U.S. Officials Raise Concerns About Saudi Arabia’s Bid for F-35 Jets
A Pentagon intelligence report says China could try to acquire advanced F-35 technology in Saudi Arabia if the Trump administration sells jets to the kingdom.
Day: November 13, 2025
‘Rebuilding’ Review: When Life Bucks You Off
In this gentle western, Josh O’Connor plays a cowboy who’s lost his ranch and sense of self to a wildfire.
Arms permit digitisation halted
TikTok, along with regulators, took various productive initiatives, including the deletion of objectionable content, battling fake information, and ensuring digital safety. PHOTO: file LAHORE: The Punjab Home Department has suspended the revalidation and computerisation of manual arms licences across the province with immediate effect. According to a notification, a directive dated February 25 this year … Read more
Of Books and Men
My colleague, the book critic Dwight Garner, tells us about “Flesh” by David Szalay, this year’s Booker Prize winner.
The Dogs of 8,000 B.C. Were Amazingly Diverse
The staggering array of modern dog breeds is typically traced to the Victorian era. But half of all canine variation was in place roughly 10,000 years ago, a new study suggests.
Mountbatten-Windsor and Mandelson, Two Prominent Britons Who Come Up in the Epstein Files
Newly released files from Jeffrey Epstein include correspondence with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson, the former British ambassador to Washington.
‘The Running Man’ Review: Glen Powell Plays for His Life
The actor stars as an Everyman battling it out in a near-future but familiarly dystopian America in the director Edgar Wright’s new version of the Stephen King novel.
Researchers reveal how global dust regulates carbon cycle, climate change
Analysis of 22 dust records shows deposition rose with ice sheet growth and aridification since the Cenozoic This study is the first to systematically outline the full path of dust from source to ecological impact. PHOTO: PIXABAY Researchers have recently uncovered that dust plays a critical role in regulating the global carbon cycle and climate … Read more
Boeing Defense Workers Approve New Contract
[More than 3,000 workers who make fighter jets and weapons in the St. Louis area have been on strike for over three months.
Scientists capture first-ever glimpse of a supernova’s early moments
Using Chile’s Very Large Telescope, scientists observed a 15-solar-mass star explode in galaxy NGC 3621 An artist’s impression shows a star exploding at the end of its lifecycle, called a supernova, in this handout image released by the European Southern Observatory. Photo: Reuters WASHINGTON: The explosive death of a star — a supernova — is … Read more
