Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was a champion of local African languages. Shawn Miller/Library of Congress hide caption toggle caption Shawn Miller/Library of Congress Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, the Kenyan writer and novelist who critiqued colonial rule as well as the post-colonial Kenyan government, died Wednesday in a hospital in Buford, Georgia. He was 87 years
A screengrab shows, according to the Israeli Army, Hamas Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar, taken from a handout video released Dec. 17, 2023. Israeli Army/Handout via REUTERS hide caption toggle caption Israeli Army/Handout via REUTERS Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar has been killed by Israeli forces. Speaking on Wednesday at the
Xi Jinping, left, with his father Xi Zhongxun in 1958. History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images To many observers of China, its top leader, Xi Jinping, is an enigma. Scholars and journalist have tried to glean insight into his thinking by reading his speeches and
A large emergency service presence is pictured in Liverpool, England, on Monday, after a car collided with pedestrians during a parade. Getty Images/Getty Images Europe hide caption toggle caption Getty Images/Getty Images Europe Twenty-seven people were taken to nearby hospitals after a car plowed into a crowd of soccer fans at a victory parade in
A European Space Agency antenna located at Cebreros, near Avila, Spain, will transmit the waltz into space. ESA hide caption toggle caption ESA Johann Strauss II's popular orchestral piece "By the Beautiful Blue Danube" has been inextricably linked to space since it was used in the 1968 classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The waltz
Enlarge this image U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a hearing with the
Enlarge this image Handwritten notes are left at the site of the recent shooting outside the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum on May 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. Two Israeli Embassy staff members, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, were gunned down Wednesday evening after an event at the museum by a man
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee sits for an interview with NPR on Wednesday. Benny Doutsh for NPR hide caption toggle caption Benny Doutsh for NPR TEL AVIV, Israel — The new U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, told NPR he is "outraged" at the leaders of Britain, France and Canada for condemning Israel's new
