Ursula Von der Leyen added that the commission “will set up a Palestine donor group next month,” part of which will focus on Gaza’s future reconstruction. ... Read full Story
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The only son of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong has surrendered his U.S. citizenship to join the South Korean Navy for training as an officer.. ... Read full Story
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NATO engaged with Russia's military for the first time overnight after Polish and Dutch fighter jets were scrambled to intercept Russian drones above Poland. ... Read full Story
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Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian citizen and a Princeton University student who has been held captive by Shiite militants in Iraq since March 2023, has been freed. ... Read full Story
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised the nation's "absolute status and security" in a speech commemorating the 77th anniversary of the North's founding, state media reported Wednesday. ... Read full Story
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French Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu is French President Emmanuel Macron's pick to become France's next prime minister amid budget concerns. ... Read full Story
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Russian President Vladimir Putin was in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi a day before a Ukrainian drone strike that closed the airport and killed one. ... Read full Story
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Venezuela will begin to observe the annual Christmas holiday on Oct. 1 for a second straight year, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered this week. ... Read full Story
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The Nepali Army is being deployed Tuesday night in response to violence that has broken out amid protests in Nepal's capital city of Kathmandu. ... Read full Story
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Financial markets dealt Argentina a harsh blow after President Javier Milei's coalition suffered a major defeat in midterm elections in Buenos Aires province. ... Read full Story
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Israel has extended its military campaign against Hamas to Qatar, where it launched an attack on Tuesday in the nation's capital city. ... Read full Story
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The trial of ex-Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro moved into the verdict and sentencing stage Tn the Supreme Federal Court, but an amnesty bill is pending. ... Read full Story
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At least two dozen Ukrainians were killed via Russian airstrike with nearly just as many injured at a postal building in an attack its regional governor called "pure terrorism." ... Read full Story
Hamas’ exiled leadership has long been based in Qatar, which has served as a mediator in talks between Hamas and Israel for several years. ... Read full Story
By United Press International, Inc. | | 9/9/2025 9:32 AM
Thaksin Shinawatra, former Thai Prime Minister and billionaire, was on Tuesday embarking on a 1-year prison sentence after a court voided previous time served. ... Read full Story
A 71-year-old man from Montreal has been sentenced to six years in prison in the United Kingdom for attempting to smuggle more than $1 million of cocaine. ... Read full Story
As the protests against a social media ban in Nepal intensified, Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli said he was stepping down immediately. ... 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.