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The Meaning of Maturity: Ursula K. Le Guin on What It Really Takes to Grow Up
The Marginalian 17 Jun 2026

The Meaning of Maturity: Ursula K. Le Guin on What It Really Takes to Grow Up

It is not merely a matter of growing bones and growing responsibilities, this business of growing up, this unfinishable project of becoming ourselves. It is less like the evolutio…

READ: Full U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding
Axios 17 Jun 2026

READ: Full U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding

Below is the full text of the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding, as delivered by a senior administration official in a briefing with reporters. Because the print text has not …

Forget Stoicism. Skepticism is the ancient philosophy we need today.
BigThink 17 Jun 2026

Forget Stoicism. Skepticism is the ancient philosophy we need today.

If you haven’t read Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, you’ve certainly heard of them — if not in school, then on Instagram, TikTok, or a podcast. Composed by the second-century Roman …

U.S. and Iran discuss moving up signing of deal, sources say
Axios 17 Jun 2026

U.S. and Iran discuss moving up signing of deal, sources say

The U.S., Iran and the mediators are discussing holding the signing of the memorandum of understanding remotely as early as Wednesday, rather than in-person on Friday, according t…

G7 pitches trusted partnership to AI chiefs in a bid for frontier model sharing
The National 17 Jun 2026

G7 pitches trusted partnership to AI chiefs in a bid for frontier model sharing

European leaders at the G7 summit in France called on the US to share access to the latest artificial intelligence models amid growing concern over Washington's recent export cont…

Berendsen: Europe needs to take control of its security by 2030
DutchNews.nl 17 Jun 2026

Berendsen: Europe needs to take control of its security by 2030

The Netherlands and Europe need to reduce their dependence on the United States in order to deal with the threats from an increasingly unstable world, according to the government’…

Erdoğan meets new EU envoy as five ambassadors begin duties
Hürriyet 17 Jun 2026

Erdoğan meets new EU envoy as five ambassadors begin duties

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on June 17 accepted the credentials of five new ambassadors, including the European Union’s new representative to Türkiye, Aivo Orav.

Dostoyevsky, Just After His Death Sentence Was Repealed, on the Meaning of Life
The Marginalian 17 Jun 2026

Dostoyevsky, Just After His Death Sentence Was Repealed, on the Meaning of Life

“To be a human being among people and to remain one forever, no matter in what circumstances, not to grow despondent and not to lose heart — that’s what life is all about, that’s …

Paul Mescal's "masterful" drama is the "unforgettable" movie to watch tonight
Digital Spy 17 Jun 2026

Paul Mescal's "masterful" drama is the "unforgettable" movie to watch tonight

Paul Mescal has built up quite the career over the past few years, though one of his biggest highlights is a movie you should definitely catch tonight. Directed and written by Cha…

Mediators resorted to secrecy and misinformation to prevent Israel torpedoing Iran-US deal
The National 17 Jun 2026

Mediators resorted to secrecy and misinformation to prevent Israel torpedoing Iran-US deal

Wary of Israel's spies and advanced eavesdropping technology, mediators working on the US-Iran deal due to be signed on Friday resorted to maximum secrecy and misinformation to pr…

Trump Signals Imminent Iran Deal, Urges 'Softer' Israel Approach in Lebanon
Channel8 English 17 Jun 2026

Trump Signals Imminent Iran Deal, Urges 'Softer' Israel Approach in Lebanon

Trump warned that the U.S. would resume airstrikes against Iran if Tehran fails to “honor” both the written and unwritten terms of their diplomatic agreement.

Canada's Carney isn't having a bilateral meeting with Trump at G7 but says it's not a snub
PBS 17 Jun 2026

Canada's Carney isn't having a bilateral meeting with Trump at G7 but says it's not a snub

Canadian leaders typically get a bilateral meeting with American presidents at summits of the world's leading industrialized democracies, but Carney dismissed any notion of a snub.