An early harvest in Romania, a space-shuttle exhibit in Los Angeles, medieval armored combat in France, heavy rains in China, a soapbox derby in London, and much more
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree appointing Vyacheslav Gladkov, the former governor of the Belgorod region, as Russia’s ambassador to the partially recognized …
For this installment in a long-running series of interviews with contemporary poets, contributing editor Peter Mishler corresponded with poet Ye Hui. The poets corresponded using …
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“Our tongues tie trying / to articulate the knot,” writes Serena Chopra in her simultaneously tender and exacting new collection A Catalog of Future Mercies. When she writes, late…
Washington is racing to sell the world on American AI just as China's cheap and capable models are becoming harder to ignore.Why it matters: Chinese models don't have to beat Open…
Daniel Radcliffe's South Africa-set thriller Escape from Pretoria is now available to stream for free. The 2020 movie sees the actor play anti-apartheid activist and political pri…
The best writing leads us to a more complex and more honest understanding of the past. This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Si…
Israel and Lebanon to hold further talks in Washington todayAoun welcomes French and Italian efforts to form coalition to succeed Unifil Hezbollah to discuss national security str…
As the U.S. and Iran exchanged escalating strikes on June 11, a plane carrying Qatari mediators was stranded on the tarmac in Tehran.
Iran maintained its insistence on controlling the Strait of Hormuz on June 26, a day after an attack on a ship in the strategic waterway led the U.N. to suspend efforts to evacuat…