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The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council stated that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed to maritime traffic until, along with the fulfillment of other stipulations, the United States removes its military from the region; and a Unite

Italy closed its air and sea borders with Spain for one month, suspending the Schengen free-travel arrangement between the two countries after some 60,000 migrants crossed into Ceuta, a Spanish territory in North Africa, during which at least 72 people di

Last fall, the annual convention of the National Funeral Directors Association featured a brand-new event: the Restorative Art Technical Showcase, in which a group of elite morticians competed over the course of three hours to transform a mangled silicone

The U.S. energy secretary Chris Wright heralded America's "nuclear renaissance" as he signed a cooperation agreement with the Saudi energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman that would permit Saudi Arabia to develop civilian nuclear technology in partne

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement official shot and killed a civilian, the second killing of its kind since the beginning of the month and the fourth since the beginning of the year.1 2 FBI managers received notice that the bureau would no longer inv

A version of this column originally ran in Le Devoir on July 6, 2026. Translated from the French by Elettra Pauletto. I must say, the big debate on artificial intelligence along with the associated media frenzy bore me to death. Reading my daily and weekl

In Houston, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official shot and killed a 52-year-old Mexican man while he was on his way to work; his son, who was searching for his father after his mother said he was "in trouble," recognized his pleading voice in a

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In Washington, D.C., during celebrations for the United States' semiquincentennial, the U.S. president misquoted the Declaration of Independence;1 a large piece of the Salute to America stage fell and nearly crushed a group of dancers during rehearsal for

Despite its recent ceasefire agreement, Iran launched a drone attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz for failing to use designated routes while leaving the strait; in response, the U.S. launched air strikes on Iran, which Iran responded to wit