team asked if I was ever ‘a double agent for Israel’

Shapiro, who was in running to be Harris’s 2024 VP candidate, writes in new book he felt intensely uneasy during vetting process, which included...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Israel said worried Hamas is emboldened by Trump’s Gaza plan, is looking to rebuild

Israel said worried Hamas is emboldened by Trump’s Gaza plan, is looking to rebuild

Israel’s defense establishment believes that Hamas is increasingly motivated to rebuild and recover from the heavy losses inflicted upon it...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Artists protest after culture minister cancels dozens of awards including cash prizes

Umbrella organization Forum of Cultural Institutions questions whether Miki Zohar diverted funds to his alternative film award ceremony; minister...

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The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Government sends 2026 budget to Knesset after delays caused by coalition infighting

Government sends 2026 budget to Knesset after delays caused by coalition infighting

Israel’s Finance Ministry said on Monday it delivered the 2026 state budget draft to the Knesset ahead of a preliminary vote on Wednesday, though...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

Ex-hostage Eitan Horn says captors used relationship with brother for mental abuse

Before Iair’s release in February, terrorists taunted brothers by asking who ‘deserves’ to go free; Eitan recalls how they used humor to try and...

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The Times of Israel

Nava Freiberg

Senegal wins Africa Cup after walk-off protest, chaos over controversial Morocco penalty

Senegal wins Africa Cup after walk-off protest, chaos over controversial Morocco penalty

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Senegal has won the Africa Cup of Nations in dramatic fashion. Pape Gueye scored in extra time for the Teranga Lions to beat...

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The Times of Israel

Ciaran Fahey

4 Criteria for Choosing a Lifelong Partner

4 Criteria for Choosing a Lifelong Partner

A simple checklist can change the way you date.

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Psychology Today

Andrea Wachter Lmft

EDITORIAL: After year of Trump, Japan should side with peaceful nations

EDITORIAL: After year of Trump, Japan should side with peaceful nations

The world faces a major challenge as the United States, once the protector of the post-Cold War order, is now trampling upon international law,...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

VOX POPULI: Paine vs. Trump on ‘weaponizing’ common sense to shape America

VOX POPULI: Paine vs. Trump on ‘weaponizing’ common sense to shape America

“Common sense” is a troublesome concept. It is hard to have a constructive discussion with someone who wields it self-righteously, insisting that...

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The Asahi Shimbun

The Asahi Shimbun

The American paradox: A nation simultaneously ascending and descending

The American paradox: A nation simultaneously ascending and descending

The United States is a paradox that defies the typical categories of power analysis. Is the United States an empire on the brink of decline, or is...

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Middle East Monitor

Jasim Al-Azzawi

The cautionary tale of Yoon Suk Yeol and the ‘abuse of power’

The start of 2026 is a time of great flux for the South Korean government as it contends with ongoing issues related to abuse of power. A court in...

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The Japan Times

Michael Macarthur Bosack

Epstein: When the life of an asset becomes expendable (Part 3)

Epstein: When the life of an asset becomes expendable (Part 3)

This is the third and final article in a series examining Jeffery Epstein’s impunity and eventual demise. In the first, I argued that Epstein was...

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Middle East Monitor

Jamal Kanj

K-pop stars should be allowed to love

K-pop’s biggest-ever comeback tour, the return of the super boyband BTS, has been hijacked by a dating scandal. How the $9 billion industry handles...

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The Japan Times

Juliana Liu

This is not the way to make housing more affordable

Everybody wants housing to be more affordable. The question is how best to do that. U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent proposal — banning...

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The Japan Times

Conor Sen

Will Japan become the world’s next leader in AI?

Pessimism about AI abounds, with many fearing widespread job losses, soaring inequality, and even the creation of deadly machines. In Japan,...

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The Japan Times

Mickey Mikitani

رسالة الإمارات.. سلام يُبنى بالإنسان ورؤية مستدامة لبناء الأوطان

رسالة الإمارات.. سلام يُبنى بالإنسان ورؤية مستدامة لبناء الأوطان

في مرحلة دولية تتسم بتآكل مفاهيم الدولة الوطنية، وصعود الفوضى المغلّفة بالشعارات، تبرز دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة كنموذج سياسي مختلف، لا يكتفي...

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العين الإخبارية

صلاح الجنيبي

Netanyahu invited to Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace alongside European, Mideast leaders

Netanyahu invited to Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace alongside European, Mideast leaders

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been invited to US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, which would give Israel a seat at the table on a...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

2 babies die in incident at unlicensed Jerusalem daycare; 3 caregivers detained

53 children injured at daycare in the Haredi Romema neighborhood; video shows babies, toddlers sleeping underneath toilets, in closets

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

IDF: Settler violence rose by 27% in 2025, severe attacks spiked by over 50%

Military officials say they feel a sense of failure for not managing to curb attacks by some 300 Jewish extremists against West Bank Palestinians

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Soaring Iran executions appear to be a ‘tool of state intimidation,’ UN warns

Soaring Iran executions appear to be a ‘tool of state intimidation,’ UN warns

Iran appears to be using executions “as a tool of state intimidation,” the United Nations said Monday, as it denounced a jump in capital punishment...

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The Times of Israel

Emanuel Fabian

Smotrich calls to shutter US-led Gaza coordination center, resettle Strip

Smotrich calls to shutter US-led Gaza coordination center, resettle Strip

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to shut the US-led multinational coordinating center that...

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The Times of Israel

Sam Sokol

Haredi leaders blame babies’ deaths on state’s push to draft ultra-Orthodox men

Haredi leaders blame babies’ deaths on state’s push to draft ultra-Orthodox men

In the hours after two babies lost their lives in an unlicensed and massively overcrowded daycare in the ultra-Orthodox Romema neighborhood of...

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The Times of Israel

Rossella Tercatin

2 Ways Therapy Language Can Damage Your Relationship

2 Ways Therapy Language Can Damage Your Relationship

Relationships can break down when therapy language is used without humility.

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Psychology Today

Mark Travers Ph.d

When AI Assumes We Already Know

When AI Assumes We Already Know

How digital fluency can outrun the slow work of forming a question.

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Psychology Today

John Nosta

Building Your Puppy’s Confidence

Building Your Puppy’s Confidence

Gentle strategies for raising a calm, resilient therapy dog.

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Psychology Today

Elizabeth Ruegg Dsw

The Importance of Narrative Case Studies

The Importance of Narrative Case Studies

The value of discussing what is usually kept silent.

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Psychology Today

Susan M. Pollak Mts

AI and EI: The Difference Sets Us Apart and Puts Us Ahead

AI and EI: The Difference Sets Us Apart and Puts Us Ahead

Emotional intelligence is uniquely, exquisitely human and places us above technology.

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Psychology Today

Erin Leonard Ph.d

The Hidden Reasons You Doubt Yourself

The Hidden Reasons You Doubt Yourself

How self-esteem, self-confidence, self-worth, and self-knowledge shape your self-doubt.

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Psychology Today

Jonice Webb Ph.d

Grief and Inflammation: When Emotional Pain Becomes Physical

Grief and Inflammation: When Emotional Pain Becomes Physical

Grief is a biological stressor.

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Psychology Today

Susan B Trachman M.d

The Case of the Broken Banana: Building Kids' Resilience

The Case of the Broken Banana: Building Kids' Resilience

Why replacing your child's broken banana is not "gentle" or positive parenting.

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Psychology Today

Claire Lerner Lcsw-C

The Inner Work of Outer Change

The Inner Work of Outer Change

Inner work isn’t a luxury; it’s a leadership necessity.

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Psychology Today

Faisal Hoque

Once Broken, How Can Trust Be Restored in a Relationship?

Once Broken, How Can Trust Be Restored in a Relationship?

Five points on how to strengthen trust with your partner.

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Psychology Today

Robert Enright Ph.d

Teens Are Asking to Be Seen: The Politics of Growing Up

Teens Are Asking to Be Seen: The Politics of Growing Up

What adolescents are asking of adults in a politicized world.

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Psychology Today

Robin Stern Ph.d

Trump nasadil v prvom roku „vražedné“ tempo. Udržať ho nie je možné, hrozí kolaps

Ak však bude nevypočítateľný prezident pokračovať v nasadenom „vražednom“ tempe, skolabuje. A skončí možno skôr, ako predpokladal.

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Pravda.sk

Igor Daniš

Is There Life After the Dollar?

Is There Life After the Dollar?

PARIS – US President Donald Trump’s relentless attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, together with his destabilizing foreign policy –...

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Project Syndicate

Paola Subacchi