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The decision to release the movie profiling the American scientist follows criticism that the film largely ignored the impact of the bombings that killed more than 200,000 people in Japan.

Since the collapse of nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington in 2019, analysts see a major shift in North Korea’s foreign relations. It has turned increasingly to Moscow.

It’s, considered the world’s most polluted megacity. The air is so bad that a new report estimates that on average each resident loses 12 years of life. Here’s what they’re doing about it.

Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano found 11 more bodies of climbers who were caught by a surprise weekend eruption. More than 50 climbers were rescued.

Hamas’ attack in Israel and the war that followed and the stalemate in Ukraine were our biggest international stories in 2023, but we also found some wonder around the world.