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Tara Lipinski Brings Back Every Bow From Her ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ Premiere Look
Olympian Tara Lipinski arrived in a short black Vera Wang dress covered in ruffles, pleats and bows as she reunited with her “The Traitors” cast members including Lisa Rinna...
Michael Jordan’s Most Popular Air Jordan Is Getting a Brand-new Chicago Bulls-themed Release
In addition to the newly revealed Jackie Robinson-inspired Air Jordan 4, news of another upcoming version of Michael Jordan’s most popular retro sneaker has surfaced. This time, the new...
With 100% Tariffs Looming, Indian Suppliers Lay Plans to Pivot Away from the US Market
Trade negotiations between the United States and India have been fraught with tension bordering on passive aggression over the past year, with both sides repeating publicly that they’re vying...
Asia-US East Coast Freight Rates Hit 2026 Peak. Can the Rally Continue?
Asia-to-U.S. East Coast ocean freight rates have accelerated to another annual peak this week, buoying global rates and illustrating the upward pressure from a resilient container market. On the...
World
The Lonely Men at the End of the World
In Patagonia, los puesteros look after other people’s livestock for not very much money, and sometimes go months without seeing anyone else. Source link
The Eye Disorder That Comes for Those in Middle Age
I was surprised to learn that, were it not for my myopia, I might have noticed the presbyopia sooner. “A low amount of myopia is actually very, very convenient,”...
Bernie Sanders Takes on Data Centers
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Wherever You ListenSign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in your inbox.The data centers that...
Toons Have Seldom Been Loonier Than in “Coyote vs. Acme”
In the 1952 “Looney Tunes” short “Operation: Rabbit,” Bugs Bunny encounters another member of the cartoon-critter pantheon. “Allow me to introduce myself,” the figure says, brandishing a business card....
Business
NTA releases provisional answer keys for 84 subjects of UGC-NET 2026
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Sunday released the provisional answer keys for 84 subjects of the UGC-NET June 2026 examination.
In a post on X, the...
Data centre S-Reits power ahead on AI and cloud growth
Industry analysts highlight a broadly positive sector outlook, driven by ongoing digitalisation[SINGAPORE] Data centre real estate investment trusts in Singapore (DC S-Reits) have demonstrated continued robust operating results in...
Apollo scores over Max with a strong revenue, margin outperformance in Q1
The country’s largest listed hospital chains by market capitalisation, Apollo Hospitals (Apollo) and Max Healthcare (Max), outperformed expectations for the June quarter. While Max Healthcare’s revenues rebounded after...
‘People could get hurt’: Conservationists decry AI wildlife visuals
The black-and-white image appears to show the unlikeliest of interactions: an orangutan cradling endangered leopard cubs deep in the jungles of Malaysia's Sabah state.But the viral image is not...
News
Third Way Doesn’t Care About the Democratic Party
The opening salvo in this supposed “war” is also pretty sad: a wan op-ed by the organization’s top dogs, Jon Cowan and Matt Bennett, in the pages of The...
ICE Refused to Give Detainees Medical Treatment After Gas Leak
The high temperatures also raised tempers, with arguments and physical incidents increasing among the detainees in a facility that is understaffed, causing the publication’s source to fear for his...
ICE Agents Mock Army Wife They Tried to Deport
Other detainees were led off of the plane in Brazil, but Eliaser was allowed to stay on board to return to Louisiana. Agents then told her that thanks to...
FDA Only Now Goes to Mexico to Investigate Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak
It’s been more than a month since the Federal Drug Administration linked Taylor Farms to the deadly cyclospora outbreak, and yet the agency is only just now sending investigators...
Beauty
Apollo scores over Max with a strong revenue, margin outperformance in Q1
The country’s largest listed hospital chains by market capitalisation, Apollo Hospitals (Apollo) and Max Healthcare (Max), outperformed expectations for the June quarter. While Max Healthcare’s revenues rebounded after...
CAG audit finds E. coli in water, poor amenities at 458 railway stations
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) found that the Railway Ministry had framed several norms for passenger amenities at stations; however, zones failed to comply, leading...
Fresh 6.8 magnitude tremors hit Sumatra hours after deadly quake kills 38
A fresh magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Northern Sumatra on Saturday, hours after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake off eastern Indonesia killed at least 38 people and triggered tsunami warnings....
PM Modi unveils free coaching initiative in Independence Day address
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced a plan to establish a network of free coaching centres for young people preparing for competitive examinations, saying the initiative would...
Celebrity
NTA releases provisional answer keys for 84 subjects of UGC-NET 2026
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Sunday released the provisional answer keys for 84 subjects of the UGC-NET June 2026 examination.
In a post on X, the...
Odisha orders probe into power firm’s water discharge amid Keonjhar floods
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi (File Photo: PTI)1 min read Last Updated : Aug 15 2026 | 10:43 PM IST
The Odisha government on Saturday ordered a probe...
Hockey World Cup: Important to start with a good win, says Harmanpreet
India captain Harmanpreet Singh on Saturday expressed satisfaction on his side's 3-1 victory over Wales in the men's Hockey World Cup opener here, saying that it was important...
Vessel attacked in Hormuz, Israeli strikes kill 9 in southern Lebanon
The United Arab Emirates accused Iran of attacking a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, while the Iran-backed Houthis struck a Red Sea port in Yemen.
In...
Culture
Investor Relations Data Draws $18M for AI Startup Quartr
Investor relations data just proved it can power a fast-growing business, as Quartr raised $18 million, or about 15.6 million euros, on August 11 to expand its data platform....
Insurtech Startups Rise as Axle Raises $17.5M Series A
Insurance data startup Axle has raised $17.5 million in Series A funding, the company said on August 11, in a round led by Base10 Partners. The financing lands as...
Short Form Video Wins as Founder Content Beats Ads
Short form video is quietly rewriting the rules of attention, and new social media research for August 2026 shows why. Low-production clips, single-take videos, employee posts, and plain founder...
Solopreneur Boom: 29.8M Solo Owners, $1.7T in Sales
The solopreneur economy just posted numbers that are hard to ignore, with new QuickBooks research counting 29.8 million solo business owners in the United States generating roughly $1.7 trillion...
Style
The Wealth and Glam of “The Hamptons” Looks Almost Quaint
The documentary consists of a collection of short vignettes, arranged according to summer’s chronological unfolding, and features a cast of recurring characters. There’s the longtime police lieutenant, and the...
What’s the Value of an Hour?
A further irony is that we live in an analytical, financialized age. All around us, systems calculate, markets churn, and clever people find ways to monetize seemingly everything, from...
The Importance of A.O.C’s Public Family Planning
This past Saturday, Ocasio-Cortez had posted several chatty videos explaining why she was pursuing egg-freezing, and why she wanted to do so publicly. Most of her reasons will be...
What to Do in New York City This Fall
Outer-Space Monsters, an Elon Musk DocCreature features arrive from around the world, starting with the South Korean director Na Hong-jin’s science-fiction drama “Hope” (Sept. 9), in which a small-town...
Fashion
Data centre S-Reits power ahead on AI and cloud growth
Industry analysts highlight a broadly positive sector outlook, driven by ongoing digitalisation[SINGAPORE] Data centre real estate investment trusts in Singapore (DC S-Reits) have demonstrated continued robust operating results in...
Nvidia has US$21 billion SpaceX stake, US$30 billion in Intel shares
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 03:52 PM[SAN FRANCISCO] Nvidia on Friday (Aug 14) disclosed a nearly US$21 billion stake in Elon Musk’s SpaceX and a US$30 billion one...
Hedge funds halved short bets on yen since joint intervention
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 03:23 PM[TOKYO] Hedge funds further dialled back on their wagers against the yen, signalling a reduction in negative sentiment surrounding the currency after...
Anthropic revenue surges to over US$11.5 billion in Q2
Published Sat, Aug 15, 2026 · 03:07 PM[NEW YORK] Anthropic is telling prospective investors its second-quarter revenue jumped at least 14-fold versus the same period a year ago, according...
