The ‘Odyssey’ Scholar Emily Wilson, a Critic of the Movie, Is Redoing Her Translation
Wilson, who was the first woman to translate the Homeric tale into English, caused a firestorm when she criticized Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film.
Iran’s supreme leader calls for domestic production, reduced reliance on dollar
US Treasury adds Iran-linked individual, Hong Kong-based company to sanctions list Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Friday that greater reliance on domestic production was the key to addressing the country’s economic problems, calling for the gradual reduction of the dollar’s prominent role in the economy. In a written message marking Iran’s Government Week, … Read more
Dar warns India against weaponising Indus waters
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday warned India that any attempt to deprive Pakistan of waters allocated under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) could have “profound consequences” for regional peace and security, while calling for the decades-old agreement to be respected and implemented. Addressing a virtual seminar in Washington on … Read more
Prediction Markets Should Be Regulated as Gambling, Appeals Court Says
[The outcome contradicted an earlier appeals court decision. Federal regulators said the split rulings called for resolution by the Supreme Court.
See Moments After a Glacier Collapsed, Launching Deadly Flash Floods in Nepal
Exclusive videos verified by The New York Times show the clearest view yet of the avalanche in northern Nepal near Tibet that sent a wall of water and mud coursing through river valleys below.
TIME names 100 most influential people in AI for 2026
TIME’s fourth AI list names 100 leaders, innovators, shapers and thinkers amid debate over AI’s impact TIME divided the 100 honorees into four categories: Leaders, Innovators, Shapers and Thinkers. PHOTO: TIME MAGAZINE WEBSITE TIME magazine unveiled its 2026 TIME100 AI list, naming 100 people it says are having the greatest influence on the development and … Read more
Iran says US ‘Operation Economic Outcast’ violates international law
Accuses US of using the dollar as a tool to pressure other countries into aligning with its policies toward Iran The Iranian flag is seen flying over a street in Tehran, Iran, February 3, 2023. PHOTO: REUTERS ISTANBUL: Iran said on Friday that the US “Operation Economic Outcast” campaign against Tehran violated international law, describing … Read more
Roy Slaper, Unlikely ‘Legend’ of Denim, Dies at 54
After filling his apartment with industrial sewing machines, he began producing high-end jeans that made him famous with denim-heads in the days of lumberjack chic.
PPP will eventually move to opposition benches: Hasan Murtaza
. LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party Central Punjab General Secretary Syed Hassan Murtaza said on Friday that his party would eventually part ways with the PML-N-led government, claiming that the question was now only when the split would take place. “We will eventually part ways with the PML-N government,” said Hasan Murtaza, claiming that it was … Read more
A Melting Glacier in Nepal Was a Time Bomb. There Are More to Come.
A geologist reflects on the disaster and explains why rapid warming will make deadly glacial floods far more common.