Gidla’s family was educated by Canadian missionaries. Her parents were college lecturers, and she attended the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras, where she became a research associate in the department of applied physics, working on a project funded by the Indian Space Research Organization. Despite their education, she and …

Brendon Thorne | Bloomberg | Getty Images A woman carries shopping bags as she walks at the Pitt Street Mall in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday, April 13, 2017. Australia’s central bank has turned more upbeat on the economic outlook, citing an improving labour market, stronger public investment and a pick …

HOANG DINH NAM / AFP / Getty Images Vietnam’s Minister of Trade and Industry Tran Tuan Anh held a TPP conference on the sideline of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Hanoi on May 21, 2017. The current “spaghetti bowl of bilateral trade deals” across the region fails to address …

Photo Jason Sudeikis and Anne Hathaway in “Colossal.” Credit NEON In “Colossal,” Anne Hathaway stars as a party girl at the end of her rope, whose frustrations have worldwide implications. And “Frontline” and The New York Times follow some former inmates during their first year of supposed freedom. What’s Streaming …

Lawrence Lucier | Getty Images Muppet Kermit the Frog and his operator Steve Whitmire take questions from the audience at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle on November 14, 2003,in New York City. The Muppets Studio is blaming “unacceptable business conduct” for its dismissal of Steve Whitmire as the longtime performer …

Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on June 21, 2017, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. “The United States will not stand by as Venezuela crumbles. If the Maduro regime imposes its Constituent Assembly on July 30, the United States will take strong and …

Giuseppe Ciccia | Pacific Press | LightRocket | Getty Images Thousands of people take to the streets to say ‘NO’ to the upcoming constitutional referendum and to protest against Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s policies in Rome, Italy, November 27, 2016. As the painful and quite frankly embarrassing stumble out of …

Photo This column is an edited excerpt from the “Dear Sugars” podcast, an advice program hosted by Steve Almond and Cheryl Strayed. The audio contains an extended conversation, more letters, and special guest Oprah Winfrey. Click the play button below to listen. Dear Sugars, I’m bad at saying no, but …

Samuel Corum | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images President Donald Trump vowed to end the Iran Nuclear Deal while on the campaign trail. He has continued to criticize Iran as president, though he has refrained from condemning Russia, although both countries support Syria’s Bashar al-Assad. President Donald Trump’s administration on …

Photo From left, Attilio Rigotti, Kayla Asbell, Justin Nestor and Corey Sullivan in “Death of a Salesman” at BAM Fisher. Credit Theater Mitu Willy Loman has been smashing up his car and gassing himself on the boiler for nearly 70 years. A little man with big dreams and bigger regrets, …