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How this long-lost Chinese typewriter from the 1940s changed modern computing

The MingKwai typewriter's keys enable the typist to find and retrieve Chinese characters. Elisabeth von Boch/Stanford hide caption toggle caption Elisabeth von Boch/Stanford STANFORD, California — Scholars in the U.S., Taiwan and China are buzzing about the discovery of an old typewriter, because the long-lost machine is part of the origin story of modern Chinese

Russia hits Ukraine with largest aerial attack as Trump talks to Zelenskyy and Putin

Smoke rises after a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, July 4, 2025 Yehor Konovalov/AP hide caption toggle caption Yehor Konovalov/AP Russian missiles and drones hammered Kyiv in an overnight attack, the largest aerial assault on the Ukrainian capital since the war began more than three years ago. The attack came shortly after President Trump

Firefighters race to contain wildfires in Greece as thousands evacuated

Firefighter uses a hose as the try to extinguish the blaze near the town of Ierapetra on the south coast of Crete island, Greece on Thursday as a fast-moving wildfire prompted authorities to clear villages and coastal areas, officials said. STR/AP/INTIME NEWS hide caption toggle caption STR/AP/INTIME NEWS ATHENS, Greece — Firefighters battled blazes Thursday

A Crackdown Inside Iran

Enlarge this image Mourners gather around the flag-draped coffins of the Iranian armed forces generals, nuclear scientists and their family members who were killed in Israeli strikes, during their funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 28, 2025 Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption toggle caption Vahid Salemi/AP Mourners gather around the flag-draped coffins of the Iranian

Court suspends Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives at Government House for a cabinet meeting in Bangkok, Thailand on Tuesday. Sakchai Lalit/AP hide caption toggle caption Sakchai Lalit/AP BANGKOK — Thailand's Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office Tuesday pending an ethics investigation over a leaked phone call with a senior Cambodian leader. Opinion Opinion:

Russia’s Largest Bombardment of Ukraine

A multi-story residential building damaged after a Russian drone attack in Odesa on June 28, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. OLEKSANDR GIMANOV/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption OLEKSANDR GIMANOV/AFP via Getty Images Russia attacked Ukraine with over 500 drones and missiles over the weekend, it was the largest air assault since

Obliterated? Damaged? Inoperable? What’s known about Iran’s nuclear facilities

A satellite photo of Iran's Fordo fuel enrichment facility taken on June 24 shows debris (grey) from a U.S. strike employing several bunker-busting weapons. The Israeli Air Force destroyed additional roads and surface facilities in a subsequent strike. Maxar Technologies hide caption toggle caption Maxar Technologies Following nearly two weeks of strikes by American and

As Iran and Israel fought, people turned to AI for facts. They didn’t find many

An AI-generated image of a fighter plane shot down in Iran that was published on a parody account on X. Users repeatedly asked the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, if the image was real. @hehe_samir/Annotation by NPR hide caption toggle caption @hehe_samir/Annotation by NPR In the first days after Israel's surprise airstrikes on Iran, a video