Project Syndicate 16 Jul 2026
Where Will Global Financial Fragmentation Lead?
Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan sees the eurozone as a cautionary tale for anyone hoping for world monetary convergence.
The Atlantic 16 Jul 2026
What Ancient Greek Is Good For
The point of a classical education is to learn something about being human. This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize…
Al Jazeera 16 Jul 2026
The hardest party to manage in the Iran talks isn’t Iran
Washington’s spoiler problem sits inside its own alliance, and the spoiler playbook was never written for friends.
Channel8 English 16 Jul 2026
Trump Signals Openness to Iran Talks Amid Renewed Tensions
The White House said Thursday that President Donald Trump remains open to diplomacy with Iran, even as hostilities flare in the Strait of Hormuz. Officials conf
Al Jazeera 16 Jul 2026
Nicaragua severs diplomatic ties with Italy over 1978 murder case
The rift follows Italy’s renewed demand for Nicaragua to extradite the man convicted of former prime minister’s killing.
Lit Hub 16 Jul 2026
To Think the Unthinkable: On the Work of Polish Nobel Laureate Wisława Szymborska
“Don’t bear me ill will, speech, that I borrow weighty words / then labor heavily so that they may seem light,” Wisława Szymborska writes in “Under One Small Star.” Szymborska kep…
The National 16 Jul 2026
The Odyssey review: Christopher Nolan turns Homer’s epic into his defining statement
We didn’t realise it, but Christopher Nolan has been making The Odyssey for almost three decades. There is some of it in Memento (2000), as a man struggles to pull together the th…
Al Jazeera 16 Jul 2026
Hamas leadership run-off expected between Meshaal and al-Hayya
Israeli assassinations of several key leaders force Hamas to find new head, a process expected to be completed next week
Lit Hub 16 Jul 2026
An incomplete list of people reading The Catcher in the Rye in movies.
Today, J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye turns 75. Despite mixed early reviews, the book quickly became a touchstone of American literature, and an icon of American culture i…
Al Jazeera 16 Jul 2026
Syria says it foiled Hezbollah weapons shipment
Syrian authorities say they intercepted a shipment of missiles and drones allegedly destined for Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Hürriyet 16 Jul 2026
Erdoğan says Türkiye remains hope for ‘oppressed’
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on July 15 that Türkiye remains a source of hope for “the oppressed” across the Middle East and beyond, as the country marked the 10th annivers…
DW 16 Jul 2026
EU court endorses Spanish PM's contentious Catalan amnesty
The EU's top court has backed a Spanish law giving amnesty to Catalan separatists over the independence referendum. The deal let Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stay in office in 202…