Why Won’t Some Colleges Publish Their Common Data Sets?
[The Common Data Set can help prospective students know how much aid they could get to pay for college. Why don’t all schools provide it?
Month: September 2025
Saudi Arabia closes dozens of music lounges
Saudi authorities have recently ordered the closure of more than twenty music lounges in Riyadh and Jeddah. These venues, which became popular over the past few years, offered live performances, shisha, mixed gender spaces, and affordable entry. They symbolized the rapid social transformation taking place under the kingdom’s modernization agenda. Officials explained the closures by … Read more
Afghanistan crash out of Asia Cup after six-wicket loss to Sri Lanka
ABU DHABI: Sri Lanka chased down a daunting target of 170 with six wickets in hand to knock Afghanistan out of the Asia Cup in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. Sri Lanka wrapped up their Group B fixtures unbeaten, with the former champions getting home with eight deliveries to spare. Having topped the group, Sri Lanka … Read more
Iraq’s Turkmen gas deal collapses under US pressure
Iraq’s attempt to ease its chronic power shortage with gas from Turkmenistan routed through neighbouring Iran has failed under US pressure, leaving Baghdad scrambling for alternatives to keep the lights on. Oil-rich Iraq has struggled to provide its citizens with power since the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, forcing many to rely on … Read more
Taliban Rebuffs Trump’s Effort to Regain Air Base in Afghanistan
An Afghan official rejected the idea of a renewed presence for the U.S. military in the country, but left the door open for “political and economic relations.”
Gosling takes Star Wars to the Seas
Ryan Gosling is taking the galaxy far, far away out to sea. Director Shawn Levy unveiled the first image from Star Wars: Starfighter, showing Gosling alongside young actor Flynn Gray in heavy weather gear aboard a vessel that appears to be floating somewhere off the coast of Sardinia, Italy. Levy posted the still on Instagram … Read more
McLaughlin-Levrone steals the show, Botswana take men’s one-lap gold
TOKYO: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone brought the house down on Thursday by coming within a whisker of breaking the four-decade-old women’s 400 metres world record while Botswana’s Busang Collen Kebinatshipi impressively won the men’s one-lap title. McLaughlin-Levrone ran through the rain to take gold and post the second fastest time in history of 47.78sec at the Tokyo … Read more
Australia skipper Cummins says ‘hopeful’ he’ll take part in Ashes
SYDNEY: Australia skipper Pat Cummins said Friday he hoped to play in all five Ashes Tests against England but conceded he will need to see how his back injury holds up, local media said. Pace spearhead Cummins has been ruled out of the October white-ball series against New Zealand and India with “lumbar bone stress”. … Read more
Trump, Xi eye TikTok breakthrough to ease US-China deadlock
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will seek an agreement on Friday to help keep the video app TikTok online in the US and ease tensions between two superpowers locked in a standoff over trade. The agreement is at the top of the agenda alongside trade for the leaders’ first known call in … Read more
France’s Macron says UN sanctions on Iran will be reinstated
European powers will likely reimpose international sanctions on Iran by the end of the month after their latest round of talks with Tehran aimed at preventing them were deemed not serious, France’s President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday. Britain, France and Germany, the so-called E3, launched a 30-day process at the end of August to … Read more
