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Long Reads16 May 26
Trump's Beijing Bargain: What the Xi Summit Actually Delivered—and What It Didn't
Long Reads16 May 26
The Anatomy of a Tweet: How Trump's Africa ISIS Claim Rewrote the Rules of Crisis Communication
Long Reads16 May 26
Tokyo's Quiet Rerouting: How Japan Kept the Lights On While Diplomats Circled
Long Reads16 May 26
The Armchair and the Order Book: What Trump's China Visit Actually Delivered
Asia16 May 26
Diplomatic Footwork: Thailand Seeks Hormuz Passage as Japan Breaks LNG Import Dry Spell
Americas16 May 26
The Street Child World Cup Is Over. The Cause It Champions Is Not.
Sport16 May 26
Stephon Castle Delivers Historic Night as Spurs Eliminate Timberwolves, Set Thunder Date
Long Reads16 May 26
Starmer's Reported Exit and the Labour Party's Fracture Line
Sport16 May 26
SportsLine's 2026 Fantasy Football Model Nailed Daniel Jones. What Does It See Next?
MENA16 May 26
Settler Violence in Atarah: Dog Killing Adds to West Bank Civilian Harm Toll
Long Reads16 May 26
Putin's Passport Play: What Simplified Russian Citizenship for Transnistria Tells Us About Moscow's Intentions
Science16 May 26
Polish Prosecutor's Office Questions Mediation Move in Taxi Driver Conflict
Long Reads16 May 26
Palantir's Billion-Dollar Bet on American Defense Intelligence
Long Reads16 May 26
The Quiet Risk Beneath the Waves: Nuclear-Powered Vessels and the Contamination Question
Culture16 May 26
The Nobel Literary Prize and the Geography of Prestige
Africa16 May 26
NMG's Six-Win Media Awards Haul Opens a Window Into Kenya's Contested Press Freedom Landscape
Long Reads16 May 26
The New American Transactionalism: Three Flashpoints, One Philosophy
Europe16 May 26
NATO Demands Europe's Arms Makers Ramp Up Air Defense and Missile Output
Opinion16 May 26
Nakba's 78th Year: What the Commemorations Tell Us About a Conflict That Won't Settle
Science16 May 26
Musk vs Altman: What the OpenAI Trial Reveals About the AI Industry's Governance Crisis
Culture16 May 26
Moscow Extends Passport Pipeline to Transnistria as Daily Toll Rises Again
Long Reads16 May 26
Modena Attack Tests Europe's Framework for Labeling Urban Violence
Arts16 May 26
Microsoft's Shader Delivery Tech Cuts Game Load Times by 95% on AMD GPUs
Oceania16 May 26
Man Killed by Shark Near Perth in Second Fatal Australian Attack This Year
Obituaries16 May 26
The Man Who Died from Russia's Own Bomb: An Obituary the Kremlin Buried
Long Reads16 May 26
Malta's AI Gamble: What OpenAI's Deal Tells Us About the Future of Digital Statecraft
Culture16 May 26
Lula and Bolsonaro Neck and Neck in Brazil's Tightest Presidential Race Yet
Europe16 May 26
London Braces as Tens of Thousands Divide City Streets on May Day Anniversary
Opinion16 May 26
The Litani Line: How Israel's Bridge-Control Doctrine Is Redrawing Southern Lebanon
Long Reads16 May 26
The Lavan Gambit: Washington Presses the UAE Toward a Risky Iran Confrontation
Obituaries16 May 26
Izz al-Din al-Haddad, Head of Hamas's Armed Wing, Killed in Israeli Strike
MENA16 May 26
Israeli Strikes Hit Near School in Northern Gaza; Khan Younis Civilian Injury Reported
MENA16 May 26
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Tyre Outskirts as Cross-Border Tensions Escalate
MENA16 May 26
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Southern Lebanese Villages as Conflict Enters New Phase
Letters16 May 26
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Southern Lebanon Towns as Tensions Escalate
Long Reads16 May 26
Israel Kills Hamas Military Chief as Ceasefire Architecture Crumbles Across Three Fronts
Long Reads16 May 26
Israel Eliminates Senior Hamas Commander as Ceasefire Frays in Gaza
Letters16 May 26
Islamic Resistance Claims Strikes on Israeli Targets in Southern Lebanon
Long Reads16 May 26
Iranian State Media and the Soft-Power Play of Covering a Jerusalem Explosion
Arts16 May 26
Iranian Institute Sends Backpacks of Deceased Children to UN Museum as Cultural Memorial
Long Reads16 May 26
The Signal and the Spectacle: Iranian State TV's Military Broadcasts as Strategic Communication
Long Reads16 May 26
Iran's Quranic Bargain: Tehran's Condemnation of the Qassam Commander's Killing and the Limits of Strategic Messaging
Culture16 May 26
Iran's Pezeshkian Thanks Pope, Reaffirms Diplomatic Path as Nuclear Talks with West Hang in the Balance
Asia16 May 26
Iran and Pakistan Signal Diplomatic Rapprochement as Border Talks Advance
Letters16 May 26
Iran Intercepts Smuggling Tanker in Strait of Hormuz as Regional Patrol Tensions Mount
The Weekly16 May 26
Iran Aligns With Beijing's Multipolar Vision as Ghalibaf Declares a New World Order
Long Reads16 May 26
Inside the Unraveling: How the Lebanon Ceasefire Broke Down
Tech16 May 26
IDF Announces Death of Captain Maoz Israel Recanati in Southern Lebanon Strike
Long Reads16 May 26
Hezbollah's Precision Escalation: Drone Strikes and the New Calculus on Israel's Northern Border
Long Reads16 May 26
Hezbollah Claims Four Bulldozer Strikes in Single Day as Israel-Lebanon Border Tensions Mount
Markets16 May 26
Hezbollah Claims Drone Strikes Against Israeli Military Targets Near Lebanese Border
MENA16 May 26
Hezbollah Confirms Southern Lebanon Strike; IDF Reports Drone, Mortar Fire
Arts16 May 26
Hezbollah Escalates: 29 Border Operations in Single Day
Long Reads16 May 26
The Golani Death: What an Officer’s Fall Tells Us About Israel’s Lebanon Calculus
Culture16 May 26
The Taboo Question: What Cannes Still Doesn't Know How to Answer
Culture16 May 26
Gentle Monster and the uncomfortable art of refusing easy answers at Cannes
Culture16 May 26
Gaza Sunbirds Pedal Into Cannes: Paracycling Documentary Spotlights Disability and Resilience at Festival de Mode
Tech16 May 26
Gates Foundation Exits Microsoft: What the $3.2 Billion Divestment Signals for Tech's Institutional Ownership
Culture16 May 26
Ferdowsi's Shadow: How Iran Wields Ancient Heritage as a Tool of State
Europe16 May 26
Eurovision 2026: Israel's Second-Place Finish Sparks Pinkwashing Accusations as UK Finishes Last in Host-City Contest
Culture16 May 26
Elliot Page as Achilles: Nolan's Casting Ignites the Culture Wars
Africa16 May 26
Ebola Returns to East Africa as Death Toll Reaches 80 in DRC and Uganda Outbreak
Culture16 May 26
Earthquake Hits Northern Iran as Country Grapples With Seismic Risk That Shaped Architecture, Policy, and Daily Life
Tech16 May 26
Drone warfare and air defence interceptions mark new phase in Israel-Lebanon exchange
Long Reads16 May 26
The Deterrence Deficit: Taiwan's Arms Sales and the Price of the Boeing Deal
The Weekly16 May 26
Day 78: Trump Signals Openness to Talks as Iran War Enters Diplomatic Phase
Culture16 May 26
The Data Center in the Room: How AI's Infrastructure Hunger is Making Enemies of Its Neighbors
Science16 May 26
Leaked Documents Outline Cisco's Expanding Military Partnership With Israel
Asia16 May 26
Chinese Tanker Passes Through Strait of Hormuz Outside US Blockade Zone
Asia16 May 26
Chinese Tanker Crosses Strait of Hormuz Through Iran's Designated Route, Defying US Blockade Line
Asia16 May 26
Chinese Acquisition of German Industrial Heritage Puts Mittelstand Under the Microscope
Americas16 May 26
China's Ghost Fleet Targets Peru's Waters as Sovereignty and Squid Collide
Energy16 May 26
China beef, Hormuz and the art of the deal
Long Reads16 May 26
Ceasefire in tatters: Inside the collapse of the Israel-Hezbollah truce
Long Reads16 May 26
The Ceasefire That Never Was: How the May 2026 Ukraine-Russia Truce Fell Apart
Americas16 May 26
Canada Turns to Nordic Allies as Arctic Defense Architecture Stresses Under US Policy Drift
Culture16 May 26
The Calculus of Covering Cannes
Culture16 May 26
Brazil's 2026 Vote Sits on a Knife-Edge as Scandal Shadows the Bolsonaro Camp
Energy16 May 26
Boeing's $40 Billion China Deal and the Quiet Geopolitics of the Trump-Xi Meeting
Long Reads16 May 26
Boeing's 200-Plane Deal and the Limits of America's China Diplomacy
Long Reads16 May 26
Inside Bil'in: The West Bank Village Where Nonviolent Resistance Met a New Wave of Military Incursions
Americas16 May 26
Beyond GDP: The UN's Quiet Push to Redefine What National Success Looks Like
Long Reads16 May 26
The Beit Shemesh Blast and the Transparency Paradox in Israel's Defense Sector
Long Reads16 May 26
The Quiet Convergence: Beijing, Washington, and the Shape of a Frozen War
Sport16 May 26
Anthony Richardson Finds Renewed Purpose in Indianapolis After Trade Request Disclosed
Science16 May 26
Houthis Invoke "Greater Israel" Narrative After Assassination of Senior Commander
Long Reads16 May 26
The Bear and the Iron: Alice Weidel's Pro-Moscow Pivot and the Fracturing of Germany's Ukraine Consensus
Americas16 May 26
Maduro Ally Alex Saab Deported to U.S. Three Years After Biden Pardon
Obituaries16 May 26
Al-Qassam Brigades Commander Killed in Israeli Strike, Hamas Confirms Internal Elections Underway
Europe16 May 26
AfD's Weidel Warns Ukraine Strikes Pose Direct Security Threat to Germany
Opinion16 May 26
Wes Streeting's Gambit and the Fragility of the Starmer Premiership
Culture16 May 26
Backpacks of Two Children from Minab Delivered to UN Museum, Organizer Says
Asia16 May 26
US Gulf Coalition Build-Up Runs Into Beijing's Defiance and a Two-Month Insurance Failure
Long Reads16 May 26
The Calm Before: Decoding Trump's Cryptic Storm Warning
Letters16 May 26
Trump Returns From Beijing With a Trade Truce and a Firestorm Back Home
Culture16 May 26
A Week of Words: Tehran's Virtual Book Fair Opens Under Digital Roof
Long Reads16 May 26
The Silence Between Signals: Taiwan, Trump, and Beijing's等待游戏
Letters16 May 26
Taiwan Scrambles to Keep Arms Pipeline Open as Trump Flags Hesitation After Beijing Visit
Opinion16 May 26
The SFC's New Role Is a Quiet Bet on Hong Kong's Regulatory Character
Science16 May 26
Reed Jobs plants Yosemite's $1bn flag in UK oncology research
Culture16 May 26
Once Upon a Time in Harlem: The Documentary That Refused to Be Buried
Opinion16 May 26
The Gesture Is the Data Point: Meta's Quiet Colonisation of Physical Space
Culture16 May 26
Iran's Virtual Book Fair Removes Special Class Book Bins Amid Institutional Shake-Up
Opinion16 May 26
The Great Institutional Bitcoin Divergence: Morgan Stanley Buys While BlackRock Sells
Oceania16 May 26
Hong Kong Drivers in New Zealand: What the Road Safety Gap Tells Us
Culture16 May 26
Harvey Weinstein's Third New York Trial Ends in Mistrial
Sport16 May 26
County Championship Day Two: The Slow Cricket That Still Matters
Asia16 May 26
China Calls Trump Visit Deals Preliminary as Diplomacy Meets Reality Check
Long Reads16 May 26
The Dragon's Divided Hand: How China Plays the Long Game Across Space, Beef, and Beltway Anxiety
Letters16 May 26
AIMPLB to Challenge Bhopal High Court Ruling on Bhojshala in Supreme Court
Africa16 May 26
US-Nigeria Joint Operation Eliminates ISIS Deputy Leader
Culture16 May 26
Syria Detains Two Former Regime Generals in Accountability Test for Post-Assad Government
Long Reads16 May 26
The Can and the Crucible: How Iran Tensions Are Reshaping Global Supply Chains
Culture16 May 26
Iran Sentences Provincial Official to 15-Billion Toman Fine in Drug Smuggling Case
MENA16 May 26
Gallant Says Israel Has Not Achieved Strategic Goals in Iran, Iranian Media Reports
MENA16 May 26
Ferdowsi's Shadow: Iran Tries Cultural Diplomacy as US and Israel Signal Strikes
MENA16 May 26
China Rebuffs US-Backed Hormuz Resolution, Complicating Gulf De-escalation Push
Culture16 May 26
Britain's Strategic Distance: What the Reports Say — and What Remains Unverified
Letters16 May 26
Al-Qassam Brigades Confirms Senior Commander Killed, Warns Resistance 'Will Not Stop'
Oceania16 May 26
Blood Donation Centre Visit by 'Vampire' Stirs Online Speculation
Long Reads16 May 26
The Beijing Visit That Wasn't: Trump, Xi, and the Deal That Almost Wasn't a Deal
Long Reads16 May 26
Tokenized Markets and the Export Engine: How China's Financial Architecture Is Quietly Reordering
Sport16 May 26
New Zealand Edge England in Rain-Shortened Thriller to Share Series
Culture16 May 26
The New Scramble for Africa: How the Clean Energy Transition Is Reshaping Colonial Dynamics
Science16 May 26
Senior Iraqi Operative Accused of Plotting 18 Attacks Against Jewish Communities Extradited to US
Americas16 May 26
Senior Iraqi Militant Linked to Planned Attacks on Jewish Communities Transferred to US Custody
Africa16 May 26
Fertilizer Crunch Pushes African Nations Toward Agroecology
Americas16 May 26
Washington's Cuba Indictment Gambit Risks Diplomatic Deadlock
Europe16 May 26
Streeting Tests the Water as Starmer Succession Talk Hardens Into Fact
Europe16 May 26
250,000 march in London as Nakba Day protests draw record counter-demonstration
Culture16 May 26
Irvine Welsh's Empathy Claim Opens a Fracture Line in Literary Culture
Long Reads16 May 26
The Three-Day Ceasefire That Wasn't: Victory Day, Trump Diplomacy, and the Limits of Pause-Button Peace
Americas16 May 26
US Raul Castro Indictment Escalates Cuba Pressure Campaign
Sport16 May 26
Cavs and Pistons Ready for Winner-Take-All Game 7 Showdown
Sport16 May 26
Cavs and Pistons Ready for Winner-Take-All Game 7 in Cleveland
Europe16 May 26
Vehicle rams into pedestrians in Modena, Italy, injuring up to twelve
Long Reads16 May 26
Trump's Taiwan Gambit: The Unofficial Promise That Shook Three Capitals
Africa16 May 26
Trump Announced ISIS' Second-in-Command Killed in Nigeria. What the Announcement Left Out.
Culture16 May 26
The Museum Is Not Neutral: How Institutional Culture Learned to Fight Back
Long Reads16 May 26
The Night Bulgaria Won Eurovision—and the Geopolitics Won Too
Americas16 May 26
USS Gerald R. Ford Returns After 326-Day Deployment, Longest Carrier Patrol Since Vietnam
Europe16 May 26
Gagauzia's Quiet Question: Separatism, Sovereignty, and Moldova's Uncertain Future
Opinion16 May 26
Exploiting Aspiration: Three Stories the Indian News Cycle Missed as One
Long Reads16 May 26
Theatrical Diplomacy and the Void Behind It: What Trump's Beijing Visit Actually Produced
Africa16 May 26
Kenya's Cooperative Reckoning: 11,000 Saccos Face Deregistration as Reform Deadline Looms
Culture16 May 26
Damascus Opens Door to Kurdish Cultural Expression as Othman Sabri Association Marks Language Day
Tech16 May 26
Japan's Hormuz Signal and the UAE's Billion-Dollar Bypass: Energy Corridors Realign
Africa16 May 26
Ebola Returns to Eastern Congo as Outbreak Claims 80 Lives, Tests Regional Health Architecture
Tech16 May 26
Israeli Soldier Killed as Hezbollah Drone Strikes Deepen Border Tensions in Southern Lebanon
Culture16 May 26
Russia Resumes Work on Bushehr Unit 2, Deepening Nuclear Partnership with Iran
Culture16 May 26
UAE Pledges Restoration of Damascus's Umayyad Mosque: Cultural Heritage as Regional Re-entry Strategy
Asia16 May 26
China's poverty record: the data, the dispute, and what it means for the global order
Oceania16 May 26
Victorian Screen Fund Paid A$90,000 to Game at Centre of Review Inflation Claims
Americas16 May 26
The Ford's Long Deployment Exposes the Limits of American Power Projection
Europe16 May 26
Chola Copper Plates and Caste Rolls: The Two India Stories Modi's Netherlands Visit Tells
Americas16 May 26
Bolivian Military Moves to Break 11-Day Road Blockades as Protests Test Luis Arce's Hold on Power
Science16 May 26
ArXiv's Year-Long Ban on AI-Written Papers Exposes a Fracture in Scientific Publishing
Sport16 May 26
Alex Marquez Edges Acosta in Closest Ever MotoGP Sprint Finish in Barcelona
Culture16 May 26
Eurovision's Russia ban reframed as a broadcaster dispute — not a response to the war
Culture16 May 26
The Persian Paradox: Why a Language of Poets Feels Frozen in Time
MENA16 May 26
Bulgaria's Dara Wins Eurovision 2026 as Boycott Over Israel's Participation Casts Shadow Over Vienna Final
Long Reads16 May 26
Bangaranga and the Ballot Box: How Bulgaria's Eurovision Victory Exposed the Limits of the Boycott
Oceania16 May 26
Australia's Eurovision 2026 Ascent: What Polymarket's Odds Signal About the Song Contest's Evolving Geography
Sport16 May 26
Gobert and Wemby: The French Connection Meets the Western Conference Final
Opinion16 May 26
Bolivia's Constitutional Crisis Exposes the West's Selective Memory on Indigenous Power
MENA16 May 26
Tunisian National Detained After Vehicle Attacks in Modena, Italy
Sport16 May 26
Pistons Force Game 7 Behind Thompson's Defensive Masterclass as NBA Awaits MVP Announcement
Long Reads16 May 26
The Algorithm of Absurdity: How Viral Media Rewrites the Geography of News
Culture16 May 26
Tehran's Aging City: How Iran's Capital Is Grappling With a Growing Elderly Population
Culture16 May 26
Turkey Opens Door for Syrian Educators With Competition-Focused Entry Permits
Oceania16 May 26
Western Australia Shark Attack Revives Coastal Safety Debate as Mitigation Measures Face Fresh Scrutiny
Long Reads16 May 26
The Architecture of Concentrated Wealth
Long Reads16 May 26
London's Divided Streets: Parallel Protests, Unprecedented Policing, and the Fractures of 2026
Culture16 May 26
Wheeled War Machines: Beijing's Combat Robots and the New Calculus of Autonomous Ground Systems
Culture16 May 26
Syria Registers Mass Return: 3.4 Million Crossings, 120,000 Returnees From Lebanon in Four Months
Sport16 May 26
Gobert-Wemby Rivalry Takes Center Stage as Timberwolves-Spurs Semifinal Tips Off
Asia16 May 26
USS Gerald R. Ford Returns to Norfolk After Extended Deployment
Africa16 May 26
Forty-Two Pupils Missing After Armed Raid on Nigeria Boarding School
Culture16 May 26
The Red Carpet as Newsroom: Covering Cannes Through Its Correspondents' War Stories
Opinion16 May 26
When Prediction Markets Know Before Westminster Does
Africa16 May 26
Kenya Opposition in Fresh Turmoil as ODM Faction Fractures
Culture16 May 26
Ukraine's Soviet-Era Panel Housing Faces Extinction Under Modern Warfare
Culture16 May 26
Iran's Virtual Book Exhibitions and the Quiet Politics of Digital Culture
Culture16 May 26
The Turkic Summit and the Quiet Architecture of Non-Alignment
Culture16 May 26
Iran's Seventh Virtual Book Exhibition Tests the Limits of Digital Cultural Access
Opinion16 May 26
Starmer's Polymarket Odds Are the Story, Not the Sidebar
Long Reads16 May 26
The Queen of Rome: How Elina Svitolina Turned a Tennis Final Into a Statement of Resolve
Long Reads16 May 26
Bangkok Rail Collision and the Chronic Crisis of Southeast Asia's Aging Railway Infrastructure
Sport16 May 26
Rain halts England-New Zealand women's cricket ODI in Cardiff as hosts eye series clean sweep
Culture16 May 26
A disputed claim about Jewish welcome at British marches exposes a deeper conversation about belonging
Long Reads16 May 26
Operation Lake Chad: How a US-Nigerian Joint Strike Reshapes African Counterterrorism
Culture16 May 26
The Black Tag: Inside Ukraine's Military Rehabilitation Machine
Science16 May 26
Damon Prison Medical Neglect, Administrative Detention and the Human Cost of Indefinite Imprisonment — Science Desk
Opinion16 May 26
The Robot That Never Sleeps Is No Longer a Prototype Problem
Culture16 May 26
Pezeshkian's Literary Gambit: Tehran's Book Diplomacy and the Limits of Soft Power
Culture16 May 26
Trump's Contrasting Frames: Chinese Students as Cultural Assets, Venezuela as Quick Business
Culture16 May 26
The Film Ukraine Didn't Have to Make
Culture16 May 26
Film Recommendations in Wartime: What Pravda Gerashchenko's Evening Selection Reveals About Ukrainian Media Culture
Letters16 May 26
Bulgaria Wins Eurovision 2026, Ukraine Finishes Ninth with 221 Points
Culture16 May 26