Israel's Secret Yearslong Bid to Recruit Ahmadinejad
Israel ran a yearslong secret operation to cultivate former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as an intelligence asset, culminating in a failed wartime plan to extract him to an Israeli safe house
Tate Modern Surveys Ana Mendieta's Earth-Body Mythology
Tate Modern's Blavatnik wing stages a major retrospective of Ana Mendieta, showcasing her earth-and-body works — from gunpowder silhouettes to Cuban limestone goddess carvings — while pointedly sidest
Columnist tries power phrase, finds it works
A Guardian columnist tests the idea of using a 'power phrase' to build mental strength, skeptical at first but finding unexpected value in the practice after trying it during a challenging task.
U.S., Iran return to war over Strait of Hormuz control
The U.S.-Iran Memorandum of (Mis)Understanding has collapsed over disputes regarding control of the Strait of Hormuz, triggering a return to military confrontation amid divergent interpretations of tr
Live Updates: Iran Insists It Controls Strait of Hormuz as It Launches New Strikes
Iran fired on U.S. targets across the Persian Gulf as tensions escalated, while the U.S. denied Iran’s claim of closing the Strait of Hormuz, amid renewed hostilities following the collapse of a prior
Chow's 'Kung Fu Soccer' Opens With $74M In China
Stephen Chow's 'Kung Fu Soccer' opened to $73.6M in China over its first two days, dominating the weekend with nearly 75% of all ticket sales and earning a 9.4 rating on Maoyan, which projects a $369M
NYT Revisits 2007 Verizon Data Center Heist
A New York Times feature by Nathaniel Rich revisits the 2007 physical heist of a Verizon data center in London, arguing that physical security remains critical even as digital defenses advance.
Power sector strained by quality erosion in grid equipment
The global electricity sector faces a systemic crisis as supply chain strain, rising costs, and eroding quality threaten grid stability—exposing a growing gap between equipment compliance and real-wor
Enrollment Is the Grid’s Biggest Bottleneck
Utilities can only dispatch grid-balancing power from EVs and home energy systems they successfully enroll in flexibility programs, making customer reach a critical bottleneck despite technological re
U.S. inflation, second-quarter earnings reports: Crypto Week Ahead
A packed week of US inflation data, bank earnings, and Federal Reserve testimony will steer crypto markets starting July 13, alongside China Q2 GDP, the Ethereum Glamsterdam upgrade review, and over $
Zig Creator Calls Spade a Spade, Anthropic Blows Smoke
Anthropic and Bun's decision to rewrite the Zig-based runtime in Rust has sparked controversy, with Zig's creator Andrew Kelley challenging the narrative that AI enabled the move, while critics questi
No EU agreement yet on 21st Russian sanctions package, says EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas
EU foreign ministers have not yet agreed on a sweeping 21st sanctions package against Russia, though they are considering adding a record 250 individuals and entities to the sanctions list amid debate
Airlines Built Inflight Medicine Around Volunteer Doctors
An Arizona hematologist-oncologist argues in an opinion piece that commercial aviation has quietly built its inflight medical response around unpaid physician passengers, and that the industry should
TSMC June Revenue Surges on AI Demand
TSMC posted a major June revenue beat, with Bloomberg citing a 36% sales surge and CNBC reporting a 68% June jump — both framing the result as fresh evidence that AI-related semiconductor spending rem
SK Hynix Shares Drop in Seoul After Much-Hyped US Trading Debut - Bloomberg.com
SK Hynix shares fell in Seoul trading after surging on its Nasdaq debut, despite raising $26.5 billion in the largest foreign listing on U.S. markets.
Indigenous leaders link climate, conflict at UN Geneva
Hundreds of Indigenous delegates gathered in Geneva this week for the UN's 19th Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples session, where leaders from the Pacific to Canada to Botswana confr
Sam Neill, actor and star of Jurassic Park, dies aged 78
Sam Neill, the New Zealand-born actor of Jurassic Park and The Piano fame, died on July 13 in Sydney at age 78, with his family calling the loss 'sudden and unexpected' despite his cancer being in rem
Depleted US Munitions Don't Ease China's Taiwan Trap
Depleted US precision-strike and air-defense munitions from the Iran war do not ease the 'Taiwan trap' for China, where amphibious lift shortfalls, determined Taiwanese resistance, $3.41 trillion in e
May-June Heatwaves Killed 2,700 in England and Wales
The May and June heatwaves killed about 2,700 people in England and Wales, with the June peak claiming roughly 440 lives per day across three days, according to new Imperial College London analysis.
iPhone 18 Pro Release Date: Apple’s Strategic Decision To Defeat Android - Forbes
Apple's upcoming iPhone 18 Pro lineup faces scrutiny across outlets, with reports of a potential strategic repositioning against Android, a heavier Pro Max due to a new battery, and a sabotaged plan t
U.S. launches new strikes on Iran after Strait of Hormuz attack
The U.S. launched a new wave of strikes on Iranian military targets to degrade its ability to attack shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, following an Iranian strike on a container ship and amid collapsi
US Strikes Iran After Ceasefire Collapse
The US launched new strikes on Iranian military targets near the Strait of Hormuz, escalating a week-long exchange of attacks and undermining a recent ceasefire deal.
Vienna’s housing fix doesn’t need deregulation
A data-driven analysis of housing policy challenges finds that while streamlining permitting can boost supply, alternative systems like Vienna’s public housing model achieve affordability without rely
Israel to hold national elections on October 27, parliament says
Israel will hold national elections on October 27, the latest date allowed by law, in a vote widely seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership amid ongoing war and domestic
Hunter Biden Recalls Pre-Trump Graham Era
Hunter Biden paid tribute to the late Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday, recalling the South Carolina Republican's bipartisan friendship with his father from a "time before Donald Trump" even as Graham ev
Americans Fear Retirement Setback More Than Death
USA Today reports Americans rank a specific retirement setback as a greater fear than death itself, while Yahoo Finance counters that retirees' inflation worries often exceed the actual financial real
Variety Pans 'The Westies' as Dull Irish Mob Drama
Variety's review of MGM+'s "The Westies" dismisses the 1980s Irish mob drama starring J.K. Simmons and Titus Welliver as a dull, derivative take on a well-worn genre that fails to make meaningful obse
Tarkine Tour Uncovers a Fungal Kingdom Still Mostly Unmapped
A mycologist's three-day workshop in Tasmania's Tarkine rainforest reveals staggering fungal diversity, with experts arguing fungi remain woefully understudied despite being foundational to nearly all
Upton's Novel 'Krank Fuss' Debuts; Blanchett Was First Reader
Andrew Upton — playwright, husband of Cate Blanchett, and longtime Sydney Theatre Company co-artistic director — has published his debut novel *Krank Fuss*, an Animal Farm-style allegory about a disfi
Bank of Canada expected to hold as monetary policy dilemma fades
The Bank of Canada is expected to hold its policy rate at 2.25% for a sixth straight decision as falling oil prices and improving domestic data ease the inflation-versus-growth dilemma that has define
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