As Israel and Hezbollah trade near-daily cross-border fire, AFP looks at the group's support for Hamas, its capabilities and whether the Shiite Muslim movement really seeks to open a new front against Israel from southern Lebanon.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/10/hezbollah-heading-towards-open-conflict-israel

Beijing sends airplanes and warships toward Taiwan on a near-daily basis, often crossing the midline of the 160 kilometer (100 miles) Taiwan Strait dividing the sides.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/china-renews-threat-against-taiwan-as-island-holds-drills

Beijing sends planes and warships towards Taiwan on a near-daily basis, often crossing the midline of the 100-mile Taiwan Strait dividing the sides.

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23242319.china-renews-threat-taiwan-island-holds-military-exercise/?ref=rss

But Mack’s murderous motives, they added, intensified after she realized that her mother’s patience with her near-daily thieving had worn thin, and that she might face arrest on felony charges for credit card fraud.

Source: https://chronicleillinois.com/news/cook-county-news/feds-heather-mack-feared-mother-would-press-felony-fraud-charges/

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which has been clashing with Israeli forces on the border near-daily since Oct. 8, announced Ali Bazzi's death as a "martyr on the road to Jerusalem," as it typically does when one of its fighters is killed.

Source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/israel-s-forces-raid-a-west-bank-refugee-camp-as-its-military-expands-gaza-offensive-1.6701771

The owner of a barbershop on the Southwest Side says kids request the somewhat divisive haircut with Mexican and Indigenous roots on a near-daily basis.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/4/30/23693053/edgar-haircut-empire-cutz-latino-teens-culture