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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
Eurovision Director Comments on Russian Participation Raise Questions About Competition's Geopolitical Line

Opinion16 May 26
Beit Shemesh and the Art of Convenient Amnesia

Opinion16 May 26
Kenya's Food Security Crossroads: Why the 2027 Election Agenda Will Be Written in Fields

Culture16 May 26
The Devil You Know: Tehran's Unchanging Vocabulary of Resistance

Culture16 May 26
Iran Unveils Arabic Biography of Supreme Leader as Soft Power Push Extends Reach

Tech16 May 26
Israeli Airstrike Kills Three in Western Gaza City
Tech16 May 26
Israeli Officer Killed in Southern Lebanon Drone Strike, IDF Confirms

Culture16 May 26
Stiglitz's War on Trump: What a Nobel Laureate's Words Tell Us About the Fracture Between Expertise and Power
Tech16 May 26
IDF Strikes Hit 100 Hezbollah Targets as Cross-Border Exchanges Escalate in Southern Lebanon

Geopolitics16 May 26
Putin to Meet Xi in Beijing as Russia-China Alignment Deepens After Trump Visit

Culture16 May 26
Third Mistrial Declared in Harvey Weinstein's New York Rape Case

Opinion16 May 26
The Bear and the Platform: What Social Media Has in Common With Dangerous Animals

Opinion16 May 26
The Finance Layer Nobody Voted For

Opinion16 May 26
Banks Buy, BlackRock Sells: What Divergent Institutional Crypto Moves Reveal

Long Reads16 May 26
China's Gig Trap: How Youth Unemployment and Livestreaming Are Rewriting the Country's Social Contract

Sport16 May 26
Serie A's Early Morning Dilemma: Why Paramount+ Viewers Are Waking Up at Dawn for Champions League Spots

Culture16 May 26
WHO Warns of Critical Energy Shortage Threatening Cuban Healthcare Infrastructure

Culture16 May 26
Singapore Signals Rethink on AI's Role in Public Decision-Making

Geopolitics16 May 26
EU Bypasses Washington: Direct Talks With Iran Over Hormuz Access Signal Strategic Rupture

Culture16 May 26
Russia's citizenship decree for Transnistria raises alarm in Chisinau and Kyiv

Culture16 May 26
Iraq Faces Dual Pressure as Israel and Washington Converge on Tehran's Baghdad Presence

Geopolitics16 May 26
Blast at Russian Gas Station in Pyatigorsk Draws Attention as Conflict grinds On

Tech16 May 26
AfD's Weidel Warns Against Ukrainian Drone Strikes as Security Risk for Germany

Sport16 May 26
Stephon Castle Makes History as Spurs Surge Into Western Conference Finals

Culture16 May 26
Tehran's Annual Book Fair Goes Virtual — but the State Still Controls the Shelves

Geopolitics16 May 26
London's Fracture Lines: How Simultaneous Protests Laid Bare Britain's Competing Identity Crises
Opinion16 May 26
The EU's GMO Deregulation Gambit Will Not End Well

Opinion16 May 26
Long Island's Transportation Networks Are Straining at Every Joint

Culture16 May 26
The Polish Riviera's Price Problem: Why the Baltic Coast Costs More Than the Mediterranean

Investigations16 May 26
Israel Targets Hamas Military Chief: What the Strike on Izz al-Din al-Haddad Reveals About Gaza's Changing Battlefield

Culture16 May 26
Streeting's Starmer Rebuke Marks the Start of Labour's Internal War Over Europe

Geopolitics16 May 26
Nakba Day London Rallies Draw Thousands as Counter-Protests Converge on Central London

Sport16 May 26
Wembanyama and the Spurs's Unexpected Ascent to the Conference Finals

Science16 May 26
Capcom Confirms Generative AI Integration in Game Development, Eyes Efficiency Gains

Geopolitics16 May 26
Large Explosion Reported at Israeli Rocket Facility West of Jerusalem

Investigations16 May 26
The Hormuz Choke Point: How One Strait Shapes Global Energy Politics

Opinion16 May 26
The Arithmetic of Attrition: Israel's Growing Casualty Count in Southern Lebanon
Opinion16 May 26
Twenty deaths and a captain: what the framing of Israeli Lebanon casualties tells us

Investigations16 May 26
IDF Strikes Shati Refugee Camp: What the Footage Shows and What Remains Unverified

Opinion16 May 26
The Quiet Weapon: How Air Raid Alerts Became Ukraine's Daily Infrastructure of Terror

Geopolitics16 May 26
China Signals Tariff Relief After Geneva Summit, But Optics Dominated the Narrative
Opinion16 May 26
The Infrastructure of Resilience: What Air Raid Alerts Tell Us About Ukraine's Adaptive Architecture

Asia16 May 26
Train-Bus Collision Kills at Least 8 Near Bangkok

Long Reads16 May 26
Abu-Bilal al-Minuki's Death and the New Geography of Counterterrorism

Culture16 May 26
The Party That Never Stops: Inside Russia's High-Society Victory Day

Sport16 May 26
Spurs Seal Road Win, Return to Conference Finals for First Time Since 2017

Culture16 May 26