Ecuador: The Andean reinvention of cumbia
Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.
Day: October 13, 2025
Trio wins economics Nobel for work on tech-driven growth
The Nobel prize in economics was awarded on Monday to American-Israeli Joel Mokyr, France’s Philippe Aghion and Canada’s Peter Howitt for work on how technology drives and affects growth. Mokyr, 79, won one half of the prize “for having identified the…
North Carolina GOP announce plans to vote on new House map amid nationwide redistricting battle
North Carolina Republican legislative leaders say they will vote next week on redrawing the state’s U.S. House district map.
Google updates Search to group paid results into a collapsible section with a single, larger “Sponsored” label at the top and a hide button at the bottom (Allison Johnson/The Verge)
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Google updates Search to group paid results into a collapsible section with a single, larger “Sponsored” label at the top and a hide button at the bottom — Ads in your search results might be…
Mali retaliates against US visa bond requirement with identical measure
Mali’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has announced it will require U.S. visa applicants to post a bond of up to $10,000.
What are the Abraham Accords, Trump’s 2020 Mideast deals?
Before the Abraham Accords, the only Arab states that had formally recognized Israel were Egypt and Jordan.
“Stefon Diggs gives Cardi five rounds a night”: Rebecca J fires back at Offset after he accused her in his DMs
Rapper Offset faced backlash after implying Instagram model Rebecca J pursued him. Rebecca J responded strongly, calling Offset’s actions embarrassing and defending Cardi B. She praised Cardi as self-made and referenced NFL player Stefon Diggs in a vir…
Shehbaz Sharif Behind Him, Trump Praises “Very Good Friend” PM Modi In Egypt
US President Donald Trump on Monday praised India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi without naming him, saying “India is a great country with a good friend of mine at the top”.
Ley calls for parliament to investigate Thorpe over ‘incendiary behaviour’ at protest – as it happened
This blog is now closedConflating criticism of Israel with hatred of Jews ‘quite audacious’, lawyer for Sydney academics tells courtGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe acting prime minister, Richard Marles, has echoed Penny W…
The UN nuclear watchdog seeks a local truce to restore power to the Zaporizhzhia plant
Diplomats say the U.N. nuclear watchdog is pushing Ukraine and Russia to agree to local ceasefires so that external power can be restored to Ukraine’s huge nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia