‘Goodbye Trump, hello Asia’ is the EU’s new trade strategy. Will it work?
BRUSSELS — Europe is getting fed up with Donald Trump’s trade threats — and is exploring a bold move to look east instead of west to find partners who want to...
Environment
Inside the Franco-German plot to kill Europe’s ethical supply chain law
BRUSSELS — Friedrich Merz’s arrival as German chancellor in May rekindled the fading Franco-German love affair — and the lovebirds have already found a shared interest: killing Europe’s ethical supply...
Q&A: Europe’s chance to shape the future of global trade
The question isn’t whether globalization will continue, but who will lead it and on what terms, says BMW’s Frank Niederländer. With geopolitical tensions and uncertainty in the world market on the...
Plan to sell off public land in the West nixed from ‘big, beautiful bill’ amid GOP backlash
A controversial plan to sell hundreds of thousands of acres of public land across Western states — including California — was axed from the Republican tax and spending bill amid...
Wildfire victims want to rebuild with natural materials. Some say L.A. County is making it onerous
After Ana Gallego’s son shot her in the leg outside her ranch-style home in Altadena, law enforcement plowed through three walls with two small tanks and threw tear gas canisters...
Flaw in Edison’s equipment in Sylmar sparked two major wildfires in last six years, lawyers say
Southern California Edison’s admission that its equipment may have ignited the Hurst fire in the San Fernando Valley on Jan. 7 is being seized on by lawyers suing the utility...
Chicago’s Rodents Are Evolving
Rodents in Chicago have been adapting to an increasingly urban environment over the past century, a new study has shown. Evolution generally entails seeing small changes passed down over generations,...
Why is Mexico threatening to sue Elon Musk over SpaceX debris?
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has threatened to sue Elon Musk’s SpaceX over falling debris from a rocket launch across the border in the United States. SpaceX said its efforts to...
Palisades reservoir back in service. Questions remain about why it was empty during firestorm
Santa Ynez Reservoir in Pacific Palisades, which was empty and undergoing repairs at the time of the January firestorm, is finally back online, the Los Angeles Department of Water and...
California’s National Guard fire crews are operating at 40% capacity due to Trump’s deployment
As California braces for a potentially dangerous fire season, Gov. Gavin Newsom says critical firefighting crews from the state’s National Guard are operating at just 40% of capacity following President...
