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Beneath the pageantry, the fight for women’s rights in China has in some ways become more difficult.

China hosts women’s rights summit while stifling activism

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Women’s rights activists have been arrested. Feminist social media accounts have been shut down. Yet, Xi Jinping spoke of the achievements of women.

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US defence secretary Pete Hegseth has responded to outlets with just one emoji.

News outlets reject Pentagon’s reporting restrictions

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Media lawyers have raised the alarm over the new restrictions, saying they would expose reporters to punishment for engaging in routine practice.

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US President Donald Trump signs a document during a peace summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.

US President avoids questions about what’s next for Gaza

US President Donald Trump landed in Israel to cheers and promises of peace, but questions linger over Hamas, Gaza’s future, and the details of his ambitious Middle East plan.

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Rom Breslavski, an Israeli hostage released from the Gaza Strip smiles making a heart sign from a minibus at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israel finally starts to heal as hostages come home

After two years in captivity, Israel’s final hostages have returned home. Tears are flowing and the streets have filled with joyous celebration as a weary nation begins to heal.

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Palestinians return to inspect their destroyed homes in the Tal al-Hawa area, southwest of Gaza City, Oct. 11, 2025.

Thousands return to Gaza as Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds

Thousands of people travelled by foot toward Gaza City on Saturday as a ceasefire held overnight, but early accounts described devastation across the area.

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Israel has agreed to let the UN send hundreds of aid trucks into Gaza from Sunday.

Aid groups prepare for quick relief in Gaza under ceasefire

Israel has agreed to let the UN send hundreds of aid trucks into Gaza from Sunday.

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Welcome to the era of fakery.

‘Can’t trust my eyes’: AI video generators are too good

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The tech could represent the end of visual fact — the idea that video could serve as an objective record of reality.

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There is a worry that Donald Trump does not fully respect the complexity of the task.

Give Trump the Nobel if he does the harder parts to come

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Just stopping this terrible war is worthy of praise. But to make history and collect a Nobel Prizes, Mr Trump will need to go strides further.

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Why are more tropical resorts giving up the Instagram-perfect white sand for wild seagrass and mangroves?

Your resort’s ‘perfect’ beach is a lie

Why are more tropical resorts giving up the Instagram-perfect white sand for wild seagrass and mangroves?

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Yellow chairs, and images of Israeli hostages being held inside Gaza stand along a roadside in southern Israel on Thursday, Oct 9, 2025.

Hostages in Gaza: Who is still believed to be alive

Israel believes 20 hostages are still alive in Gaza, their families clinging to the hope of release.

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Israelis embrace and celebrate at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Israel celebrates peace but asks why it took so long

Israel erupts in relief after Donald Trump’s Gaza deal ends the war, but for many, the question now is why peace took two long years to arrive.

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Elon Musk’s A.I. company has introduced two sexually explicit chatbots.

Elon Musk gambles on sexualised AI companions

THE NEW YORK TIMES: As users progress through ‘levels’ of conversation, they unlock more raunchy content, like the ability to strip the chatbot down to lacy lingerie.

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A section of a pig's liver was transplanted into a human cancer patient.

Chinese surgeons perform first pig-to-human liver transplant

THE NEW YORK TIMES: ‘I think this is a landmark development. They put a pig’s liver in a human for a month, and the human did fine.’

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China’s crackdown on expression carries a distinctly political undercurrent.

China’s censors are now targeting the public mood

THE NEW YORK TIMES: China’s censors are moving to stamp out more than just political dissent online. They are targeting the public mood itself — punishing influencers whose weary posts resonate widely.

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The landmark 998 Fifth Avenue co-op in New York, March 17, 2020.

David Lynch’s Hollywood Hills home is listed for millions

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The late director’s home is on the market, the latest in a long history of US star estate sales.

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