The bizarre vintage posters that would never get approved today
Mail Onlineby Maanya Sachdeva·29 Aug 2026
- READ MORE: The smart, sexy (and sometimes bizarre!) adverts from your childhood that would never air today: From Wonderbra's 'Hello Boys' poster to Anthony Head's passionate kiss with Sharon...
U.S. debt blows past $40 trillion, jeopardizing quality of life for every American
FOX Newsby Nicole Huyer; Michael Bicksel·29 Aug 2026
America’s national debt is climbing higher with few solutions in sight. Total public debt outstanding exceeded $40 trillion for the first time in history — that's nearly $300,000 per household.
Tony Movie Review: Medium roast
New Indian Expressby Kartik Bhardwaj·29 Aug 2026
Tony Review: In 2013, five years before he died by suicide, Anthony Bourdain did a Reddit AMA session.
‘The Struggle’: This impactful novel in translation presents a lived experience of agrarian unrest
Scroll.inby Pranvi Khare·29 Aug 2026
There’s an intensity to Bangladeshi writer Showkat Ali’s novel The Struggle (translated from the Bengali by V Ramaswamy and Mohiuddin Jahangir) that stayed with me well after I had finished it.
Fuel subsidy debate: Between economic reform and political expediency, By Ehi Braimah
Premium Timesby Premium Times·29 Aug 2026
Nigeria’s worsening cost-of-living crisis has turned petrol subsidy into one of the most politically sensitive issues ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Bengal: VHP's Durga Puja 'guidelines' spark meat sale debate
The Siasat Dailyby Indo-Asian News Service·29 Aug 2026
New Delhi: A set of guidelines issued by the right-wing outfit Vishva Hindu Parishad on Durga Puja celebrations in West Bengal has triggered a political debate, with leaders from the JD(U)...
Nepal flash floods: When the Himalayas bled...
The South Firstby Ashutosh Kumar Thakur·29 Aug 2026
Synopsis: A disaster like Nepal’s changes not only the physical landscape. It changes the geography within a person. The distance between home and fear becomes smaller.
Therapy Has a Relationship Problem
Timeby David H. Rosmarin·29 Aug 2026
Some relationships need to end. Years ago, I treated a woman whose husband was deliberately trying to drive her toward suicide while attempting to extract money from her family.
[OPINION] Faith in the Footprints: How the youth today see religion, values, morality
Rapplerby Robert Z. Cortes·29 Aug 2026
AT A GLANCE - The Footprints Project conducted a comprehensive study on youth beliefs about God and religion, surveying 4,889 young people across eight countries.
Dire Strait: Why Economic Threats Might Escalate the War in Iran
Timeby Hamidreza Azizi·29 Aug 2026
Six months into the war between the United States and Iran, President Donald Trump has turned to economic warfare to force the country into submission and threatened an “Economic D-Day” against...
[Book Review] The People's Sanctum: 100 year struggle to democratize temples in India
Bar and Benchby MF Philip·29 Aug 2026
In his debut book The People's Sanctum (Penguin, 2026), Manuraj Shanmughasundaram traces a century-long struggle of the depressed classes in South India, from the fight for road access around...
Multiplying options
Buenos Aires Timesby Michael Soltys·29 Aug 2026
Earlier this month, this column bemoaned the “electoral obsession disorder” plaguing most political and economic debate 14 months ahead of the event and the speculation is indeed absurdly premature...
Why Perfil is fighting OpenAI and Microsoft over theft of journalistic content to feed their AI
Buenos Aires Timesby Agustino Fontevecchia·29 Aug 2026
The sudden explosion of artificial intelligence is a sign of our times. In just a few years, platforms like ChatGPT and Claude went from being these curious, techie tools used by nerds and early...
The history of the New York Irish corned beef and cabbage
IrishCentral.comby Chef Michael Gilligan·29 Aug 2026
Why do Irish Americans love corned beef and cabbage so much? Here's the story behind the traditional recipe. St.
Are we educating students or just certifying them?
The Hinduby Ponmythili Muralidharan·29 Aug 2026
Degrees have become central to how we understand educational progress. Colleges are expanding, enrolments are growing, and more youngsters enter the workforce every year with certificates in hand.
Not a good sign when bar council does not earn respect of its members: Supreme Court Justice BV Nagarathna
Bar and Benchby Debayan Roy·29 Aug 2026
Supreme Court Justice BV Nagarathna on Saturday that bar councils must introspect on their role in upholding professional ethics, morality and competence.
Confucianism
Everything Everywhereby Gary Arndt·29 Aug 2026
Podcast Transcript During the decline of the Zhou Dynasty, warfare and clan violence escalated, threatening the stability of Chinese civilization and igniting an era known as the Warring States...
Samastha says young women among unrelated men at public events ‘not permissible’
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·29 Aug 2026
A circular issued by the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama led by Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliar has said it is “not permissible” for young women to be present among unrelated men at public...
A pension in the bank is not a pension in hand: Why Karnataka needs doorstep delivery
The News Minuteby Naveen Kumar Gajjalagari·29 Aug 2026
Follow TNM's WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links. Doddaiah is 97 years old. He lives in a village in HD Kote taluk near the Karnataka–Kerala border and the backwaters of the Kabini...
A pariah in its own neighbourhood?
National Heraldby Ashok Swain·29 Aug 2026
A pariah in its own neighbourhood? Ashok Swain on India’s dangerous isolation and its diplomatic encirclement by China National security advisor Ajit Doval’s visit to Beijing to hold ‘boundary...
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