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Rebuilding Syria will cost over $200bn. Bombs are not helping

Published on Jul 08, 2026 08:42 pm IST

Emergency personnel work as smoke and fire rise at the site where explosive devices blew up near a hotel where French President Emmanuel Macron was meant to be staying, in Damascus, Syria, in this screengrab obtained from a video, July 7, 2026. (REUTERS)

Why Old Master paintings are back in vogue

A portrait of the Duke of Wellington by Sir Thomas Lawrence is displayed at Christie's auction house in London, Tuesday, June 9, 2026.(AP FILE)

Art and Culture

Published on Jul 08, 2026 07:42 pm IST

Medicine can treat obesity, but can’t agree on what obesity is

A medicine distributor displays Mounjaro (tirzepatide) self-injecting GLP-1 prefilled pens at his office in Thane on March 20, 2026. (AFP FILE)

Published on Jul 08, 2026 06:42 pm IST

AI has taken over the stock market. The bond market is next

AI has taken over the stock market. The bond market is next

Published on Jul 08, 2026 05:41 pm IST

Marine Le Pen is running for the French presidency

FILE PHOTO: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said that the ban had posed “an enormous democratic problem”, and that its ending changed everything, enabling “the people to decide”.(REUTERS FILE)

Published on Jul 08, 2026 04:41 pm IST

Europe’s economy is a mess. Its stock markets are a steal

Brief flirtations aside, it has been a long time since Europe’s big markets have thrilled international investors, and there are no prizes for guessing why. (Unsplash)

Published on Jul 08, 2026 03:27 pm IST

Can cutting-edge semiconductors supercharge Japan?

Rapidus cites an “abundance of water” in Hokkaido, crucial for semiconductor manufacturing, as a key reason for choosing the region(PEXEL)

Published on Jul 07, 2026 08:00 pm IST

If ludicrous Trump flattery can save NATO, bring it on

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte leaves the stage after speaking during the High Level Defence announcements at the NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum, on the sidelines of the NATO leaders' Summit, in Ankara, Turkey, July 7,(Reuters)

Published on Jul 07, 2026 07:00 pm IST

The World Bank has ditched its climate targets

FILE PHOTO: World Bank's president Ajay Banga views the impact of sea level rise in Funafuti, Tuvalu, September 6, 2024. Scientists say by 2050, half of Tuvalu's main town of Funafuti will be inundated by tides. (Reuters)

Published on Jul 07, 2026 06:00 pm IST

A rare Chinese missile test unnerves Asian neighbours

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a long-range ballistic missile bursts out of the sea during a test launched from a Chinese nuclear-powered submarines in the South Pacific on Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP)

Published on Jul 07, 2026 04:00 pm IST

Mexico is placing an enormous bet on rail

Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, has ambitious plans to build more than 3,000km of new passenger rail—in effect a national network—by the end of her term in 2030. (Pexel)

Updated on Jul 07, 2026 03:51 pm IST

Mehmet Oz, Donald Trump’s most effective TV star

Dr Oz has emerged as one of Mr Trump’s most effective lieutenants, advancing the president’s priorities with competence and zeal. (Reuters)

Published on Jul 06, 2026 07:45 pm IST

Women’s progress at work appears to be stalling

After consistently closing in recent years, the gender pay gap is also opening up again.(PEXEL)

Published on Jul 06, 2026 06:34 pm IST

Europe promised cash for defence. It’s failing to cough up

FILE PHOTO: Banners hang outside the NATO headquarters, ahead of the NATO foreign ministers meeting, in Brussels, Belgium November 28, 2023.(REUTERS)

Published on Jul 06, 2026 05:15 pm IST

Has China obtained the world’s most important machine?

FILE PHOTO: The bottom module of a $400-million High NA EUV machine made by ASML is shown at the headquarters of Belgian chip research lab IMEC on March 18, 2026(REUTERS)

Published on Jul 06, 2026 03:48 pm IST

Iran’s regime hopes Khamenei’s funeral will demonstrate its strength

In the regime’s telling, the funeral of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, beginning on July 4th, completes the arc of Shia history.(REUTERS)

Published on Jul 05, 2026 01:20 pm IST

Unpacking Venezuela’s peculiar debt restructuring

The earthquakes in Venezuela on June 24th are a humanitarian disaster.(REUTERS)

Published on Jul 05, 2026 01:13 pm IST

Ukraine is trying to threaten Vladimir Putin into peace talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin called UAE counterpart Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan for help with the detention of a man suspected of shooting a Russian military intelligence officer.(AP file photo)

Published on Jul 04, 2026 08:53 pm IST

How little exercise can you get away with?

Even tiny bursts of activity have measurable benefits

Updated on Jul 04, 2026 08:40 pm IST

Plot twist: Taylor Swift’s wedding—you can’t shake it off

The wedding of Taylor Swift, the world’s biggest pop star, and Travis Kelce, a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, has been the subject of feverish speculation

Published on Jul 04, 2026 08:32 pm IST

Inside the fantasy world of Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump gestures toward reporters after disembarking from Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on July 1, 2026. (AFP)

Published on Jul 04, 2026 08:20 pm IST

Scientists take another step towards lab-made life

Dr Adamala worked from the bottom up rather than the top down. Instead of asking what genes an existing cell could do without, she added genes whose functions were known to inanimate bubbles of fatty membrane called liposomes.(Unsplash/Representative)

Published on Jul 04, 2026 07:00 am IST

Turkey and Israel should trade energy, not insults

Israel’s prime minister and Turkey’s president often swap ferocious insults.(AP)

Published on Jul 03, 2026 08:07 pm IST

The AI boom and geopolitics are rewiring Asia’s oceans

Asia and Australia are now connected to Europe by fibre-optic cables which tend to hug the coastlines of the Asian continent before heading up the Red Sea. (Unsplash)

Published on Jul 03, 2026 07:06 pm IST

NATO ponders how to defend Eastern Europe as America pulls back

FILE PHOTO: A gun, part of the Caesar self-propelled howitzer, during the visit of French Defence and Veterans Minister Catherine Vautrin and Croatia's Defence Minister Ivan Anusic at the French-German military defence system supplier KNDS in Versailles, France, December 8, 2025.
(REUTERS)

Published on Jul 03, 2026 06:06 pm IST

Venezuela’s earthquakes are partly America’s problem

A drone view shows rescuers working at the site of collapsed buildings, in the aftermath of earthquakes, in La Guaira, Venezuela, July 2, 2026.(REUTERS)

Published on Jul 03, 2026 05:06 pm IST

We woz wrong about oil

FILE PHOTO: Drone view of oil tanker HELGA berthed at one of Iraq's southern offshore oil terminals near Basra as it prepares to load crude oil, becoming the second vessel to arrive since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, April 24, 2026.
(REUTERS)

Published on Jul 03, 2026 05:00 pm IST

The next great Middle East rivalry

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands as they meet at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 25, 2025(REUTERS)

Updated on Jul 03, 2026 04:05 pm IST

Messi, Mbappé, Ronaldo: this World Cup belongs to the superstars

Lionel Messi, Argentina’s idol, scored six times in three games to claim the record for lifetime goals in World Cups. By July 1st graceful Kylian Mbappé of France (pictured) had netted six too(AFP)

Published on Jul 01, 2026 10:24 pm IST

Allies learn how to bully America

In short, Taiwan has a choke point. Indeed, Mr Trump’s bluster about Taiwan stealing America’s chip industry is a form of backhanded compliment. (Unsplash)

Published on Jul 01, 2026 07:36 pm IST

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