Trump Says He’s Ended 6 (or 7) Wars. Here’s Some Context.
President Trump has cast himself as a global peacemaker. His interventions have calmed some conflicts, while in others his role is less clear.
Month: August 2025
Air Canada Strike Ends, but Flight Cancellations Continue. Here’s What Travelers Should Know.
[The airline and its 10,000 flight attendants reached a tentative agreement, but cancellations will continue. Here’s what to know if your flight is affected.
OpenAI Employee Stock Sale Would Value ChatGPT Maker at $500 Billion
At $500 billion, OpenAI would become the world’s most valuable privately held company.
Power outages grip Karachi as urban flooding hampers restoration efforts
Power outages were reported across several parts of Karachi amid heavy rainfall since Tuesday morning, with many areas still plunged into darkness, leaving netizens frustrated as they grapple with daily disruptions and limited access to essential services. At least seven people were reported dead heavy monsoon rains battered the city, flooding neighbourhoods, paralysing traffic and … Read more
Russia Keeps Rejecting Idea of Western Peacekeepers in Ukraine
Russia Keeps Rejecting Idea of Western Peacekeepers in Ukraine
Zuckerberg Plans Another Overhaul of Meta’s A.I. Efforts
Meta is expected to announce a new restructuring of its artificial intelligence division amid internal tensions over the technology, people with knowledge of the plans said.
How Zelensky Made Progress With Trump
new video loaded: How Zelensky Made Progress With Trump By Michael Schwirtz, Claire Hogan and Nikolay Nikolov•August 19, 2025 President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine had a remarkably different White House visit on Monday than the ambush he walked into six months ago. Michael Schwirtz, the global intelligence correspondent for The New York Times, explains how … Read more
OpenAI’s GPT-5 Launch Causes Backlash Due to Colder Responses
[When OpenAI released a new version of ChatGPT, people were quick to protest its colder responses. Acknowledging the emotional attachment with chatbots, the company quickly backtracked.
Mexico’s President Denies New D.E.A. Partnership Against Cartels
The D.E.A. announced “a major new initiative” with Mexico to fight cartels. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico said that was news to her.
Karachi is sinking and we let it happen!
We lulled ourselves into believing that the floods and landslides devastating Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan would never reach us. We comforted ourselves with the lie that Karachi was somehow immune, that climate change would punish the north but spare our city. We were wrong—dangerously wrong. Today, Karachi, a megacity of more than 20 million people and … Read more
