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
This photo provided on July 2, 2025, by the North Korean government shows a beach resort in the Wonsan-Kalma eastern coastal tourist zone on July 1, 2025. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP hide caption toggle caption Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP SEOUL, South Korea — When President Trump met
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, July 5, 2025. Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP hide caption toggle caption Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine said it struck a Russian airbase on Saturday, while Russia continued to
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
This photo provided on July 2, 2025, by the North Korean government shows a beach resort in the Wonsan-Kalma eastern coastal tourist zone on July 1, 2025. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP hide caption toggle caption Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP SEOUL, South Korea — When President Trump met
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, July 5, 2025. Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP hide caption toggle caption Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine said it struck a Russian airbase on Saturday, while Russia continued to
Relatives grieve over bodies of family members killed in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians near al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Thursday. Anas Baba/NPR hide caption toggle caption Anas Baba/NPR GAZA CITY and WASHINGTON – The Israeli military intensified strikes throughout Gaza on Friday, even as President Trump signaled that talks
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
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
This photo provided on July 2, 2025, by the North Korean government shows a beach resort in the Wonsan-Kalma eastern coastal tourist zone on July 1, 2025. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP hide caption toggle caption Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP SEOUL, South Korea — When President Trump met
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, July 5, 2025. Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP hide caption toggle caption Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine said it struck a Russian airbase on Saturday, while Russia continued to
Relatives grieve over bodies of family members killed in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians near al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Thursday. Anas Baba/NPR hide caption toggle caption Anas Baba/NPR GAZA CITY and WASHINGTON – The Israeli military intensified strikes throughout Gaza on Friday, even as President Trump signaled that talks
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
A North Korean military guard post, loudspeaker, top left, and South Korean army soldiers, bottom right, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, on June 12. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption toggle caption Ahn Young-joon/AP SEOUL, South Korea — An unidentified North Korean man crossed the heavily fortified land border separating
FILE - Takahiro Shiraishi leaves a police station in Hachioji, suburbs of Tokyo, in November 2017. Takuya Inaba/Kyodo News/AP hide caption toggle caption Takuya Inaba/Kyodo News/AP TOKYO — A man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo was executed Friday, Japan's Justice Ministry said. Takahiro Shiraishi, known as
Enlarge this image LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 18: Members of the public watch Rachel Zegler perform "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" live on the balcony as she plays Eva Peron in "Evita" at the London Palladium on June 18, 2025 in London, England. Belinda Jiao/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Belinda Jiao/Getty Images LONDON, ENGLAND
People carry relief supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a private U.S.-backed aid group that has bypassed the long-standing United Nations-led system in the territory, as displaced Palestinians return from an aid distribution center in the central Gaza Strip, on June 8. Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eyad Baba/AFP via
French Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve (right) and his wife, Canadian producer Tanya Lapointe, will work together on the next installment of the James Bond franchise. Michael Tran/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael Tran/AFP via Getty Images Dune director Denis Villeneuve views the world of James Bond as "sacred territory." Now he'll have
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (L), accompanied by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine (R), speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on Thursday about the U.S. airstrikes against Iran's nuclear facilities. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images North America Striking a combative
Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže says her country "supports" Trump's efforts to make peace between Ukraine and Russia, but says NATO "will have to push Russia to peace." Mehmet Futsi/Anadolu via Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mehmet Futsi/Anadolu via Getty Images/Getty Images At a press conference at the NATO Summit in the Netherlands
Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories NATO leaders committed to increasing their defense spending to 5% of their country's GDP at the summit held in The Hague in
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
This photo provided on July 2, 2025, by the North Korean government shows a beach resort in the Wonsan-Kalma eastern coastal tourist zone on July 1, 2025. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP hide caption toggle caption Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP SEOUL, South Korea — When President Trump met
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, July 5, 2025. Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP hide caption toggle caption Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine said it struck a Russian airbase on Saturday, while Russia continued to
Relatives grieve over bodies of family members killed in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians near al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Thursday. Anas Baba/NPR hide caption toggle caption Anas Baba/NPR GAZA CITY and WASHINGTON – The Israeli military intensified strikes throughout Gaza on Friday, even as President Trump signaled that talks
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
