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Wednesday, July 29, 2026

• 'Taiwan Travelogue' rethinks history, colonialism, and identity
  The author and translator of Taiwan Travelogue, the winner of the 2026 International Booker Prize, discuss identity and history amid the debate over Taiwan's colonial ties to Japan and escalating geopolitical pressure from China.
  
• Greetings from an isolated region in northern Pakistan's Hindu Kush mountains
  Chitral borders Afghanistan and isn't easy to reach. Breathtaking views abound in this remote mountainous region — as do rockslides and avalanches.
  
• U.S. and Iran resume attacks. And, Fauci to face Senate questions on COVID pandemic
  The U.S. and Iran have resumed fighting after Iran attacked U.S. forces in the Middle East yesterday. And, a Senate committee will question Anthony Fauci about the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
• Iran resumes missile attacks as U.S. and Saudis strike Tehran-backed militias in Iraq
  The flare-up on multiple fronts raised the risk of a return to all-out war, underscoring the difficulty of winding down a five-month conflict that has jolted the world economy.
  
• In France and Spain, the battle to contain wildfires faces another heatwave
  Authorities in France and Spain say some of their wildfires are mostly contained, but others are blazing on and a new wave of extreme heat is raising fears of more fires to come.
  
• Death toll rises to 18 as rescuers comb through quake rubble in southwestern Japan
  Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 18 people, including a foreigner, in southwestern Japan.
  

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

• As Spain battles wildfires, its politicians battle over climate change's role
  Crews are still battling wildfires that broke out last week and have burned nearly 200,000 acres across Spain. The country is bracing for another round of extreme heat, with temperatures expected to top 100 degrees Fahrenheit starting Wednesday.
  
• Keiko Fujimori is inaugurated as Peru's president following a narrow election victory
  The 51-year-old daughter of the late former President Alberto Fujimori, Peru's new conservative leader has pledged to fight crime with an "iron fist."
  
• Trump meets Ukrainian, Israeli leaders as they pay respects to Lindsey Graham
  President Trump holds talks with Ukrainian and Israeli leaders on the sidelines of Senator Lindsey Graham's funeral.
  
• Ukraine negotiator: 'We have the upper hand'
  In an interview with NPR, one of Ukraine's top negotiators Sergiy Kyslytsya explains why Kyiv believes it now has the leverage to force Russia into serious negotiations.