Northern Italy's capital of Piedmont; a historic business and cultural hub
Carlo Ginzburg has died at 87. The Italian historian is remembered for The Cheese and the Worms, a microhistorical study of a 16th-century miller, which recast power dynamics and belief through inquisitorial records. His work shaped modern historiography, influence spanning postwar and postcolonial contexts.
France leads with record heat as Europe endures a Omega-block-driven heat wave. France, Italy and Britain report extreme temperatures, power outages and weather-related disruptions; authorities warn of ongoing risks.
A synthesis of recent coverage shows investors digesting new data, with analysts noting ongoing shifts in policy expectations and equity benchmarks amid mixed earnings and macro signals.
Scientists have captured the Sun’s surface at unprecedented resolution with the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope and other instruments and have identified widespread Kelvin–Helmholtz vortices—500–2,000km spirals of magnetised plasma. The team has linked these instabilities to how magnetic energy cascades to smaller scales and feeds flares and coronal mass ejections that produce space weather.
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the US Open due to a right knee issue. He has not played since Wimbledon and cites the need for more recovery time. The withdrawal opens the field for other contenders and reshapes the seeding.