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Legend has it that in the early years of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg told the News Feed developers: “A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.” It sounds terrible, but what he likely meant was that, in this new medium—the Facebook News Feed—personal news should acquire the significance of traditional news and take its place. Essentially, the statement redefines the content of the news (in the News Feed) from focusing on public concerns to prioritizing personal interests.

South Korea and China agreed to set up a high-level diplomatic and security dialogue between the two countries during a meeting between President Yoon Suk Yeol and Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Seoul, Sunday.

The interim Iranian president Mohammad Mokhber said Sunday that promoting the relations and cooperation with the Islamic and neighboring countries pursued by late resident Ebrahim Raeisi will continue.

Israel has killed at least 35,984 Palestinians — including babies, children, and women — and wounded 80,643 in its 233-day war on Gaza.

Estimated 200 aid trucks still fall far short of what the UN says is a minimum of 500-600 trucks required daily to feed millions of Palestinians on the brink of starvation.

On the second floor of a single-family home in a sprawling suburban development, a three-member production crew sat behind banks of computer monitors and guided the conservative Right Side Broadcasting Network’s coverage of a recent Donald Trump rally.

Families in Uvalde took more legal action Friday on the second anniversary of the Robb Elementary School attack, suing Meta Platforms, which owns Instagram, and the maker of the video game Call of Duty over claims the companies bear responsibility for products used by the teenage gunman.

Many finance chiefs from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies on Friday expressed concern that China's underpriced excess production has had a negative impact on the global economy, Japan's top currency diplomat said.

Samsung Electronics refuted a Friday news report that it failed to pass a test of Nvidia's high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips. It said its "tests with various global partners to supply HBM are on track."

Israel has killed at least 35,857 Palestinians — mostly innocent babies, children, and women — and wounded 80,293 in its 232-day war on Gaza, while 10,000+ are feared dead beneath the rubble of their shattered homes.