Plot twist: it's time to cast your vote in the Herald's short story competition

We've narrowed down the field, but the story is not yet truly complete. You can step into the role of literary critic. Dive ...
America Magazine

‘War is back in vogue,’ Pope Leo warns in major foreign policy speech

Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. Credit: AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino “War is back in vogue, and a zeal for war is spreading ...
The Conversation

Is world peace even possible? I study war and peace and here’s where I’d start

Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of Queensland Worse, it was just the latest of a decade-long decline ...
Newsday

Escalation in Yemen threatens to reignite civil war and create wider tensions in Gulf region

DOHA, Qatar — Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen’s port city of Mukalla on Tuesday, targeting a shipment of weapons from the United Arab Emirates for separatist forces — a significant move in a country located ...
WRAL

Trump blames Maduro for migrants, but a war in Venezuela could create millions of refugees

(CNN) — When President Donald Trump has been asked about the reason he’s pressuring Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to step down and threatening military action against the country, he ...
NJ.com

PUMA has a sleek new Speedcat boot that just might make you replace your chunky UGGs

PUMA has just unveiled a new Speedcat style and this sleek boot may have you rethinking your chunky UGGs this winter. The new Speedcat boot is a riff on the classic PUMA Speedcat sneaker ($100) that ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Would missiles and drones make killing survivors any less of a war crime?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. To the editor: A few weeks ago, two survivors of a missile strike were rescued from the water and eventually ...