The President promised to end what had been a quarter century of forever wars in the Middle East. Now the U.S. is mired in an intractable conflict of his own making.
Searching for ancient objects in the Thames used to be a niche pastime. Then came Instagram, permits, and a desperate desire for connection with the past.
In a starry, stirring adaptation of Homer’s epic, the director’s signature realism grounds, without dispelling, the drama’s emotional and mythological power.
Argentina bullied its way through most of this year’s World Cup, Ishaan Tharoor writes. Online, speculation abounds about a conspiracy to return Lionel Messi to the final.
Jessica Winter reports on a new wave of technology that promises to relieve women of their outsized share of cognitive labor—and to get them to use more A.I.
At an industrial venue in southeast London, Madonna celebrated the launch of her latest album, “Confessions II.” Her co-host for the night? Grindr. And the directions were clear: “Go through the legs and up the stairs.” A pair of 15-foot inflatable legs graced the entrance.
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