Around 70 countries estimated to cover nearly half the world’s population are set to hold national elections this year. While AI makers and social-media platforms often have policies against using AI in deceptive ways or misleading people about how to vote, how well those companies will enforce those…...

🇵🇸 The Biden administration and a small group of Middle East partners are rushing to complete a detailed, comprehensive plan for long-term peace between Israel and Palestinians, including a firm timeline for the establishment of a Palestinian state, that could be announced as early as the next several weeks. The…...

🇮🇱 Israel's vow to push ahead with a "powerful" operation in Gaza's Rafah was met with a growing chorus of international condemnation on Thursday, with leaders warning against catastrophic consequences for the 1.5 million Palestinians trapped there. Australia, Canada and New Zealand warned Israel...

🇯🇵 Japan lost its spot as the world's third-largest economy to Germany after the Asian nation unexpectedly slipped into recession. The economy shrank in the second quarter on anemic domestic demand, prompting some central bank watchers to push back bets on when Japan's negative interest rate...

🇱🇧 BEIRUT — Israel on Wednesday launched its longest and heaviest attack in years on neighboring Lebanon since the start of the Gaza war, striking several locations in the south, killing at least one Hezbollah fighter and three civilians, and raising further the specter of war between the two long-standing enemies....

🪪👨‍💻 Instead of posing for a photo and setting up passwords, in the future, a new employee might spend a few minutes supplying biometric information. Face scanned, gait analyzed, spoken phrase recorded and voilà: Your body becomes your security key. The technology could do away with the hassle of forgotten badges…...