The U.S. Wants the Oil From These 17 Venezuelan Fields
[A private oil company has struck a deal with the Trump administration to develop 17 areas in Venezuela, an effort that experts say will take years and billions of dollars.
The World’s First Bugs Had Way More Legs
Meet the earliest known insects. Shaking hands with them will take a while.
Art Gallery Shows to See in September
This week in Newly Reviewed, Will Heinrich covers a show that displays the power of community, Morgan O’Hara’s obsessive documentation and Noah Jemisin’s phantasms.
FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup begins
POLAND: Some 15,000 people are expected for the opening matches of the Under-20 Women’s World Cup on Saturday, but it is not yet clear whether FIFA President Gianni Infantino will be among them. The tournament, which runs until September 27 in Poland, is the first major FIFA competition that could have been affected by the … Read more
K-P renews push to enrol out-of-school children, expand girls’ education
Province plans new classrooms, accelerated learning centres and higher stipends to improve access and retention Post-budget seminar on girls’ education organized by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Commission on the Status of Women (KPCSW). Photo: APP The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Education Department has reinstated focus on the enrolment of out-of-school children in the formal education system while expanding … Read more
Grand Theft Porter: Thieves Steal 800 Barrels of Guinness in Britain
The police said they were investigating the theft of about $155,000 worth of the famously creamy Irish stout from an industrial park in northwestern England.
Global investors trim US exposure amid debt fears
[ Norway cuts Treasury allocation as Dutch central bank moves gold reserves to London amid rising risks A street sign for Wall Street is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, New York, US, July 19, 2021. REUTERS Growing concerns over soaring government debt, rising bond yields and geopolitical uncertainty … Read more
How engineers in a WhatsApp group are guiding Nepal’s tunnel rescue efforts
Over 500 experts share data in group as rescuers search devastated hydropower plants for survivors People stand next to damaged buildings following the deadly flash floods and a mudslide, in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, September 4, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS An army of experts in a WhatsApp group is guiding rescue workers scouring a Nepali valley … Read more
After Fighting Russia Fiercely, He Wants to Forge Ukraine’s Path to Peace
Kyrylo Budanov, a decorated soldier and former military spy chief, advocates a negotiated settlement. Talks are expected to resume this month.
Iqra Aziz calls marriage to Yasir Hussain a blessing, dismisses age-gap concerns
Actor speaks about compatibility, motherhood, mom guilt and her plans to eventually take on theatre Iqra Aziz described her relationship with husband Yasir Hussain as a blessing, saying their age gap had never affected their relationship. The actor spoke in an interview while supporting her husband at his theatre production So Suite in Lahore. During the … Read more