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Xi Calls for Mideast Peace at BRICS — While Buying Iran's Oil by the Barrel
Xi Jinping wants BRICS to broker Middle East peace. He also wants Iranian oil. Can you do both? Beijing thinks so — and that's the problem.
James WhitfieldSep 13
- ▪Niger's Junta Swaps Army Chief After a Mutiny It Swears Never HappenedSep 13
- ▪A Missile, a Mosque, and the Lie We Keep Telling About YemenSep 13
- ▪Sweden Votes as the Far Right Knocks on the Door of PowerSep 13
- ▪Tooro's Throne in Turmoil: Mystery Son Challenges Ancient Royal SuccessionSep 13
- ▪Trump Just Handed Ireland a Border Poll He May Not Even UnderstandSep 13
Finance
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Kill Someone With a Car in California, Pay $30K. The Tab Says $1.6M
California requires drivers to carry $30,000 in liability insurance. The real cost of a fatal crash is $1.6 million. The gap doesn't disappear — it just lands on the victim's family.
Michael ThorpeSep 13
- ▪Inflation Just Robbed Your Raise — AgainSep 13
- ▪Larry Ellison Just Blinked — and Wall Street Should Be NervousSep 13
- ▪Oil Just Kissed $102 Again and China Holds the MatchSep 12
- ▪The 24% Interest Trap: How America Sells Cars to Its PoorestSep 12
- ▪Judge Torches Trump's Coal Bailout: 'Emergency' Was a Lie, Grid Was FineSep 12
Tech
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JetKVM Mini: The $69 Palm-Sized Device That Could Save Remote Workers
JetKVM Mini is a $69 palm-sized box that gives you BIOS-level remote access to any computer. Here's why it could be the best money you spend this year.
Alex NovakSep 13
- ▪Silicon Valley's AI Doomsayers Are Losing the Room—and That Should Scare You MoreSep 13
- ▪A Wandering Black Hole Is Eating on the Run, and Astronomers Caught ItSep 13
- ▪Stop Calling Yourself an 'Artisanal Programmer' — You're Not Making CheeseSep 13
- ▪Terence Tao's 'After Math': The Quiet Bombshell Nobody in Silicon Valley Wants to ReadSep 13
- ▪Aligned to Whom? The Quiet Power Grab Behind AI's Favorite BuzzwordSep 13
Entertainment
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Pink's Macklemore Backlash Is a Masterclass in Missing the Point
Pink's lengthy defense of her Macklemore remarks reveals more about celebrity cowardice than any statement she's ever made. When 'my own people' becomes a shield, someone else is being asked to bleed.
Ryan O'ConnellSep 13
- ▪Céline Dion Sang 29 Songs in Paris. Now We Need to Talk About Her Voice.Sep 13
- ▪My Chemical Romance Just Broke a 16-Year Silence — and Nobody Knows What Comes NextSep 13
- ▪"Aman" Isn't a Trans Film. It's a Mirror for Every Pregnant BodySep 13
- ▪The Philippines Bets on a Golf Caddy and a Typhoon of Silence for the OscarsSep 13
- ▪Céline Dion Wept in Paris, and 3,900 Strangers Wept With HerSep 13
Sports
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Rybakina Could Barely Walk Two Weeks Ago. Now She's World No. 1.
Elena Rybakina arrived at the US Open unable to walk without pain. She left as champion and world No. 1. This wasn't a comeback story — it was a heist.
Tommy GallagherSep 13
- ▪Maresca's Fixed Ideas vs Carrick's Fluid Football: The Derby That Defines a CitySep 13
- ▪Garcia Dismantles Benn in Two Rounds and the Sport Should Be AshamedSep 13
- ▪23 Years of American Ghosts: Shelton and Zverev Collide Under Ashe's LightsSep 13
- ▪Mourinho Gets His Swagger Back as Mbappe Torches Rayo in 4-1 RoutSep 13
- ▪USA Grinds Past Spain Into World Cup Final, But France Is Waiting With a WarningSep 13
Health
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Ebola Hit a Seventh Province While Congo's Government Talked About Declining Cases
Ebola just reached a seventh Congolese province via a traveler who crossed Rwanda and Uganda — while the government insists cases are falling. Both can't be the whole truth.
Fiona BlackwoodSep 13
- ▪Ebola's Worst Outbreak in Congo's History Is a Slow-Motion DisasterSep 13
- ▪Your Insurer Can Drop You Mid-Treatment — And It's Perfectly LegalSep 12
- ▪Bouncy Castle in Ireland Becomes MRSA Launchpad, Infecting 48 ChildrenSep 12
- ▪13,000 Sick, Zero Dead: The FDA Just Closed the Book on America's Biggest Parasite OutbreakSep 12
- ▪The Lettuce That Laid Low 12,000 Americans — And What the CDC Isn't SayingSep 12
Education
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Clay Institute Just Put $1 Million on the Line for the Math That Could Break Physics
The Clay Mathematics Institute just reminded the world that the equation governing every fluid on Earth—from your blood to the jet stream—is mathematically unproven. And there's a $1 million bounty for whoever fixes it.
Peter HolmstromSep 12
- ▪King's College London Blinks First: Suspended Pro-Palestine Student Walks Back Onto CampusSep 11
- ▪Scientists Can't Let It Be: 3,200 Beatles References Found Lurking in Academic PapersSep 10
- ▪American 15-Year-Olds Just Hit a Reading Low Not Seen Since 1998Sep 9
- ▪Mathematics is headed to the conservatory — and that's a problemSep 7
- ▪School Districts Slam the Brakes on AI: What Do They Know That We Don't?Sep 6
Society
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Brendan Carr Calls a Senate Candidate's Kimmel Interview a 'Hoax' — Then Proves His Own Point
The FCC chairman says a Senate candidate ran a 'hoax' by doing a Kimmel interview that ABC posted to YouTube. Read that sentence again and tell me who's actually abusing power here.
Rosa MarchettiSep 13
- ▪England's Medieval Succession Crisis That Makes Brexit Look Like a Tea PartySep 13
- ▪Trump's Data Center Pollution Pass Is a Quiet War on Your LungsSep 12
- ▪Nashville's Airport Wants to Be Dolly Parton's. Good Luck Finding a Better Name.Sep 12
- ▪A Palestinian Flag, a Football Field, and the Cost of Being SeenSep 12
- ▪In Gaza, a White Dress Is the Loudest Form of ResistanceSep 12
Culture
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Sci-Fi's Best Kept Secret: The Books That Explain Why We Tolerate Absurd Societies
The best sci-fi isn't about predicting the future — it's about explaining why we tolerate the present. A reading list for anyone who's ever asked, 'Wait, why do we do it this way?'
Arthur PenningtonSep 13
- ▪Sylvan Esso Want You to Spend $12 on Yogurt and Mean ItSep 13
- ▪Marc Jacobs' $9M Frank Lloyd Wright Fixer-Upper: A Fashion Icon's Architectural GambleSep 9
- ▪Why Star Trek, Not Math, Is Earth's Real Universal LanguageSep 9
- ▪South Park Jokes About Trump's New Map. The Punchline Is Weirder Than You Think.Sep 9
- ▪Banquo's Ghost Still Haunts Us: Why Macbeth Explains Modern PowerSep 8
Lifestyle
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Mom's $400K Dilemma: One Son Builds, the Other Gets What?
One son gets a $400K house on Mom's land. The other gets a pat on the back. A family feud is brewing — and only a lawyer can save them.
Greta LindqvistSep 9
- ▪Learn NYC's Neighborhoods, Subway Routes in One Tap — But Is It Too Late?Sep 8
- ▪Why I Ditched the Private Jet for Silence: The Real Luxuries Money Can't BuySep 6
- ▪Pickleball's Power Play: How a Sport Became America's New Dinner TheaterSep 5
- ▪Labor Day Deals 2026: Shop Like You Mean It Before the Sales DieSep 5
- ▪Snowbirds Flock South: Florida Dominates Retirement List, But Should You Follow?Sep 5