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  • Xi Jinping

    How long will the dollar last as the world’s default currency? The BRICS nations are gathering in South Africa this August with it on the agenda

    By Mihaela Papa and The Conversation
  • John MaugerLifestyle

    A zoo vs. a safari: How the thirst for ‘authentic’ tourism grew into the adventure tourism boom that led to the Titan tragedy

    By Scott Smith and The Conversation
  • Henry David ThoreauLifestyle

    The secret American history of yoga began at Henry David Thoreau’s Walden Pond: ‘Even I am a yogin’

    By Jeremy David Engels and The Conversation
  • Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny PrigozhinPolitics

    Vladimir Putin looks uneasy about Ukraine’s counteroffensive as he faces the rarest of things: A political rival he can’t get rid of

    By Peter Rutland and The Conversation
  • Ralph NaderFinance

    Have you been screwed over by an airline yet this summer? The government has let them create their own rules since 1978

    By Janet Bednarek and The Conversation
  • Lula

    Brazil’s Lula and the Global South are flexing their muscles—and they may be able to bring peace to Eastern Europe

    By Jorge Heine and The Conversation
  • Mariya Gudko

    Ukraine is flooding after explosions dynamited a massive dam. The founder of West Point’s Modern War Institute says hydraulic warfare is an age-old tactic

    By Liam Collins and The Conversation
  • Black teacherLifestyle

    3 ways teachers can use the story of Juneteenth to expand kids’ minds, from an education professor who grew up in the Caribbean

    By Raphael E. Rogers and The Conversation
  • Jewish father and sonLifestyle

    Jewish denominations: A historian breaks down the difference between Reform, Orthodox and Conservative

    By Joshua Shanes and The Conversation
  • Sam HoustonLifestyle

    One of the 182,566 people freed on the first Juneteenth was Joshua Houston, the enslaved servant of the famous general. This is his story.

    By Jeffrey L. Littlejohn, Zachary Montz, and others
  • Vaccine shotHealth

    Whether by infection or vaccine, 96.4% of Americans had COVID antibodies in their blood last September, massive survey finds

    By Matt Hitchings, Derek Cummings, and others
  • Emergency room doctorHealth

    We’re still learning just how badly America handled the pandemic—’excess deaths’ jumped nearly 85% in 3 years, study finds

    By Patrick Heuveline and The Conversation
  • David HerskowitzLifestyle

    Blood residue on caveman weapons over 13,000 years old reveals how humans hunted mammoths, giant sloths and other megafauna during the Ice Age

    By Christopher R. Moore and The Conversation
  • TOKYO, JAPAN – JUNE 12: OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman speaks during an event at Keio University on June 12, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. Altman discussed with students at the event hosted by one of Japan’s leading private universities as he expressed his intentions to open an office and broaden services in the country. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)Tech

    Popular A.I. services for creating images are legal minefields for artists seeking payment for their work

    By Robert Mahari, Robert Mahari, and others
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    The Fed’s summertime pause on interest rates could easily turn into a permanent vacation

    By Ryan Herzog and The Conversation