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The Over-50-approved Beauty Trend at Variety Power of Women 2026
Just as Pamela Anderson is finally making up with makeup, it seems women over-50 are falling back in love with full glam and falsies. At Variety Power of Women,...
Aviator Nation Launches National Football League Collection
Aviator Nation is expanding its portfolio of sports merchandise with the launch of its official partnership with the National Football League. Launching Thursday, the California-based apparel label’s collection features...
Adria Arjona to Receive 2026 WIF Max Mara Face of the Future Award
MILAN — Actress and producer Adria Arjona will be the 21st recipient of the annual WIF Max Mara Face of the Future Award. Arjona will attend the Max Mara...
EXCLUSIVE: Khloé Kardashian and Fabletics Turn Up the Heat With New Cold-weather Performance Pieces
Khloé Kardashian and Fabletics are back together again for a winter-inspired collection of performance-driven athletic and lifestyle apparel. Kardashian stars in the seasonal campaign that turns up the heat...
World
Gut Renos of Ionesco and Chekhov
Igor Golyak’s “Delirium,” a madcap, sneakily emotional reinvention of the 1962 Eugène Ionesco play “Frenzy for Two, or More,” opens with an alarming tableau: a dust-coated man is lying...
“NAZA” Puts Israel Face to Face with the War in Gaza
One source, speaking of the high NAZA numbers assigned to many low-level Hamas targets, concludes that “you end up with all of Gaza.” Even without adding the word “genocide,”...
An OpenAI Engineer and His Friends Debate the Future
In April of 2022, a group of groomsmen gathered for their friend’s wedding on a farm in upstate New York. They’ve known one another since high school. One of...
Even Ed Sheeran’s Apology Took Both Sides
How did the Sheeran fans feel? Outside the concert venue, a woman wearing a Taylor Swift shirt (she told me that she’s liked Sheeran ever since his appearance on...
Business
Xi, in lavish Trump summit, urges ‘human control’ over AI
WASHINGTON — China’s president issued a call from the White House on Thursday for artificial intelligence to remain “under human control” as the world’s two superpowers race for technological supremacy.Xi Jinping’s...
U.S. Ally Warns It Can No Longer Trust Trump’s America
One of our closest allies now believes that it can’t rely on the United States under President Donald Trump’s leadership.Belgium’s foreign ministry warned that America was “no longer the...
The Over-50-approved Beauty Trend at Variety Power of Women 2026
Just as Pamela Anderson is finally making up with makeup, it seems women over-50 are falling back in love with full glam and falsies. At Variety Power of Women,...
AI Agents for Business Just Got a $77M Vote of Confidence
Ema closed a fresh $77 million funding round announced September 23, a Series B led by Creaegis with Accel, S32 and Prosus all increasing their existing stakes. The round...
News
U.S. Ally Warns It Can No Longer Trust Trump’s America
One of our closest allies now believes that it can’t rely on the United States under President Donald Trump’s leadership.Belgium’s foreign ministry warned that America was “no longer the...
Man Shot by ICE Has Been Detained With Bullet in His Back for Days
Wilber Rafael Garcés Perez, the food delivery driver shot by ICE in Austin, Texas on Sunday, still has a bullet lodged in his body and his wound is still...
Tech Bosses Warn U.N. AI Is “Risk to Humanity as a Whole”
Trump has a lot to politically—and personally—gain from championing AI. Days into his second term, the president unveiled a $500 billion public-private venture to support AI development. The project...
Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Criticizing Flock at City Council
A woman had her microphone turned off and was dragged away mid-sentence while speaking out against Flock cameras at a City Council meeting in Springfield, Missouri. Dozens of residents...
Beauty
Jaishankar talks regional and global developments with foreign counterparts
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar (Photo: PTI)1 min read Last Updated : Sep 24 2026 | 11:57 PM ISTExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday discussed regional and global...
Datanomics: PSBs lead UPI senders, private banks top payment receivers
National Payments Corporation of India’s (NPCI’s) Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) Dilip Asbe recently said that the proposed merchant discount rate (MDR) would fund a...
Asiad 2026: Roshibina says selection controversy was not because of her
Elated that she could justify her controversy-mired inclusion with a second successive Asian Games silver, Indian wushu player Roshibina Devi refused to dwell on the accusations of unfair selection...
Two in 5 overnight trips in rural India for medical care, shows data
Health trips are the costliest: ₹29,454 for rural households and ₹41,649 for urban ones1 min read Last Updated : Sep 24 2026 | 12:42 AM ISTSeeking medical help spurs...
Celebrity
Confident of managing Chinese competition: Tata Hitachi MD Sandeep Singh
Chinese players have gained ground by offering cheaper machines and easier financing, but Tata Hitachi’s long-standing relationships with customers and dealers would help it compete in the market, Singh...
Opposition plans fresh notice seeking CEC removal, nationwide protests
The Opposition parties will submit a fresh notice next week in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha to move a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner...
Asiad 2026: India’s Bhavani and Shreya bow out in fencing in round of 16
1 min read Last Updated : Sep 24 2026 | 3:35 PM ISTIndia's fencing campaign at the Asian Games ended without a medal as C A Bhavani Devi and...
EAM Jaishankar, Rubio discuss impact of Russia-linked sanctions on India
By Michael Heath US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar held talks in New York to discuss the potential implications of sanctions targeting Russia, a...
Culture
AI Agents for Business Just Got a $77M Vote of Confidence
Ema closed a fresh $77 million funding round announced September 23, a Series B led by Creaegis with Accel, S32 and Prosus all increasing their existing stakes. The round...
Mining giant Rio Tinto plans to expand metals trading business
Published Thu, Sep 24, 2026 · 01:55 PM[MELBOURNE] Rio Tinto Group plans to expand its marketing operations to trade more metal from other producers as well as derivatives, according...
Cash Flow Management Tightens as Buyers Push Back
Nine out of ten founders saw their customers behave differently this year, according to a Mercury poll of 1,500 founders at early-stage companies fielded in May 2026. The changes...
Small Business Health Insurance Gets an AI Broker
A New York startup called Corridor launched on September 21 with $25 million and a narrow promise: bring the caliber of small business health insurance guidance normally reserved for...
Style
Startup Competition From Stan Puts $100K on 100 Founders
Stan announced Launchpad on September 22, a 14-day founder competition. Programming stretches from October 4 to October 19, and the location is a private retreat in the Pocono Mountains,...
Godot Engine Business Grows as W4 Raises $18M
Dublin-based W4 Games raised $18 million in a Series B led by Tencent, money it will spend building enterprise tooling around the open-source Godot Engine and pushing into Asia....
Tech IPO Market Gets Its First Real Test
Smart ring maker Oura opened its investor roadshow on Monday, asking investors for a fully diluted value of $15.62 billion and making it the largest tech IPO to test...
Kate Atkinson’s Obsession with History
“The book is a repository for the past,” Kate Atkinson once remarked about her début work. “The book is, in its own way, my own museum.” Few literary novelists...
Fashion
Xi, in lavish Trump summit, urges ‘human control’ over AI
WASHINGTON — China’s president issued a call from the White House on Thursday for artificial intelligence to remain “under human control” as the world’s two superpowers race for technological supremacy.Xi Jinping’s...
Google takes the AI data centre race to outer space
Project Suncatcher aims to put such facilities into space and harness the sun’s energy to power them[SAN FRANCISCO] At a lab in San Francisco last month, a team of...
Meta’s new wearables bring an AI agent, cameras and fresh privacy concerns
Meta is doubling down on smart glasses and artificial intelligence even as concerns mount that wearable technology is being used to violate people’s privacy.On Wednesday, the company said it’s...
After a record year, YouTube extends its Coachella livestream deal to 2030
YouTube is holding onto its exclusive livestream deal with Coachella. The tech giant in San Bruno, Calif., has renewed its partnership with festival promoter Goldenvoice, keeping exclusive livestream rights...