Tuesday, August 12. My photo assistant Chika and I arrive at the Santa Fe Institute, Cormac’s home away from home, and load equipment into the library. Cormac is early, chatting u…
Vladimir Putin had planned to meet with CIA Director John Ratcliffe during his August 25 visit to Moscow but called it off after learning the purpose of the trip, a source close t…
Readers, this month in publishing is lousy with poets, including terrific poets who I didn’t have space for and poets who I made space for but who deserve more than a few hundred …
Prithviraj Sukumaran is returning to the Bollywood big screen opposite Kareena Kapoor Khan in Daayra, a crime thriller that brings together two of Indian cinema's biggest stars fo…
September 1st marks, emotionally at least, the beginning of fall. And with it comes that reliable onslaught of literature for which we have been waiting all year. The month starts…
At least three killed and several wounded in an Israeli air attack in the al-Kateeba district west of Gaza City.
Startup Switch Bioworks hopes to use microbes to reduce demand for chemical fertilizer. Fertilizer is crucial for the global food supply, but making it uses a lot of energy and pr…
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in Bishkek on Aug. 31 for a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, where he is scheduled to address an expanded session and meet Ru…
Syrian security personnel have clashed with armed groups in the country's southern Sweida province, home to the Druze community. Security forces were "repelling attacks by outlaw …
Artificial sweeteners might have zero calories, but that doesn't mean they have zero impact on the body.
After 15 years of civil war, a new UN-backed 4+4 agreement looks to unite Libya’s rival factions and pave the way for national elections within two years. Representatives of Libya…
Israel’s future borrowing in EU markets remains uncertain as Luxembourg moves to let bond prospectus expire.