A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
As police turn to facial recognition technology to identify suspects and solve cases, critics worry about privacy and false accusations
In Los Angeles, “defunding the police” led to disbanding a unit specially designed to help with homelessness
Donald Trump made gains among some Hispanic voters in 2020. Will the GOP continue the trend?
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Article for faith Thank you so very much for your article on China ("How Christianity is changing China," June 24). A family member is in the middle of a six-week stay in a large Chinese ci...
"ATTACKS AND COUNTERATTACKS CONTINUED THIS MORNING BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HEZBOLLAH." It was a subtle, but altogether typical, syntax. The arrangement of the words didn't quite say, but ...
The perfection of God's Word is a multifaceted perfection, not a monolithic one. Too rich to be harnessed in a single utterance-God is lord, shepherd, rock, eagle, bear, lion, lamb, king, horn, an...
Public relations can be practiced in a biblical, honest way. The key is transparency: Don't twist and shout. Lay out the facts. Truly subscribe to John Milton's faith from the 1640s that truth and...
Sports
People know Barry Bonds is guilty of using steroids. A Harris poll conducted in mid-June revealed 81 percent of baseball fans believe the Giants outfielder has used steroids while piling up the se...
Money
From oil tycoon J.R. Ewing in Dallas to corporate raider Gordon Gekko in Wall Street, businessmen have been Hollywood's stock villains for decades. An occasional doctor, lawyer, mechanic, or teach...
Notable CDs
Style Coldplay without the guitar, U2 without the "edge." Worldview "I don't want to be old and feel afraid" . . . "Is it any wonder that I feel afraid?" . . . "I don't even k...
Movies & TV
A cleverly animated CGI cartoon with no cuddly animals-score No. 1 for Monster House. A plot that brings to mind both the Encyclopedia Brown mysteries and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark-score N...
Movies & TV
You, Me and Dupree is a movie that most WORLD readers will not want to see for at least two reasons. Strike one: As critics have complained, it's sold as a comedy but the laughs are rare. Strike t...
Movies & TV
There's a poignant moment in Ward Serrill's documentary about a high-school girls' basketball team, The Heart of the Game, when 96-year-old Maude Lepley visits the girls' locker room at Seattle's ...
Quick Takes
My intuition made me do it Perhaps it wasn't his best defense. A German man standing trial for theft in the town of Colberg opted to continue his thieving ways in the courtroom. The German ...
Quotables
"I'm proud of our double standard, so guilty as charged." State Department official Nicholas Burns on the U.S. policy of punishing rogue countries like North Korea and Iran for pursuing nuc...
The Buzz
Israel/Lebanon Thousands of Americans descended to a beach in Beirut to board Marine Corps landing craft for evacuation to Cyprus. Luxury condominiums-some complete with indoor car elevator...
The Buzz Sidebar
Go to Google.com. Then hit "Google News." Then type in "Ahmadinejad," the name of Iran's radical president. On any given day there is a better than 50 percent chance that President Ahmadine...