Trump Threatens to Halt Some Trade Unless the Fed Cuts Rates
[The president said he could halt trade between the United States and countries with which it has a trade deficit if the central bank doesn’t do his bidding.
Death toll from Nepal-China flash floods rises to 1,318, search continues for 5,614 missing
Flash floods hit six Nepal hydropower projects as search continues for about 900 missing workers The body of a victim retrieved from Upper Trishuli 3B Hydropower Station is brought to an army base in Nuwakot, Nepal, September 4, 2026. REUTERS The death toll from flash floods and mudslides along the Nepal-China border rose above 1,300 … Read more
How Gloria Steinem and Ms. Magazine Transformed the Publishing Industry
[The late feminist icon insisted that women were not a niche audience — and proved it in 1971 with the start of an influential publication owned and operated by them.
Corporate America Is Getting Hooked on Open-Source A.I.
Companies like AT&T are increasingly using cheap, freely available artificial intelligence models over expensive ones from Anthropic and OpenAI.
A More Confident Iran Emerges After Six Months of War With the U.S.
New intelligence reports have assessed that Iran now has a far better understanding of its capabilities and the limits of U.S. power.
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