Financial markets were now recognizing the looming challenges for the EU’s second-largest economy and the CAC index shed around 2% in early trading.https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/france-pms-confidence-vote-rattles-markets-sinks-banking-stocks-55c200e4
The beloved dog starred in six movies during the Roaring Twenties. After Strongheart died in 1929, author J. Allen Boone chronicled their enduring connection in a pair of nonfiction bookshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/strongheart-the-german-shepherd-catapulted-to-fame-for-his-heroics-in-silent-films-later-spiritualist-writings-immortalized-him-in-death-180987212/
How the Trump Administration’s irrational dislike of solar and wind energy imperils both the environment and the economy.https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/green-eggs-and-sun-solar-wind-power-trump-administration
Lenovo’s IdeaPad 5i 2-in-1 is a standard budget laptop with just enough qualities to be worth the money when it’s on sale.https://www.wired.com/review/lenovo-ideapad-5i-2-in-1/
After a turbulent beginning, smart home standard Matter feels like it’s growing up. And with big-name supporters like Google, Apple—and Ikea—behind it, a simpler smart home feels finally within reach.https://www.wired.com/story/matter-is-finally-on-track-to-deliver-the-smart-home-it-promised/
Watch a Formula 1, Nascar, or IndyCar race and you'll see a “ghost car” overlayed atop the real-life image. The sensors used to create it also collect heaps of data that teams can access and study.https://www.wired.com/story/mario-kart-ghost-car-formula-1-nascar-indycar/
Changes in US government support for electric vehicles have led to a buying bonanza—and a darker long-term future for the US auto industry.https://www.wired.com/story/us-ev-sales-are-booming-not-great-for-evs/
Plus, a Hitchcock star re-emerges.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/podcasts/the-headlines/fed-governor-lisa-cook-israel-strike.html
Threatened by the president with political retribution, Republicans agreed to defund public broadcasting, imperiling a lifeline of communication in rural Alaska.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/politics/public-broadcast-cuts.html
Districts aiming to hire Black teachers, add Black history classes and talk about white privilege are increasingly under scrutiny, raising questions about what is legal, and also what works.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/black-student-achievement-diversity-trump.html
The Trump administration is halting wind projects that had been approved, financed and underway — while providing little to no justification.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/climate/with-little-explanation-trump-throws-wind-industry-into-chaos.html
As rallies spread to demand action to free captives, the country’s security cabinet was to meet for the first time since Hamas agreed to a new cease-fire proposal, officials said.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/world/middleeast/israel-netanyahu-gaza-protests.html
We look at a deadly strike — and explore the challenges of reporting from the enclave.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/briefing/gaza-nasser-hospital-journalists.html
Test your knowledge of how to handle hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires and more.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/well/climate-change-survival-quiz.html
Hundreds of sensors placed throughout New York City measure water as it rises, then send the data to an interactive map available to the public.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/nyregion/flood-sensors-nyc.html
Three European powers will meet with an Iranian minister to try to reopen negotiations over Iran’s nuclear activities and avoid reimposing harsh sanctions.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-talks-europe.html
The Illinois governor pointed out that eight of the 10 states with the highest homicide rates are led by Republicans.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/us/politics/pritzker-chicago-trump-national-guard.html
It is highly unusual for prosecutors to fail even once to obtain an indictment from a grand jury given the way the process is stacked in favor of the government.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/us/politics/fbi-agent-assault-dc.html
Strong evidence suggests that following the diet, cutting calories and exercising lowers the chances of developing diabetes for those with metabolic risk factors.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/well/mediterranean-diet-diabetes.html
Claims that President Trump will direct Japanese investment highlight how trade frictions are mounting even with countries that have reached trade deals with the United States.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/business/us-japan-tariff-investment-deal.html