Jay-Z Closes Yankee Stadium Residency With Epic Late Night Show Featuring Beyoncé, Rihanna, Usher, Teyana Taylor and More

“We’re going to go until like 5 a.m., so don’t be scared,” said Jay-Z not long after he started the third and final show of his Yankee Stadium residency on…

How Universal Made a 8,800lb Trojan Horse for ‘The Odyssey’ World Premiere

With almost the full cast in attendance, last week’s “The Odyssey” world premiere in London offered more star power than any other event seen in Leicester Square this year. And…

Five Economists Vie for Croat Central Bank’s Vice Governor Posts

A Croatian parliamentary board chose five nominees endorsed by different parties to fill three vice governor positions at the central bank, according to people familiar with the matter.

As Milei’s Aura Fades, Argentina Starts to Look for a Third Way

Corruption was once Javier Milei’s strongest card against the Peronist movement that dominated Argentine politics for decades. Now it’s just one of several vulnerabilities that are damaging the libertarian president’s…

As Israel divides Jewish communities, Yiddish draws a new generation

(RNS and NPR) — Lindsey Bloom, a senior at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, grew up going to Hebrew school and attending a synagogue with an Israeli flag…

The intellectual roots of feminism’s antisemitism

(RNS) — When people chanted “globalize the intifada,” I used to think they meant the violent kind, exported. I’ve revised that theory. What’s actually globalized is a whole ecosystem of genteel…

Can AI replace vocation?   

(RNS) — I was having coffee with a friend, the father of two young daughters. He mentioned a growing concern: “I am not sure how to advise my girls regarding…

Muslim advocacy group fights for trust after Texas brands it a terrorist group

AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — It was just past 9 p.m. on June 22, during the Texas State Board of Education meeting, when Shaimaa Zayan, operations manager  for the Council on…

Faith and FIFA: Religion at the World Cup

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Wildfire of "exceptional scale" burning near Paris

The wildfire is piling pressure on a region facing its third heat wave since May.