In the movies, at least, Macau seems as far away from a real city as you can get, a futuristic dreamworld of neon reflected on water, of shiny Emerald City-style architecture, an Eden of gambling where you could just as…
At least 40 bodies have been lined up in the streets of Rio de Janeiro the day after a major clash between Brazilian police and the “Red Command” gang that left over 100 people dead, according to officials. The carnage…
Flight delays and cancellations are surging around the country as a result of staff shortages in airports as the government shutdown stretches on, causing thousands of air traffic controllers to work without pay. Roughly 11,000 air traffic controllers missed paychecks…
When Sam Altman arrived at Helion Energy’s small Redmond, Wash., office in early 2014, nuclear-fusion textbooks tucked under his arm, the company was focusing its efforts on research and development. By the time he left, several days later, he had…
All eyes are on the New Jersey and Virginia Governors’ races as they enter their last week. Pundits are looking to these races for insight on where voters stand on the Trump Administration a year before the midterm elections. These…
In 2023, Adams hosted Mamdani and his father, a scholar of post-colonialism at Columbia University, for dinner. “The frightening thing is, he really believes this stuff!” Adams tells me as he mixes the veggies. “Globalize the intifada, there’s nothing wrong…
In the premiere of Down Cemetery Road, a desperate woman walks into a private investigator’s office. “Let me guess,” says the detective, Zoë Boehm (Emma Thompson). “You’ve got a husband. He’s got a secretary. Am I warm?” She is not.…
Less than a month after the Senate rejected an effort to block President Donald Trump’s bombing of alleged drug-trafficking cartel boats, Senator Rand Paul intends to continue to push the issue. The Kentucky Republican tells TIME an updated resolution could…
Global failure to adapt to climate change is taking a toll on people’s lives and is responsible for millions of deaths every year, according to a new report from The Lancet. The Lancet today published its 9th annual “Countdown on…
The government shutdown is delaying the release of critical funds for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), a little-known program that provides heating and cooling payment assistance to households across the U.S.—meaning that millions might be unable to heat…