A French Music Maker Lost His Voice. A Comedian Helped Get It Back.
Guilhem Gallart used to speak with a thick, southern French accent, his voice deep and slightly nasal, topped by a faint lisp. Then, in 2015, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic…
Alcaraz Wins Wimbledon in a Thrilling Comeback Against Djokovic
After years of false starts, men’s tennis finally has a proper war between the generations. In a startling comeback that rocked the All England Club’s venerable Centre Court, Carlos Alcaraz,…
‘For the Love of the Water’: Tours for the Swimming-Obsessed
During the pandemic, when Miriam Leitko couldn’t swim because pools were closed, the lifelong swimmer built a lap pool at her home in Willis, Texas. As soon as travel restrictions…
Home Is Where the Horses Are for a Threatened Culture
There is the world, and then there is Appleby. Appleby as in the annual Appleby Horse Fair, where thousands of Irish Travellers and Gypsies gather in northwest England for the…
Worlds Apart: Cup’s Expansion Brings the Games of a Lifetime
When Vietnam fielded its first women’s national soccer team in 1997, its players wore oversized jerseys made for men. At times, the team had to travel an hour and a…
China’s Rebound Falters, Tripped Up by Debt and Weak Exports
Because of the huge impact of the closure of Shanghai, which has 25 million people, comparing this spring and last spring provides “a misleading picture of China’s economic performance,” said…
Jane Birkin: Decades of Effortless Elegance
There were the shrunken T-shirts, cutoff jeans and espadrilles she favored. There were the babydoll dresses that few besides the actress Mia Farrow ever wore with greater élan. There were…
Extreme heat intensifies across south-west US
But elsewhere in Las Vegas, people were hanging on to any bit of shade, whether it came from the shadow of a building or even a small tree. At a…
Canada wildfires: Second firefighter dies amid record blazes
The unnamed firefighter died from injuries sustained working in the Northwest Territories on Saturday.
Twitter loses nearly half advertising revenue since Elon Musk takeover
Elon Musk confirms the firm has a heavy debt load and income in June was not what had been expected.