Trump Targets Forced Labor in Global Tariff Scheme
The Trump administration on Thursday evening initiated a sweeping trade investigation targeting dozens of countries over their trade policies on...
Army Officer Killed in University Attack That Is Being Investigated as Terrorism
An Army officer who led the R.O.T.C. program at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., was killed on Thursday when...
Late Night Unwraps ‘War’ vs. ‘Excursion’ vs. ‘Both’
Welcome to Late Night Roundup, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us...
Word of the Day: malevolent
malevolent məˈlɛvələnt adjective 1. wishing or appearing to wish evil to others 2. having or exerting a malignant influence; evil...
China’s Long-Promised Consumer Boom Is a Mirage
If there is a Chinese analogue to Nero’s fiddling while Rome burned, it is the country’s latest five-year plan. The...
Europe Is in Danger, and It’s Doing Basically Nothing About It
“It is worse than a crime; it is a blunder.” Thus was the response of a prominent French politician to...
He Loves Crosswords. She Wrote the Book on Them.
Adrienne Meredith Raphel is so fond of games that she wrote a book about crossword puzzles in 2020. An altogether...
The Amtrak Ticket That Kept Getting Extended
Richard Nicholas Hudock III and Justin Neil Goldman both knew they had found their “forever plus-one,” as both put it,...
When It Came to Their Vows, Rapper Remy Banks Didn’t Miss a Beat
Remy José Banks risked annoying his fellow musicians in June 2019 when he met up with Ashley Renee Condina on...
How the War in Iran Could Help China and Change Asia
Before the war with Iran started, American military commanders redirected a carrier strike group from the South China Sea to...
It Took a Village (and a Parents’ Group and a Knitting Group) to Get Married
Priscilla Cader Villalobos and Timothy Robert Kolk had plans to wed at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau on Feb. 23. But...
Surging Energy Costs Put German Industry ‘Really in Danger’
Max Jankowsky represents the third generation of his family to run a foundry in eastern Germany, but he is worried...
Globalization Faces Its Next Crisis
Thousands of miles from the attacks in the Middle East, at his company’s headquarters in Toronto, Amar Zaidi confronted what...
Yes, He Actually Tried to Woo Me by Drone
Tunde calls himself a tech bro, which in Lagos is shorthand for owning a pitch deck and a suspicious number...
What to Know About the U.S. Lasers Being Used to Counter Iranian Attacks
High-energy lasers are increasingly viewed as the most cost-effective way to defend against drones and missiles launched by Iran at...
