Editor’s Note: This essay was originally published in The New Yorker two months after 9/11. The tragedy re-engineered the West while imposing a huge cost on the rest of the world. Twenty-five
Editor’s Note: This essay was originally published in The New Yorker two months after 9/11. The tragedy re-engineered the West while imposing a huge cost on the rest of the world. Twenty-five
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US television host Jimmy Kimmel has announced that an interview with Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico of Texas will be broadcast online rather than on television, following what he described as pressure
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At 10:50 a.m., a large convoy of vehicles sped through the main gate of the Government Palace’s courtyard under heavy security. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stepped out of one of
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The story begins with a murder. On 10 September 2025, Charlie Kirk was shot from 180 metres away in front of 3,000 students on a university campus in Utah. A single high-velocity
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Twenty-Five Years After the Day That Changed Aviation On 11 September 2001, the world of humanity lost trust in one another. On 11 September 2026, the international community marks the twenty-fifth anniversary
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The Pathfinder Foundation and the Embassy of the United States of America in Sri Lanka have launched a lecture series marking the 250th anniversary of American independence, opening with a discussion on
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Criminal proceedings against Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei began on Wednesday in a closely watched US federal trial, bringing renewed scrutiny to allegations first made nearly eight years ago that the company stole
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On 2 September, fragments from a US missile tore through the roof of a wedding celebration in Kuhestak, in Iran’s southern county of Sirik. Four people were killed, including a child, and
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Last month, India’s Defense Ministry announced that it was nearing a deal with France to purchase 114 Rafale fighter jets and, even more importantly, to collaborate on the development of the next
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The United States and China rarely appear to have much common ground on artificial intelligence. Yet one proposal emerging from the growing debate over AI-enabled biological risks offers something unusual: a safeguard
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