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…
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
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…
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
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…
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…
Digital Spy 16 Jul 2026
Andrew Garfield's historical drama about "ferocious rebellion" confirms UK release date
The Uprising, a new historical drama starring Andrew Garfield, has confirmed its UK release date. The actor stars as "the legendary leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyr…
Al Jazeera 16 Jul 2026
US or Iran
Both sides face pressure points that could make a protracted war painful. The US and Iran are locked in an escalating cycle of attacks, after the fifth consecutive day of US strik…
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…
DW 16 Jul 2026
Why Gulf states are investing billions in Africa
Wealthy Gulf states are investing billions in African countries. But the nations involved all have different objectives. What's behind the investments and what's in it for African…
Inc 16 Jul 2026
To Show Christopher Nolan’s ’The Odyssey’ in IMAX, Movie Theaters Pulled Off Their Own Epic Journeys
With only 25 theaters nationwide capable of presenting the film as intended, exhibitors spent months preparing for extraordinary demand.