Turkish police detained 15 suspects across five provinces on July 21, including a former governor’s wife, widening a murder probe into university student Gülistan Doku who vanishe…
Some commentators on international affairs seem to think that “the West” and the BRICS+ do not really matter; only the United States and China do. Yet three factors complicate thi…
Stephen Wolfram — physicist and creator of Wolfram Alpha — has spent decades trying to understand why the universe produces so much complexity from such simple beginnings. His ans…
Last week, two Chinese AI companies unveiled models they say can credibly compete with the best systems from OpenAI and Anthropic. The response was swift and predictable. Markets …
Mediators are attempting to persuade the US and Iran to halt hostilities, proposing a 10-day truce and a return to negotiations to reach an agreement on the running of the Strait …
India’s Foreign Ministry summoned Russia’s chargé d’affaires Vladimir Ladanov and expressed “serious concern” over the deaths of Indian citizens in a Russian strike on a cargo shi…
At the Shanghai World Conference on July 17, Xi Jinping unveiled a doctrine for organizing AI that could upend the global tech order and neutralize the EU's regulatory edge.
During a pivotal moment in The Odyssey, Circe sends Odysseus to the Kingdom of the Dead to find the soothsayer who can instruct him on how to return home after more than a dozen y…
Mediators have proposed a 10-day ceasefire to Iran and the United States in an effort to defuse renewed hostilities, while Washington is simultaneously reviewing the initiative an…
Three splashy titles start us off this week: the long-awaited final book in Colson Whitehead’s trilogy, a memoir on craft by Michael Cunningham, and a new release by Claire Vaye W…
Talks between the German chancellor and Ilham Aliyev have focused on energy. Meanwhile, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt will present a report on sexual offenses against child…
Iran said it targeted U.S. radar and air defense installations in Bahrain and Kuwait on July 21, warning of stronger attacks as Yemen’s Houthi rebels threatened to block Saudi shi…