Victoria Hislop to John Lanchester, Sigrid Nunez and Stuart Turton This week's best new fiction
In the sequel to her best-selling debut, Hislop revisits The Island's leper colony of Spinalonga, which closes when a cure is found in 1957. Read more...
Indian Court Grants Bail to Disha Ravi, Activist Arrested Over Farmers Protests
Disha Ravi, an activist associated with Greta Thunberg, was charged after sharing a protest manual with farmers who were demonstrating against Prime Minister Narendra Modis government. Read more...
How Britain Is Reacting to Its a Sin
The show, which aired last month in the U.K., has broken a viewing record and revived conversations about how the country handled the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. Read more...
Man, 48, is charged with murder after woman, 48, was found dead at flat in west London
A man has been charged with murdering a woman found dead in Ealing, west London. Anna Ousyannikov, 48, was pronounced dead at the scene and Curtis Jones, 48 has been charged. Read more...
The Activists Working to Remake the Food System
Theyre committed not just to securing better meals for everyone, but to dismantling the very structures that have long exploited both workers and consumers. Read more...
The Mets Quietly Fired Ryan Ellis for Sexual Harassment
Shortly after dismissing the teams general manager, the Mets also fired Ryan Ellis, a hitting coordinator whose inappropriate behavior was first reported in 2018. Read more...
What You Need to Know About the CDC39;s New School Guidelines
The federal governments new guidance for reopening classrooms does not require teachers to be vaccinated first. Read more...
Love Classical Music? Anthony Tommasini Recommends Contemporary Composers
The New York Timess Culture editor has questions. Our chief classical music critic has answers. Read more...
Intersection Artfully Chic in Chelsea
In the latest Intersection we visited Chelsea during the Frieze Art Fair and spotted people who said their style influences range from their grandmothers to the avant-garde fashion company Comme des Garons. Read more...
Racing Ambassadors Are Spreading the News About the Belmont
Even though there is not a Triple Crown on the line this year, there are still plenty of reasons to attend this year's Belmont. Read more...
Cherokee Nation Addresses Bias Against Descendants of Enslaved People
The tribes Supreme Court excised language from its constitution that limited the citizenship rights of descendants of Black people who had been enslaved by the tribe before the Civil War. Read more...
Google Maps users can pay for parking and the subway on Android app
Google Maps now allows drivers in over 400 cities to find, pay and refill parking meters using Google Pay. Commuters will soon be able to buy transit passes online and tap the app on a reader on the turnstile. Read more...
Nick Clegg is blasted for 'bizarre' rant about Facebook's war with Australia
Nick Clegg, vice president of global affairs at Facebook on a reputed seven-figure salary, complained its position had been 'misunderstood' in an extraordinary blog. Read more...
Kim Jong-un's wife Ri Sol-ju makes first appearance after two months of home detention
The young wife of North Korea's leader has made her first public appearance in two months, bringing to an end what might have been a period of 'home detention' for being too carefree. Read more...
E.V.s Force Carmakers to Reinvent the Wheel, and Brakes, and Mirrors
Building electric cars, and repairing them, will require a huge change for the industry and usher in a new automotive era. Read more...