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A billionaire narcissist’s hunger for power and proclivity for manipulating public narrative for personal gain threatens to unleash a worldwide disaster.

Regional gaming culture is often reduced to a shortcut: mobile in one place, consoles in another. That shortcut misses the real picture. Access, local industry history, social settings, and the platforms available all shape how a community fits games into daily life. Individual habits still differ by age, income, location, and genre preference, so a…

What does horse racing have to do with pop culture, especially in the Asian region? Well, quite a lot, apparently.

One week after the heartbreaking news of her passing at age 80 on August 25, 2026, the world is still coming to terms with a life without Dolly Parton.

Elena Bergeron, who joined The Times in 2019, will help shape our pop music coverage. Read more in the below note from Culture editor Sia Michel.

I’m delighted to announce that Elena Bergeron is Culture’s new pop music and new platforms editor.

Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir perform from the Colchester Arts Centre in Colchester, England during their Fabulous Unknown UK tour on Oct. 23, 2024. Miranda Zhen Yao

Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir perform from the Colchester Arts Centre in Colchester, England during their Fabulous Unknown UK tour on Oct. 23, 2024. (Miranda Zhen Yao