U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Donald Trump and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping would speak Friday to possibly finalize the deal. ... Read full Story
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio reaffirmed U.S. relationships with Israel and Arab states during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. ... Read full Story
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Former mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor announced he's dropping out of the race for president of Ireland. He vowed to help change Ireland's rules. ... Read full Story
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Australia's first major assessment of the threats the country faces from climate change found it was already experiencing "compounding and cascading hazards." ... Read full Story
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North Korea said Monday that its status as a nuclear weapons state is "permanently specified" by law and "irreversible" in a statement condemning a U.S. call for denuclearization. ... Read full Story
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The United States and Britain are to sign an agreement this week that is expected to boost London's nuclear energy and place it on the pathway to a "golden age" of nuclear power. ... Read full Story
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Pope Leo XIV said there has been a "huge learning curve" in his first several months as the new pontiff, and declared that about some aspects of his role are akin to jumping "in on the deep end of the pool very quickly. ... Read full Story
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Ukraine launched large airstrikes that hit a chemical plant and an oil refinery inside of Russia as Moscow tested a new hypersonic cruise missile with Belarus. ... Read full Story
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Romania has claimed a Russian drone entered its airspace Saturday near Ukraine's southern border, a move Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called an expansion by Russia in the ongoing war. ... Read full Story
Qatar's prime minister denounced Israel on Sunday as foreign ministers from Arab and Muslim nations met to discuss a possible unified response to Israel's attack on Doha. ... Read full Story
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More than 100,000 Britons who are frustrated with the United Kingdom's immigration policies marched in central London during a protest march on Saturday. ... Read full Story
Polish and allied aircraft were deployed in a “preventive” operation in Poland's airspace Saturday because of a threat of drone strikes in neighboring areas of Ukraine. ... Read full Story
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Nepal's former chief justice Sushila Karki was sworn in this week as the country's first-ever female prime minister, amid continued social upheaval in the South Asian country. ... Read full Story
The FAA is seeking $3.1 million in fines from Boeing over safety violations, including ones related to a jetliner losing a door plug panel on its fuselage midflight. ... Read full Story
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NATO is launching a new military campaign in Poland following an incursion by Russian drones in Polish airspace earlier in the week, the military alliance confirmed in a statement. ... Read full Story
Thousands of demonstrators packed London streets for several blocks Saturday for a march organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/12/2025 4:53 PM
North Korean leaders have ordered the executions of their citizens for watching foreign films and television shows, according to a U.N. investigation. ... Read full Story
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa hosted two U.S. diplomats at the presidential palace in Damascus on Friday to address ISIS threats and regional stability. ... Read full Story
“Conspiracy theorists (and those of us who argue with them have the scars to show for it) often maintain that the ones debunking the conspiracies are allied with the conspirators.” — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Did you know?
To debunk something is to take the bunk out of it—that bunk being nonsense. (Bunk is short for the synonymous bunkum, which has political origins.) Debunk has been in use since at least the 1920s, and it contrasts with synonyms like disprove and rebut by suggesting that something is not merely untrue but is also a sham—a trick meant to deceive. One can simply disprove a myth, but if it is debunked, the implication is that the myth was a grossly exaggerated or foolish claim.