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The text came on a Sunday afternoon. Roma Norte’s Puebla Street was quiet but for the jacarandas rustling in the Mexico City breeze. “We’re writing to let you know that, unfortunately, we won’t be able to extend your stay beyond the end of this month,” my landlord wrote. “With exactly two weeks left until what would have been the next payment cycle, we believe this gives you enough time to make the necessary arrangements.” No rental contract? Mexican law still applies In places like Mexico City, especially in neighborhoods popular with foreigners, rental transactions are often an informal matter, with…
EXCLUSIVE: Sorry, I Didn’t Know is again extending its record-breaking run on ITV, and this time it appears to have set another high bar. The British comedy panel show has been renewed for a seventh season, a decade after UK commercial network ITV first commissioned it from TriForce Productions. The re-order extends Sorry, I Didn’t Know‘s record as the longest-running show from a Black-led production company. Reps for the show say today’s news means it has now also broken the record for the longest-running Black TV show in British history, passing classic Channel 4 sitcom Desmond’s, which ran for six seasons…
For years — really ever since the political rise of President Donald Trump — voters have told pollsters and reporters that they want to elect so-called fighters. This trend has also led to more candidates who attempt to shake off true political scandals.
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Revolut has been awarded a full banking licence by French authorities, accelerating Europe’s biggest fintech’s push on the continent.The London-headquartered company on Monday said the authorisation had been obtained after an assessment by the French banking regulator, the ACPR, and the European Central Bank. The permit is a key step in Revolut’s expansion plans, which are being closely monitored by European watchdogs who last year restricted its ability to launch new products. Over the past year, the fintech has pledged to invest…
Iran is replacing its top national security adviser with a longtime military commander whose appointment could represent a further consolidation of power by the country’s old-guard security establishment.Mohsen Rezaei, who led Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps during the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s, will be the new secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, a spokesman for Iran’s president wrote on social media on Sunday.He had been serving as an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.Mr. Rezaei is replacing Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, who stepped into the role when the council’s previous secretary, Ali Larijani, was killed in an…
Daily Newsletter Who needs IMAX? See a real papyrus fragment of Homer’s Odyssey at The Met. The oyster, writes Hrag Vartanian, is “no incidental New Yorker, but perhaps its most symbolic creature.” Hyperallergic’s co-founder and editor-at-large visits Mohawk artist Alan Michelson’s poetic installation in Governor’s Island, where about a million oyster shells culled from Manhattan restaurants stir reflections on Native land and historical memory. Vartanian muses on the glorious mollusk’s history, from Lenape shell middens to NYC’s menus to the detrimental effects of their disappearance on our ecosystems. In Michelson’s work, Vartanian writes, “the shells become forces of insurgency, counter-experts…
Aug 10, 2026, 06:40 AM ETFresh off a stunning run to the NBA Finals, what will the San Antonio Spurs do for an encore?The Spurs, who went 62-20 in the regular season and were the 2-seed in the Western Conference, have kept their roster intact and added veteran forward Tobias Harris to help their offense. And while they lost top assistant Sean Sweeney, who is now the coach of the Orlando Magic, they added former Chicago Bulls and Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Billy Donovan to work alongside Mitch Johnson. They’re set up to make another run toward a title.ESPN’s…
Anne Hathaway’s maternity wardrobe continues to dazzle. Rocking a powder-blue high-neck top at the world premiere of her new film The End of Oak Street in California on Sunday, August 9, the pregnant star, 43, flashed her bump as it popped atop a pair of low-slung jeans. Positively radiant, Hathaway paired the top, which featured a long train and was lined with a red interior, with a red pop lip and red pointed heels. She wore her long dark mane back in a high ponytail that showed off drop earrings to create subtle sparkle, too. Hathaway’s newest maternity look, which…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Donald Trump’s administration has provided a major funding boost to Australia’s hopes of unlocking non-Chinese supplies of a rare earth used in energy and defence applications with a $400mn loan to a Robert Friedland-backed company. Shares in Sunrise Energy, which is building a scandium mine about 360km (225 miles) west of Sydney, surged 18 per cent after the conditional US funding was announced on Monday. The rise capped a huge jump in the value of the Sydney-listed company in the past year to…
SA premier announces royal commission into AISouth Australian premier Peter Malinauskas has announced a royal commission into artificial intelligence (AI).Malinauskas has just come back from a trip to the US, where he met AI leaders and signed a memorandum of understanding with OpenAI.At a press conference on Monday, Malinauskas said the commission would examine the future impacts of AI and place South Australia at the forefront of the global debate about its use. He said the royal commission would start in October, report no later than 1 July 2027, and would look at the impacts, risks and opportunities of AI…