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Sunday, June 21, 2026

Mustafa Kemal at the end of the First Battle of İnönü, Turkey

Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper meets Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar at NATO headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, June 26, 2019

The Turkish Army's entry into Izmir, 1922

Turkish infantryman during the War of Independence, Turkey

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu shake hands before a bilateral meeting amid a series of ministerial discussions at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on June 25, 2014

Economy & Politics

From status quo to strategic posturing

Rethinking Turkey’s foreign policy trajectory

Researchers are continuing to investigate how COVID-19 infection and vaccination affect pregnancy and fetal development

Science & Technology

COVID-19 spike protein has been found to cross the placenta

Expectant mothers who were infected with or vaccinated for COVID-19 had the spike protein present in fetal immune cells during pregnancy

A stark contrast between governance and lived reality, as everyday life unfolds in the shadow of policies that exist on paper but fail in practice

Economy & Politics

When policy exists only on paper

Why governments keep writing promises that fail the people they claim to protect

Supporters wearing El Salvador and Colombia national team jerseys outside a stadium, representing the often-overlooked bond between two nations connected by culture, business, and admiration

Economy & Politics

The hidden brotherhood between El Salvador and Colombia

How tourism, cumbia, banking, and aviation forged an unlikely partnership across Latin America

On the Street

Painting of person suffering from mental illness

My journey through OCD and therapy

From childhood innocence to healing

View from First Baptist Church of Colstrip: company houses and power plant, 1984, © David T. Hanson, from Colstrip, Montana (Taverner Press, 2010)

Some of the Pristine Natural Environment that still Remained

The Cloud of Unknowing

Natural Park of the Ampezzo Dolomites

Dolomites and Winter Magic

A visit to San Cassiano and the Very Heart of the Dolomites

Nature is intelligent, it does nothing in vain

The mechanistic explanation of natural necessity

An essay on the intelligibility of nature

Discover the visionary winemaking journey of Hoss Hauksson, the pioneering Icelandic vintner behind Switzerland's thriving vineyards

Hoss Hauksson: crafting wine with nature's symphony

An interview with the visionary Icelandic winemaker

Stanford University title in tennis being hoisted by the entire team

The behemoths of the NCAA

What college has the most National Championships?

Architecture & Design

A modern home designed around light, openness and greenery, representing the balance between comfort and nature

The fifth room: designing indoor-outdoor flow

How thresholds, courtyards and outdoor rooms help homes feel larger, calmer and more connected to nature

Maggie’s Centre, Oxford, designed by WilkinsonEyre, UK

Maggie’s Centres and the architecture of care

How interior design, healing environments, and evidence-based research reshape cancer support spaces

Art

Installation view of ID.exe / the human patch, featuring the artwork Habitat no. 6 (2025, Diasec print, 140 × 80 cm, Ed. 3+1, solo exhibition by Ecem Dilan Köse, Art On Istanbul, 2025. Photo © Kayhan Kaygusuz, courtesy of the artist and Art On Istanbul

Ecem Dilan Köse: architectures of emergence

Digital environments, artificial life, and the ethics of perception

The Trustees in the Temporary Elgin Room, 1819, by Archibald Archer, depicts the Elgin Marbles at the British Museum surrounded by museum staff, a trustee, and visitors

Repatriation and the politics of cultural belonging

Colonial legacies, cultural justice, and the future of global heritage

Culture

Isaac Asimov sits at his typewriter as a humanoid robot looms behind him, embodying the uneasy boundary between human imagination and the autonomous future he once envisioned

"I, Robot" and the rise of the thinking machine

From programmed obedience to autonomy in Isaac Asimov’s philosophical universe

A guru instructing his disciples in a serene mountainous setting

What modern education can learn from ancient Gurukuls

Ten timeless disciplines that build focus, character, and inner balance in an age of distraction

Economy & Politics

$A fractured Statue of Liberty rises over a landscape of militarized ruin, symbolizing the growing contradiction between America’s democratic ideals and its persistent reliance on military power in a changing global order$

The illusion of American supremacy

Why clinging to military dominance threatens democracy, peace, and global stability

The Peasant Dance (ca. 1567) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder depicts individual drops joining hands, losing themselves in the shared, grounding flow of human connection

Optimism at a time of monsters

To shape a better future, we need to start building now

Entertainment

Silo is an American dystopian science fiction television series created by Graham Yost and based on Hugh Howey’s Silo trilogy of novels—Wool, Shift, and Dust

Subterranean habitation in speculative fiction

Bunker narratives, biopolitics, and dystopian survival

The team from the film La Virgen de la Tosquera in the main hall of the Gaumont cinema, before its premiere at the BAFICI festival, 26th edition

What happened to independent cinema in Buenos Aires?

A look at BAFICI’s political history, cultural influence, and the growing contradictions within its programming

Fashion

Peter Copping unveiled Lanvin’s Spring/Summer 2026 collection at Paris Fashion Week, where nuanced shades of blue anchored a refined wardrobe of bold shoulders, sculptural scarves, and fluid skirts

Peter Copping: the beat beneath the silhouette

Rhythm as narrative structure in the designer's Spring/Summer 2026 collection

Traditional loom weaving by a skilled artisan

India’s timeless sarees

A personal journey through India’s most timeless heritage weaves

Feature

A trail of dry leaves in the forest, showing the path to be discovered

Dulcinea in the alley

Crossing: a journey over unfamiliar lands

There wasn’t any nostalgia that could override this feeling; it was above all of that

Running away from him

How far can you run before stopping?

Food & Wine

A woman’s hands holding a protein bar

Protein bars: convenience or compromise?

A balanced look at the benefits and drawbacks of this popular nutritional snack

A contemporary Italian lifestyle where everyday food choices support calm, balance, and mental well-being

The stress-eating paradox

Why Italians want food that calms rather than comforts

Science & Technology

A boy playing computer games across three screens

The silent hardware crisis

How AI is breaking the RAM market

A young writer focused at home, sitting at the table and jotting down ideas in their sketchpad

Dear ChatGPT: I want my voice back

Balance between perfection and authenticity in writing

Sport

A passionate Croatia football supporter waves the national flag and cheers enthusiastically during an international football match, FIFA World Cup 2018 Final

Croatia, football, and the illusion of unity

How the Croatian national team reflects identity, nationalism, memory, and political contradiction

A child processing a painful loss in the back seat, representing the moments when parental support matters most

The car ride home after the game

Why the next ten minutes can shape your child's relationship with sport and with you for years to come

Travel

Tourists ride the iconic Tikka Taxi rickshaw through the streets of Lahore, Pakistan

Rickshaw drivers as mobile urban actors in Lahore

Rehearsing the right to the city

Mountaineers of Ang's Himalayan adventure are going for the Everest Summit push, Nepal

Ang Tshering Lama: climbing Everest with a mission

The Sherpa mountaineer discusses the Summit to Sea expedition and protecting the Himalayas’ vital water source

Wellness

A quiet moment of connection at sunset, where love, stillness, and shared presence reflect the possibility of peace

Love, the first language of humanity

From Adam and Eve to poetry, philosophy, and the pursuit of peace

A focused man moving through a blur of rushing pedestrians, representing the modern pressure to stay constantly occupied

Why are we addicted to being busy?

Why many of us confuse constant activity with meaning, success, and progress

Discover our authors

Mitchell J. Rabin

Mitchell J. Rabin

Subhasish Chakraborty

Subhasish Chakraborty

Nadia Batok

William Becker

Zehra Bakırcı

Zehra Bakırcı

Shadiya Baqutayan

Shadiya Baqutayan

Melis Canlı

Ishrat Shaheen

Daniel Gauss

Faria Ahmed

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Ninagawa Mika, Untitled, 2003; from the series Liquid dreams. Courtesy of the Photographers' Gallery

Japanese women photographers: from 1950s to now

24 Jun — 27 Sep 2026 at The Photographers' Gallery in London, United Kingdom

Natalie Karpushenko, Lily (detail), 2025. Courtesy of the Untitled Space

Women of water, women of Earth

25 Jun — 17 Jul 2026 at The Untitled Space in New York, United States

Rufai Zakari, Pool day 1 (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Contemporary Art Matters

The comfort we chase

25 Jun — 30 Jul 2026 at the Contemporary Art Matters in Columbus, United States

From the exhibition Inferno & paradiso. Courtesy of Photo Elysée ©Hannah Reyes Morales

Inferno & paradiso

26 Jun — 1 Nov 2026 at the Photo Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland

Hannah Darabi, How to marry a millionaire, "Mahvashs book of pleasure" (detail), 2024. Courtesy of Photo Elysée © Hannah Darabi

Why don’t you dance?

26 Jun — 1 Nov 2026 at the Photo Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland

John Little, Untitled (detail), 1959. Courtesy of LewAllen Galleries

Color says it all

26 Jun — 25 Jul 2026 at the LewAllen Galleries in Santa Fe, United States

Adam de Boer, Sunday at Echo park lake (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Jane Lombard Gallery

Immensity of blue

26 Jun — 1 Aug 2026 at the Jane Lombard Gallery in New York, United States

Margarete Adler, from the series Die tage des wassers (detail), 1990s. Courtesy of Aoa;87 Gallery

26 Jun — 6 Aug 2026 at the Aoa;87 Gallery in Berlin, Germany

Cobi Moules, Bigger, faster, and hungrier (Eaton's neck) (detail), 2024. Courtesy of Pentimenti

Lines are marked, yet we are all outsiders

26 Jun — 24 Jul 2026 at Pentimenti in Philadelphia, United States

Robert Doisneau, La derniere valse du 14 Juillet (detail), 1949/later. Courtesy of Catherine Couturier Gallery

Thirty years: the legacy of John Cleary gallery

27 Jun — 5 Sep 2026 at the Catherine Couturier Gallery in Houston, United States

Rekha Rodwittiya, Home is wherever you are (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Sakshi Gallery

Unfolding narratives (...)

30 Jun — 8 Jul 2026 at the Mall Galleries in London, United Kingdom

Lost at sea. Courtesy of Galleria d'arte Triphè

30 Jun — 15 Jul 2026 at the Galleria d’arte Triphè in Rome, Italy

Susie Hamilton, Plumper (Bather) /5 (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Paul Stolper Gallery

1 Jul — 14 Aug 2026 at the Paul Stolper Gallery in London, United Kingdom

Yacout Hamdouch, Une haie de volubilis à Carvoeiro (A hedge of morning glories in Carvoeiro) (detail), 2026. Courtesy the artist and October Gallery

Poetic threads. Spotlight: James Barnor

2 Jul — 15 Aug 2026 at the October Gallery in London, United Kingdom

Mary Case, Terra incognita (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Wally Workman Gallery

Mary Case and Lindsy Halleckson's exhibition

2 — 26 Jul 2026 at the Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, United States

Carolina Caycedo, The collapsing of a model (detail), 2019. Courtesy of MASP

Carolina Caycedo: confluences

3 Jul — 4 Oct 2026 at the MASP in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Nathan Oliveira, Head (detail). Courtesy of LewAllen Galleries

Bay area existentialist

3 Jul — 1 Aug 2026 at the LewAllen Galleries in Santa Fe, United States

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