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Brazil will no longer represent Argentina in Venezuela, sources confirm

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Buenos Aires Herald

Facundo Iglesia

Trump says Iranian cancellation of executions ‘had big impact’ on decision not to strike

‘Nobody convinced me. I convinced myself,’ president tells reporters; Israel reportedly believes US could still attack; Trump, Netanyahu said to...

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The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

White House unveils two new committees that will support Gaza Board of Peace’s work

US also announces that the head of CENTCOM’s special ops will command the International Stabilization Force * French publisher recalls school...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Report: Senior IDF officer questioned on suspicion alerting PM’s office about Bild leak probe

Israeli TV says officer is suspected of providing names to Netanyahu’s chief of staff of those suspected of leaking classified docs, though ex-IDF...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

The Myth of Progress

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Psychology Today

Maggie Rowe

How Music Enhances Our Brains and Our Lives

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Psychology Today

Samuel H. Markind

Choose Your Hard or Let it Choose You

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Psychology Today

Jessica Koehler Ph.d

8 Tips for Managing AI Dependence

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Psychology Today

Scott Glassman Psy.d

Are We Trading Convenience for Connection?

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Psychology Today

Kelly-Ann Allen Ph.d

Hugo Rodas Morales on the ‘Donroe Doctrine’ and inter-imperialist struggles

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Il Manifesto Global

Maria Cristina Secci

Trump to further monitor Iran’s response to unrest before deciding on extent of attack — report

Trump to further monitor Iran’s response to unrest before deciding on extent of attack — report

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Friday’s events as they unfold. The White House unveils a new pair of committees that will be tasked with...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Australian arts festival apologizes for disinviting Palestinian writer who lauded Oct. 7

Australian arts festival apologizes for disinviting Palestinian writer who lauded Oct. 7

SYDNEY, Australia — A major Australian arts festival has apologized to a Palestinian Australian writer after disinviting her over her support for...

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The Times of Israel

Reuters

The No. 1 Reason Why Your Partner Takes Criticism Personally

The No. 1 Reason Why Your Partner Takes Criticism Personally

How attachment sensitivity leads to greater defensiveness during conflict.

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Psychology Today

Mark Travers Ph.d

The Pros and Cons of Narcissism

The Pros and Cons of Narcissism

Narcissism can be a liability, but when balanced, usually gives an edge.

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Psychology Today

Grant Hilary Brenner Md

Stop Picking on Me

Stop Picking on Me

Dialectical behavior therapy skills can help stop criticism, invalidation, and bullying.

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Psychology Today

Diana Partington Lpc

Father’s letters

Father’s letters

The Russian meteorologist Alexei Vangengheim, who was once a respected government official and loyal member of the Communist Party, fell victim to...

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Aeon

Aeon Video

The synthetic self

The synthetic self

Listen to this essay Whatever I may be thinking of, I am always at the same time more or less aware of myself, of my personal existence. At the...

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Aeon

Tony J Prescott

Mossad chief Barnea said in US to discuss Iran, as protests subside after killings

Mossad chief Barnea said in US to discuss Iran, as protests subside after killings

Mossad director David Barnea was reported to arrive Friday in the US for consultations on Iran’s deadly crackdown on protests and a potential...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Sharaa to meet with German chancellor as Berlin seeks to deport Syrian refugees

Sharaa to meet with German chancellor as Berlin seeks to deport Syrian refugees

BERLIN, Germany — Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will hold talks with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Tuesday, as Germany seeks to...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

‘One big family’: Hundreds at Shabbat service demand return of last hostage Ran Gvili

‘One big family’: Hundreds at Shabbat service demand return of last hostage Ran Gvili

Hundreds of people attended a Shabbat service in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square Friday afternoon, calling for the release of the last remaining hostage...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Israel says Gaza strikes hit senior terrorists in response to truce violation

Israel says Gaza strikes hit senior terrorists in response to truce violation

The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet carried out strikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday against Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad...

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The Times of Israel

Stav Levaton

Woman in northern Israel indicted for allegedly aiding Hamas disinformation network

Woman in northern Israel indicted for allegedly aiding Hamas disinformation network

A 51-year-old woman from northern Israel was arrested in recent weeks on suspicion of acting on behalf of Hamas during the war triggered by the...

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The Times of Israel

Stav Levaton

Emotions run high as Iran’s exiles in Europe rally together against regime

Emotions run high as Iran’s exiles in Europe rally together against regime

BERLIN, Germany (AP) — Standing on an open truck making its way through Berlin, Anahita Safarnejad turned to the crowd of Iranian protesters...

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The Times of Israel

Kirsten Grieshaber

Wrecking the Country from the Inside

What’s more dangerous for a country’s future: external attack or internal revolution? As a political scientist, I am not aware of any scholar who...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Yajuj-Majuj vs. Hope, Prayer and Faith

Thousands of glaciers will vanish each year in the coming decades, leaving only a small fraction standing by the end of the century unless global...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Allen S. Maller

From Mouth to God’s ‘Ears’

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rivka Herzfeld

Purpose, Meaning, and the AI Disruption

As artificial intelligence threatens to displace vast numbers of jobs, most public discussion centers on economic remedies: retraining programs,...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mark Frankel

‘Hakarat Hatov’ and Entitlement

Parshat Va’era gives a description of the first seven of the Ten Plagues. There is a subtle but important message within this description. We learn...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

It is time to take responsibility for our image rather than blame everybody else

Last Friday, when I read Ben-Dror Yemini’s article in Yedioth Ahronoth, “The Covenant of the Bullies,” I felt a sense of déjà vu. He has been...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Nadav Tamir

AI Is Reshaping Academia — and Forcing a Rethink of the University Mode

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Rafi Glick

The Biggest Questions About Venezuelan Oil

The Biggest Questions About Venezuelan Oil

DALLAS – Nearly two weeks after US special forces invaded Venezuela to capture and extract Nicolás Maduro, many people believe that President...

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Project Syndicate

Anas Alhajji

The predicament of the Islamic Republic: Why 2026 is different

The predicament of the Islamic Republic: Why 2026 is different

By January 2026, “cumulative erosion” will begin to characterize Iran’s Islamic Republic, defying the classical rhythms of reform and repression....

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Middle East Monitor

Jasim Al-Azzawi

As Climate Diplomacy Stalls, the Economics Are Racing Ahead

As Climate Diplomacy Stalls, the Economics Are Racing Ahead

WARWICK, NEW YORK – The latest United Nations Climate Change Conference ended in a political deadlock. COP30 in Belém produced no agreement to...

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Project Syndicate

Julie Mccarthy

The Conflict in Venezuela: An Outlook from the Korean Peninsula

The Conflict in Venezuela: An Outlook from the Korean Peninsula

Continuing the discussion on Venezuela, let’s examine the statements from Pyongyang and Seoul, and explore how South Korean and Western experts...

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New Eastern Outlook

Konstantin Asmolov

“Real men go to Tehran” — The Zion-Con fantasy of regime change in Iran

“Real men go to Tehran” — The Zion-Con fantasy of regime change in Iran

“Anyone can go to Baghdad. Real men go to Tehran.” It is difficult to imagine a sentence that more perfectly distils the arrested adolescence of...

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Middle East Monitor

Junaid S. Ahmad

Trump Is Putting Venezuelan Democracy on Hold

Trump Is Putting Venezuelan Democracy on Hold

COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND – “The hour of freedom has arrived,” opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina...

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Project Syndicate

Piotr H. Kosicki

​The civilisational shield: Rebutting the architecture of chaos in Iran

​The civilisational shield: Rebutting the architecture of chaos in Iran

​In 2026, the global discourse on Iran remains trapped in a binary of “regime” versus “revolt,” a reductionist lens that ignores the profound...

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Middle East Monitor

Ranjan Solomon

Europe’s border policy on trial: The ERCI case ends in acquittal after seven years

Europe’s border policy on trial: The ERCI case ends in acquittal after seven years

On 15 January 2026, the Misdemeanours Court of Mytilene, Lesvos, delivered a verdict of acquittal in the case of Seán Binder, alongside 23 other...

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Middle East Monitor

Tatiana Svorou

Why Israel’s recognition of Somaliland backfired

Why Israel’s recognition of Somaliland backfired

Israel’s recognition of Somaliland on December 26 had little to do with the long-standing aspirations of communities living in the breakaway region...

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Al Jazeera

Abdi Aynte

Japan's big nuclear restart is an economic inevitability

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Nikkei Asian Review

Yuriy Humber

The shape of time

The shape of time

Listen to this essay ‘It’s natural,’ says the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ‘to think that time can be represented by a line.’ We...

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Aeon

Emily Thomas

Biased Doctors? The Politics of Neutrality in Medical Humanitarianism

Biased Doctors? The Politics of Neutrality in Medical Humanitarianism

Defined as the “provision of limited forms of medicine by clinically trained medical practitioners in emergency situations” (Allen 2018, 207),...

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E-International

Felix Willuweit

After three days, rescuers find body of teen swept away by stream in downpour

After three days, rescuers find body of teen swept away by stream in downpour

Emergency services located the body of Moshe Lodimer, 17, on Friday, three days after he was swept away by the Nahal Modi’in stream in the West...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

The Fight Over the Fed

The Fight Over the Fed

On January 9, the US Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas and threatened a criminal indictment related to Fed...

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Project Syndicate

Ps Editors

Japan is right to rethink its immigration approach

The world can’t get enough of Japan. The feeling isn’t exactly mutual. Amid a surge in arrivals of both migrants and tourists, Prime Minister Sanae...

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The Japan Times

Gearoid Reidy

Trump’s Petrostate Dilemma in Venezuela

Trump’s Petrostate Dilemma in Venezuela

STANFORD – US President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to control Venezuela’s oil rest on the assumption that the United States can successfully...

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Project Syndicate

Terry Lynn Karl

Feminism’s failures and the secret to Takaichi’s success

Just three months ago, in October, Japan saw two historic firsts: Sanae Takaichi became the nation's first female prime minister and Satsuki...

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The Japan Times

Waka Ikeda

Not To Trust, To Verify, and To Speak

What have the 2025 negotiations between Russia and the US taught us about the art of diplomacy? There is no accounting for frameworks One of the...

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New Eastern Outlook

Ksenia Muratshina

FROM POST-WAR LEADER TO SLOWING GIANT: GERMANY WATCHES AS SYRIA RISES

FROM POST-WAR LEADER TO SLOWING GIANT: GERMANY WATCHES AS SYRIA RISES

Recent political discussions in Germany have increasingly focused on the return of Syrian refugees, often overlooking the complex and precarious...

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TRT World

Nadwa Arar

Right-wing Israeli TV report fuels rumors Israel supplying arms to Iran protesters

A reporter for Israel’s right-wing Channel 14 news hinted that Israel was supplying arms to Iranian protesters, sparking an outcry in Arabic media...

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The Times of Israel

Toi Staff