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A towering wall of speakers on wheels, shaking everything in sight: In many Javanese villages, there’s no big celebration without one.

Vice President JD Vance appeared undeterred by recent flare-ups of violence in Gaza, and he declined to set a deadline for when Hamas must disarm.

The Trump peace plan calls for an international security force in the Gaza Strip, but countries that might send troops are wary of danger, an unclear mission and being seen as occupiers.

Despite its small stature, the city of Keene, has become an example of the safety and climate benefits of swapping traffic lights for roundabouts.

The announcement, which will eliminate about 1,200 jobs, came less than a week after the carmaker Stellantis said it would move production of a new vehicle to Illinois from a Toronto suburb.

Investigators were looking into the alarm systems at an institution that one expert said “wasn’t built with an obsession over security.”

A contentious meeting between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine produced no obvious progress toward a cease-fire.

An array of paintings, as well as textiles, films and handblown glass, will be on display across the French capital this month, while Art Basel Paris is on.

In Paris, the Cartier and Vuitton foundations and the Pinault Collection are all presenting major exhibitions running at the same time as Art Basel.

Nicolas Sarkozy, the president of France from 2007 to 2012, received a five-year sentence after being convicted in a campaign finance scandal.

The air quality in India’s capital ranks among the worst in the world, but experts say politics stand in the way of improving it.

Today, we look at how thieves pulled off this weekend’s brazen daylight robbery in Paris and why they did it.

Dozens of people were accused of participating in the assassination of Jovenel Moise, the Haitian president. The two trials involving his killing are flailing.

A woman from China was charged with stealing gold last month from National Museum of Natural History. It’s one of several high-profile recent thefts from French institutions.

The Trump administration strategy is to try to keep Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel from resuming an all-out assault against Hamas, U.S. officials said.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has suspended its aid operations because of the cease-fire, but it is also running low on funds and faces logistical obstacles to resuming its work.

Australia’s got reserves and mining expertise, and the United States is eager to invest in alternatives to China. But building mines, refineries and factories could take years.

In Washington, China hawks say its economy is too weak to withstand a tariff shock. In the city of Yiwu, factories are showing why, for now, that may be a miscalculation.

An interview with a 26-year-old entrepreneur, who has taken seven trips to China to buy handbags, clothes and jewelry. “China is the center of everything,” she said.

As the Kremlin throttles WhatsApp and Telegram, the new MAX messaging app is moving Russia closer to a restricted internet without foreign technology.