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Mithridate Spring 2027: Princess Diana Meets Princess Julia
Princess Diana meeting Princess Julia somewhere around Covent Garden on the way to the legendary ’80s nightclub Blitz was how Daniel Fletcher imagined the Mithridate spring 2027 outing. The...
It’s All Greek to Me: Eveningwear Continues ‘The Odyssey’ at NYFW Spring 2027
You’d have to be living under a Mount Olympus-sized rock not to know “The Odyssey” was this summer’s must-see blockbuster, usurping “Deadpool & Wolverine” to become the highest-grossing R-rated...
Long Beach Port Eyes Double-Digit September Growth as Peak Season Stretches On
The Port of Long Beach could potentially move more than 900,000 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in September, which would represent a double-digit growth in cargo handling for the month....
Beyond Yoga Comes to New York With a Flatiron Pop-up
Beyond Yoga is popping up in the Big Apple — chasing retail in what has long been one of the brand’s largest e-commerce markets. The 21-year-old Beyond Yoga has...
World
The New Yorker’s Coverage of the 2026 National Book Award Fiction Nominees
All week, The New Yorker has been exclusively announcing the National Book Award longlists. Today, the fiction list has arrived. It includes many works that our critics have commented...
Emily St. John Mandel’s Fluid New Novel
Emily St. John Mandel’s novels remind me of swimming pools. Her seven works of fiction—which include “The Glass Hotel,” “Sea of Tranquility,” and “Station Eleven,” the 2014 pandemic novel...
The Unsettling Ambiguity of Early Pregnancy
Part of the reason that viability is so difficult to determine comes down to arbitrary rules. For example, guidelines in the U.S. and the U.K. define one of the...
My Weekend with an A.I. Agent
What else can Muse help me with? I ask it to pick out a movie for my wife and me to watch later, and it proposes a new Ryan...
Business
Thailand power demand growth set for nine-year high on AI boom
Tech investment is boosting the country’s manufacturing but straining its power systemPublished Fri, Sep 18, 2026 · 11:23 AMTHAILAND expects electricity demand to grow at the fastest pace since...
Mithridate Spring 2027: Princess Diana Meets Princess Julia
Princess Diana meeting Princess Julia somewhere around Covent Garden on the way to the legendary ’80s nightclub Blitz was how Daniel Fletcher imagined the Mithridate spring 2027 outing. The...
20 Companies and Over 1 Billion Dollars Later
Brent Freeman was 23, fresh out of USC and carrying a quarter million dollars in student debt, when he closed a $10 million deal in Dubai. He celebrated that...
News
Trump Abruptly Yanks Nominee to Lead ICE After Republican Pushes Back
Among them are Ray Washburne, who organized the Republican midterm convention in Dallas last week and was the vice chair of Trump’s 2016 Victory Committee, and Albert Huddleston, an...
Judge Ties Trump’s Hands on Changes to Kennedy Center
Among them are Ray Washburne, who organized the Republican midterm convention in Dallas last week and was the vice chair of Trump’s 2016 Victory Committee, and Albert Huddleston, an...
Photographer Exposes Trump’s Kennedy Center Plan—and It’s a Bombshell
President Donald Trump already has plans to demolish the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. One day after a federal judge ordered Trump to finally give up...
Top Health Nominees Break With RFK Jr. as Measles Cases Surge
“You promised that you wouldn’t start a foreign war. You promised that you wouldn’t start a foreign war in the Middle East, specifically,” co-host Jason Calacanis said. “Americans—specifically the...
Beauty
Consumer durable loans: Avoid hidden costs and risk of overleveraging
Consumer durable loans have become the main gateway to formal credit for new borrowers. They accounted for 45.5 per cent of loan originations by volume among new-to-credit (NTC) borrowers...
‘Hostile act’: Trump warns EU with tariffs over Canada’s associate status
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned the European Union that it could face "very heavy tariffs" if he views its support for closer ties with Canada as a...
Oil ministry to automakers: Give us a road map for flex-fuel vehicle launch
The ministry has also asked original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to make customers more aware of FFVs, as sales have not picked up to the expected level, the people said....
FMCG, PSU banks lift markets as IT drags; Tata stocks caught in crossfire
Indian equities snapped their losing streak to close higher on Wednesday, driven by strong buying interest in fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and public-sector banking stocks, even as Tata group...
Celebrity
US Bill empowers Trump to target India with 100% tariff over Russian energy
The US Congress passed legislation late Wednesday that gives President Donald Trump sweeping new powers to impose punitive tariffs of up to 100 per cent on major buyers of...
Govt tightens stem cell therapy rules, bars routine use for autism
The Union Health Ministry has advised states and union territories to ensure that stem cell therapy is offered as standard clinical care only for approved disease conditions, while its...
Tata Sons board to mull asking Chandrasekaran to stay on amid RBI IPO push
By P R Sanjai The board of Tata Group’s holding company will meet Thursday to discuss how to handle a listing mandated by India’s central bank, including if outgoing Chairman...
Blue Dart appoints RS Subramanian as MD to succeed Balfour Manuel
R S Subramanian: Blue Dart Express Managing Director (File Pic)1 min read Last Updated : Sep 17 2026 | 12:46 AM ISTCourier and express delivery firm Blue Dart Express...
Culture
20 Companies and Over 1 Billion Dollars Later
Brent Freeman was 23, fresh out of USC and carrying a quarter million dollars in student debt, when he closed a $10 million deal in Dubai. He celebrated that...
Small Business Cybersecurity Lags Your Team’s AI Habit
Six in 10 owners now report staff reaching for public chatbots and writing assistants on the job, according to research Nationwide published Tuesday covering small and mid-market companies. Written...
Pricing Strategy Gets Harder as Input Costs Climb
Clothing prices in the United States are set to climb this autumn as the people who make and sell clothes push higher energy, factory and freight bills down the...
AI Agents for Business Keep Stalling at Your Books
A Brussels company called Chift closed a 10.5 million euro Series A on Monday. BlackFin Capital Partners wrote the lead cheque, joined by earlier backers Entourage, Shapers, Seeder Fund...
Style
What We Lost When Big Tech Took Over the Classroom
It’s surprising that the inBloom debacle doesn’t appear prominently in “Coding Kids,” which arguably devotes too much of its real estate to the starry, fake-it-till-you-make-it likes of Code.org. “What...
AI Regulation Fight Splits the Industry in Two Camps
Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang speaking Tuesday at Dreamforce, the annual Salesforce customer conference, argued that the industry needs no new laws governing artificial intelligence. Mark Zuckerberg landed on...
Google AI Overviews Will Start Paying for Your Content
Google has begun paying select publishers when their work meaningfully feeds an AI answer, according to a Digiday report surfaced Monday. The pilot covers AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini...
“The History of Concrete” Humanizes the Material World
Wilson’s chain of observations and anecdotes includes plenty of material that is eccentric or funny, yet little of it is there just for humor’s sake; through association and allusion,...
Fashion
Thailand power demand growth set for nine-year high on AI boom
Tech investment is boosting the country’s manufacturing but straining its power systemPublished Fri, Sep 18, 2026 · 11:23 AMTHAILAND expects electricity demand to grow at the fastest pace since...
AI crisis heightens the stakes of Xi’s visit to Washington
WASHINGTON — A growing sense of urgency over the risks posed by artificial intelligence is adding pressure on the Trump administration to secure a diplomatic breakthrough with China when Chinese President...
China’s XPeng plans to offer tech solutions to foreign automakers: sources
EV maker said to be courting parties beyond partner Volkswagen as it seeks new revenue streamsPublished Thu, Sep 17, 2026 · 11:24 PM[BEIJING] Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng plans...
BOJ faces higher bar to support yen after Fed’s hawkish hike
Observers expect a 25 bp increase at Japan central bank’s meeting this week, and will be looking for clues about further tighteningPublished Thu, Sep 17, 2026 · 05:27 PM[TOKYO]...
Analysts back Grab’s Atome buy, even if earnings boost takes time to arrive
[SINGAPORE] Analysts are broadly backing Grab’s phased US$1.5 billion acquisition of regional buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) platform Atome Financial, viewing it as a strategic shortcut to scale digital lending across South-east...