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Bessent Spouts Tough-on-China Rhetoric at G20, Setting Stage for Meeting Between Trump and Xi
The four-day summit of the G20 finance ministers in Asheville, N.C. closed on a tense note—and without a joint consensus statement—due to China’s repudiation of assertions that its export...
Maggie Gyllenhaal Brings The Row’s Minimalism to Venice
Maggie Gyllenhaal ushered in her tenure as the president of the main competition jury at the 2026 Venice Film Festival on Wednesday with a subdued, power dressing moment courtesy...
What to Watch: Nike’s Q1 Report Will See Investors Focus on What the New CFO Says
When Nike Inc. posts its next quarterly earnings report, the focus will be on the conference call as Wall Street and investors try to gauge the go-forward impact from...
Coco Gauff Kicks Off US Open Run in Custom Navy New Balance Look and a New Colorway of Her CG2 Signature Shoes
All eyes are on Coco Gauff as the tennis star begins her quest to reclaim the US Open women’s title. The longtime New Balance athlete stepped on court at...
World
Taking In the Scene at Daisy Chain Fields, the Zoomer Lilith Fair
Performances alternated between two stages—Marigold and Dandelion—without overlap, in theory giving all forty-five thousand attendees a shot at laying eyes and/or ears on every set. In practice, this worked...
Five Great Campus Novels
“Half the campus was designed by Bottom the Weaver, half by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,” Randall Jarrell writes in his 1954 satire, “Pictures from an Institution.” In the...
The Unique Horrors of A.I. Food Slop
What do we hope to communicate when we film and photograph food? In his 1957 collection, “Mythologies,” Roland Barthes argued that food photography was often an exercise in whitewashing:...
Has the Supreme Court Sandbagged Democracy?
Essentially, the Supreme Court is our democracy’s appointed buzzkill. In the early nineteen-thirties, it swatted down New Deal legislation passed by congressional majorities. In the fifties and sixties, it...
Business
Trump says Venezuela ‘not ready yet’ for elections after Maduro ouster
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) said Venezuela is "not ready yet" to hold elections, noting that the country needed more time following the end of what...
Pension investor IFM sets up Singapore office to deploy private debt capital in Asia
[SINGAPORE] Australia-based IFM Investors, which invests global pension capital, aims to deploy as much as US$250 million to US$300 million of debt capital for enterprises in South and South-east...
Bessent Spouts Tough-on-China Rhetoric at G20, Setting Stage for Meeting Between Trump and Xi
The four-day summit of the G20 finance ministers in Asheville, N.C. closed on a tense note—and without a joint consensus statement—due to China’s repudiation of assertions that its export...
French police deployed to disrupt dinghies as Burnham and Macron meet
The UK and France are boosting police officer numbers on the French coast to stop "mega dinghies" from launching across the English Channel, the British prime minister's office said...
News
“Year of Murders”: Trump’s Boat Strikes Killed Hundreds of Civilians
Trump: "On 11 separate days more than 3 million travelers flowed through the American flies they. They, uh, American skies were loaded up with planes." pic.twitter.com/Cag833amM0— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar)...
Who the Hell Is Paying for Republicans’ Midterm “Trump-a-Palooza”?
The first-ever Republican midterm convention is being fueled by a dark money web with a MAGA super PAC at its center.The unprecedented gathering will take place on September 9...
Dozens of Republicans Aren’t Bothering With Trump’s Midterm Convention
After the vote, congressional Democrats were quick to voice their surprise and frustration. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies told reporters that he “didn’t get a heads up,” and former...
Good Riddance, Seth Moulton: You Got What You Deserved
In fact, it was an example of the scenario I feared. Early last year, some Democratic activists, furious about 2024, were arguing that any Democratic officeholder over age 70...
Beauty
Tata Trusts gets all-clear from charity regulator on NRTT share transfer
Closing the case, Charity Commissioner Amogh Kaloti observed that no further inquiry was required into the transfer of shares under the provisions of the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act. This...
BP names interim chairman Ian Tyler as chair with immediate effect
1 min read Last Updated : Sep 02 2026 | 8:42 PM ISTGlobal energy giant BP Plc has appointed Ian Tyler as chair of the company following an extensive...
Samsung Galaxy Watch 9 and Ultra 2 review: Two watches, two personalities
Samsung has taken two different approaches to its latest smartwatches. The Galaxy Watch 9 is the more understated option, with a slimmer profile and lighter construction that makes it...
Best of BS Opinion: TCS acquisition highlights changing dynamics in AI era
Hello, and welcome to the Best of BS Opinion, our wrap of the day's Opinion page. Today's first editorial examinesTCS’ bundled partnership with Porsche and acquisition of its IT subsidiary...
Celebrity
Trump says Venezuela ‘not ready yet’ for elections after Maduro ouster
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) said Venezuela is "not ready yet" to hold elections, noting that the country needed more time following the end of what...
Datanomics: Passenger car export volumes drop; 2W and 3W gain ground
Meanwhile, outward shipments of multi-utility vehicles rose 22.45 per cent Y-o-Y in FY27 (April-July), leading to an overall rise in passenger vehicle exports. The decline in passenger car exports...
Belgian PM’s India visit to focus on diamonds, defence, maritime ties
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever's three-day visit to India, starting Wednesday, will focus on exploring ways to deepen diamond trade and strengthen cooperation in clean energy, maritime and...
70,584 corruption complaints received against govt departments in 2025
More than 70,500 corruption complaints were received against government bodies last year, with banks and the Railways topping the chart, according to a report by the Central Vigilance Commission...
Culture
CEO Succession Planning: What Apple’s Handoff Shows
John Ternus becomes chief executive of Apple today, completing a transition the company announced back on April 20. Tim Cook moves to executive chair, and Art Levinson, previously chair...
Non Dilutive Funding: Lambda’s $926M Debt Lesson
Lambda, Inc. closed a $926 million senior secured term loan B facility on August 27, capital earmarked for GPU hardware that a customer has already committed to using. The...
Stocks to watch: Keppel DC Reit, Frasers Property, Centurion, Nio, EGP Energy
[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (Sep 2): Keppel DC Reit : The real estate investment trust’s (Reit) private...
Small Business Hiring Splits Sharply Across Industries
If your hiring feels harder than your neighbor’s, the numbers now back you up, because NFIB’s quarterly industry survey found optimism rising unevenly across four sectors. Construction, manufacturing, retail...
Style
The Strange Power of the Dance-Floor Novel
The experimental German writer Rainald Goetz’s 1998 novel, “Rave,” translated by Adrian Nathan West, is set largely in the night clubs of Berlin and Munich. The book flows in...
Employee Background Check Startup Yardstik Raises $30M
A Minneapolis company that screens workers has raised fresh growth capital, and Yardstik closed a $30 million round led by Harbert Growth Partners on August 27. The financing lifts...
Corporate Transparency Act: BOI Reporting Is Now Over
The reporting mandate that rattled millions of small business owners is finished, and the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council confirmed the Corporate Transparency Act rollback in a statement on...
Fashion
Pension investor IFM sets up Singapore office to deploy private debt capital in Asia
[SINGAPORE] Australia-based IFM Investors, which invests global pension capital, aims to deploy as much as US$250 million to US$300 million of debt capital for enterprises in South and South-east...
Apple, Google rename Lake Ontario to Lake America after Trump order
Silicon Valley tech companies Apple and Google changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America on their maps after an executive order from President Trump.Last week, Trump signed...
American Airlines boosts premium seating on 777 jets as upscale travel grows
The first retrofitted aircraft will begin commercial service on Wednesday (Sep 2) from New York to Buenos AiresPublished Wed, Sep 2, 2026 · 10:28 PM[CHICAGO] American Airlines is adding...
SIA to unveil new cabin products in November
The upcoming seats will be the first meaningful redesign of its long-haul business class in almost two decades[SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines (SIA) will be unveiling its highly anticipated next-generation cabin...