Today: September 13, 2026
Today: September 13, 2026

Arts

Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

Celine Dion is back in Paris, but her first song remains 'a big secret'

Celine Dion has arrived in Paris for her first concerts since revealing her stiff-person syndrome diagnosis

Arts|Education|Interview

Emily Wilson's 'Odyssey' became a cultural flashpoint. Now, she's retranslating the whole thing

Emily Wilson's 2017 translation of “The Odyssey” is a million-seller

Arts|Europe|MidEast

Serbia says convicted war criminal Mladić to be buried with ‘highest honors’

Serbia says convicted war criminal Mladić to be buried with ‘highest honors’

Arts|Science

Revolutionary War battlefields often romanticize combat, but this mass grave just outside Philadelphia shows the violence soldiers actually experienced

A team of historians, archaeologists and forensic anthropologists is trying to identify 15 German soldiers who were unceremoniously dumped in a ditch after trying to help the British capture Philadelphia.

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Immigration enforcement is supplying a long-standing economic market for prisoners

Rural places have long built and expanded prisons to tap federal funds during hard times.

Arts|Europe|Finance

Russia's Sberbank sees more rate cuts, higher growth this year despite Ukrainian attacks

Russia's central bank will continue cutting its key rate, lowering it to 13.5% from 14% by the end of this year, Sberbank's chief economist Alexander

Arts|Environment

Kenya police fire tear gas to disperse traders protesting import duty hike

Police fired tear gas to disperse small-scale traders protesting against an import duty hike, a Reuters witness saw on Friday, while hundreds of businesses closed in

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Over 90,000 affected by Himalayan landslide, Red Cross says

More than 90,000 people are estimated to be directly affected by the Himalayan landslide and in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, the Red Cross said on Friday, as aid

Arts|Economy|Environment|Sports

Judge blocks rule implementing Trump plan to restrict mail-in voting

A federal judge on Thursday blocked the U.S.

Arts|Business|Environment|Technology|World

Families of South Koreans missing in Nepal floods seek urgent helicopter access

The families of South Korean workers missing after a catastrophic flash flood in Nepal urged authorities on Friday to secure helicopter access

Arts|Finance|MidEast|Technology|World

Visa, Mastercard launch international card payments in Syria after US lifts terrorism designation

(This Aug 27 story has been republished, with no changes to text.)

Arts|Entertainment|Europe|World

Reactions to the death of Norway's King Harald

Norway's King Harald, a reformer who emerged from the shadow of his well-loved father over more than three decades on the throne, has died aged 89, the royal palace said on

Arts|Crime|Economy|Europe|Finance|World

What is Radiant World and why is it in the news?

Commodity trader Radiant World is under scrutiny as counterparties have stopped doing business with it following news that authorities are investigating a report it provided

Arts|Business|Health|Science

Beloved New Orleans hospital, wracked by floods and grief in Hurricane Katrina, to get a makeover

A beloved New Orleans hospital building where doctors and nurses heroically treated patients without electricity after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 is poised for redevelopment

Arts|Crime|Entertainment|Lifestyle

San Francisco jeweler loses hundreds of thousands in devastating burglary

San Francisco jeweler loses hundreds of thousands in devastating burglary

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Hungry goats help reveal past at historic African American cemetery in College Park

Hungry goats help reveal past at historic African American cemetery in College Park

Arts|Health|Sports|Technology|Travel

Bicycle shop in Marblehead, Massachusetts won't sell e-bikes to kids: "They're too fast"

Bicycle shop in Marblehead, Massachusetts won't sell e-bikes to kids: "They're too fast"

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Rooted in Philadelphia area, The Berenstain Bears has a "major media project in the works"

Rooted in Philadelphia area, The Berenstain Bears has a "major media project in the works"

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Thailand's southern insurgency leaves villagers trapped in a cycle of fear

Security guard Ni-arfan Doloh was taking a routine photograph for his nightly report on Saturday when five masked men carrying rifles emerged

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On islands key to Taiwan's defense, troops prepare for a Chinese first strike

In the pre-dawn darkness on an island in the Taiwan Strait, Taiwanese troops earlier this month pulled long, gleaming 105mm shells from

Arts|Asia|Environment|Europe|World

Nepal lake breaks banks, water level rising, district official says

Officials in Nepal's Rasuwa district have received a notice saying a lake has broken its banks, two days after a flash flood hit the region, Narendra Pariyar, the most

Arts|Economy|Europe

German unemployment rises slightly less than expected in August

The number of unemployed people in Germany rose slightly less than expected in August, labour office figures showed on Friday.

Arts|Economy|Europe

Congo's president calls for national dialogue to ease tensions, rebels excluded

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has unveiled plans for a national dialogue aimed at easing political tensions, which have risen over a bill that

Arts|Economy|Europe|Finance|World

A tiny nordic nation weighs moving closer to Europe under the shadow of Trump

A tiny nordic nation weighs moving closer to Europe under the shadow of Trump

Arts|Business|Finance|Technology

Prediction markets take a swing at hedging for US small businesses

Mark Murrell, founder of Get Maine Lobster of Portland, Maine, has an irritating business problem that he has been struggling to solve: offering discounts is costly

Arts|Political

US judge rules Pentagon blacklisting of Anthropic unlawful

A U.S. judge ruled on Thursday that the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful.