What Doctors Want You to Know About Cervical Cancer Screening
The guidelines have changed recently as new testing options have become available. Getting screened doesn’t have to be painful or confusing.
Warsh’s Performance Falls Flat With Markets as Fed Holds Rates Steady
[Kevin M. Warsh has made taming inflation the top priority of his tenure as Federal Reserve chairman. But his hesitancy to embrace the possibility of higher borrowing costs has sparked a backlash.
Cuba’s Bet on Solar
President Trump keeps predicting Cuba will collapse after he cut off its oil. But it’s still standing. Our reporter Jack Nicas visited to see how Cubans are adopting solar to offset the power shortage.
To Know What Your Customers Think, Just Ask Their A.I. Twins
[Simile, a fast-growing start-up, says it can provide companies with accurate insights by surveying millions of A.I.-generated consumers.
A Bay Area Pastor Made an A.I. Twin to Talk About God at Any Time
To meet the growing needs of his church, Justin Lester created an A.I. duplicate of himself. Every day he sees more people using it.
US military says it hit dozens of Iran’s IRGC targets
Iran’s state media reported that three people were killed in US strikes on Qeshm Island Smoke rises following explosion at an unknown location, during what U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says are strikes on Iran, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on July 29, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS The US military said it struck dozens of … Read more
Iris van Herpen: Please Pleat With Me
A Dutch fashion iconoclast turns the Brooklyn Museum into her atelier — and a reporter tries to be a couturier for a day.
New Zealand top diplomat draws Chinese embassy complaint in racism row
‘Go back to your own country. That’s where they lie like a flatfish, but they don’t lie like that here,’ Peters says New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY Beijing’s embassy in New Zealand said it had raised an official complaint Thursday after top diplomat Winston Peters told a lawmaker of Chinese descent … Read more
Saudi Arabia rolls over $5b debt
[ RESERVES GROWING: Responding to a question, the governor said the central bank bought around $9 billion from the open market to cushion forex reserves. Total purchases during the past three years have reached $28 billion. PHOTO:FILE ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s external sector pressure has subsided after Saudi Arabia rolled over a $5 billion debt for three … Read more
Should I Tell My Conservative Mother That My Child Is Trans?
Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a reader who worries that speaking up will cause a family fracture.