A Japanese Polymath Transforms a Modernist Icon
Hiroshi Sugimoto’s redesign of the Hirshhorn Museum’s sculpture garden was a heavy lift that will finally see the light.
Sabalenka reaches US Open quarters
NEW YORK: Aryna Sabalenka kept her US Open three-peat bid alive Sunday, charging into the US Open quarter-finals with a confidence boosting victory over tricky American Taylor Townsend. Sabalenka took everything the multi-faceted Townsend threw at her to emerge with a 6-4, 6-3 victory, winning the last five games to push her Flushing Meadows win … Read more
Austrian headscarf ban for under-14s faces first test as schools reopen
The legislation proposing the ban was passed in parliament last year, in December A child wearing a headscarf in Doha, Qatar. Photo: Reuters/file Austria’s ban on headscarves for under-14s faces an initial test on Monday as schools reopen in Vienna and other states, with groups including the country’s main Muslim organisation denouncing it as discriminatory … Read more
Noël Godin, Prankster Who Threw Pies at the Powerful, Dies at 80
Splattering figures like Bill Gates, Jean-Luc Godard and Bernard-Henri Lévy, he perfected the art of using whipped cream as a form of protest.
Germany’s ‘Firewall’ Against the Far Right Is Being Tested Like Never Before
A blowout win by the far-right Alternative for Germany party in a state election has revealed a split among voters about whether to uphold a decades-old strategy for sidelining extremists.
In San Francisco, the Artist Joset Medina’s Walls Have Boundary Issues
Joset Medina’s entire apartment is his canvas in the evolving project that he calls the “Unrestrained Garden.”
Fatima fined for Asia Cup conduct breach
Pakistan captain Fatima Sana has been fined 10 percent of her match fee for breaching Level 1 of the International Cricket Council’s Code of Conduct during her team’s Women’s Asia Cup defeat by India. Fatima was found to have breached Article 2.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, relating … Read more
Pietersen makes England return as white-ball mentor
Former England star rejoins the national set-up as a specialist mentor ahead of the 2027 World Cup Kevin Pietersen is set to make a remarkable return to the England set-up as a specialist mentor for their white-ball teams. Photo: AFP Kevin Pietersen has joined England’s white-ball coaching team as a “specialist mentor” in the build-up … Read more
Death toll climbs to 6 as rescue continues for 2nd day in Delhi hostel collapse
5-story building housing students collapsed on Sunday afternoon in the Indian capital Emergency personnel inspect the site and look for survivors after a building collapsed, in New Delhi, India, September 6, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/file The death toll in a building collapse in the Indian capital New Delhi reached six on Monday as the rescue operation … Read more
Gold price declines further in Pakistan amid global market slump
[ The price of gold fell to $4,406 after recording a dip of $24 in the international bullion market The decline in gold and silver prices continued on Monday in both international and local markets, with the international bullion market reporting a decline of $24 per ounce. In the international bullion market, the price of … Read more