Trump Lifts Sanctions on Syria, Tightening His Embrace of Its New Leader
U.S. officials said sanctions against targets such as its central bank would end, but they would remain on Syria’s former dictator, Bashar al-Assad.
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Summer Learning Loss Happens, but Kids Quickly Recover
Summer has arrived. For kids, this might mean freedom from schoolwork. But for parents, it can also mean the summer care scramble—the stressful (and expensive) need for working parents to piece together childcare for the months in which school isn’t in session. The scramble for some parents is also about the fear that their kids…
The best iPad to buy in 2025
There are no bad iPads. That’s the best news about Apple’s tablet lineup: 15 years after Steve Jobs first debuted the device, the iPad is the best tablet on the market, and it’s not particularly close. Apple’s App Store is enormous and filled with great apps, Apple’s performance and battery life are consistently excellent, and…
Wimbledon 2025: Katie Boulter and Sonay Kartal open with wins
Katie Boulter and Sonay Kartal both produced impressive victories at either end of a record-breaking day for British players at Wimbledon. Former British number one Boulter took to Centre Court in the evening and secured a rare victory over a top 10 player as she beat Spain’s Paula Badosa 6-2 3-6 6-4. Earlier, Kartal was…
USAID marks last day with Obama, Bush criticizing Trump’s gutting of agency – National
Former U.S. presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration — and singer Bono held back tears as he recited a poem — in an emotional video farewell on Monday with staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Obama called the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID “a…
Sabotaging Bosses, Irritating Employees, and More
AMY BERNSTEIN: Welcome to Ask the Amys. AMY GALLO: This is when our listeners write to us about their frustrations at work, and we give them our best advice. AMY BERNSTEIN: This time, those questions are about making the leap from tactical to strategic, handling unfair treatment from a manager, coaching someone with a difficult…
Cancer Curtailed British Royal Family’s Public Engagements
Members of the monarchy took part in fewer public engagements in the year leading to March, a sovereign grant report said, reflecting the illnesses of King Charles III and Catherine.
The remarkable tale of how humans nearly didn’t conquer the world
It was a lonely and cold life. In the chilly wastes of northern Europe during the last glacial period, when the ice sheets had spread from the poles and the forests had been driven far south, a small group of humans clung to existence. They roamed widely, between the British Isles in the west and…
From chatbots to collaborators: How AI agents are reshaping enterprise work
Anthropic’s Scott White explains how AI agents evolved from chatbots to autonomous workers at VentureBeat Transform 2025, cutting enterprise tasks from weeks to minutes.Read More
2025 NBA free agency tracker: Latest moves, player rankings with Myles Turner, Russell Westbrook on the market
Getty Images NBA free agency is here. Players can officially begin negotiating with teams across the league beginning at 6 p.m. ET on Monday evening. There will be a flurry of activity this week. But many of the biggest names who could’ve been part of the free-agent pool stayed put without testing the waters. LeBron…