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SHANGHAI, CHINA – NOVEMBER 05: People visit the booth of Organon during the 7th China International Import Expo (CIIE) at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) on November 5, 2024 in Shanghai, China. The 7th China International Import Expo (CIIE) kicked off in Shanghai on November 5. (Photo by Tang Yanjun/China News Service/VCG via…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Estonia’s domestic intelligence agency has one piece of advice for European peers unsure about how to handle saboteurs hired by Russia: prosecute them as publicly as possible. Officials at the Kaitsepolitseiamet (Kapo), Estonia’s internal security…
The spring pea and burrata appetizer course had been distributed and the schmoozing hour of Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner had begun when a small commotion occurred toward the back of the Washington Hilton ballroom shortly past 8:30 p.m. It might have been an upturned catering cart, or perhaps a scuffle with protesters. Then…
US President Donald Trump takes questions during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, shortly after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25, 2026. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Sunday renewed his calls for construction to…
The alleged shooter at the Washington Hilton on Saturday evening had written about targeting Donald Trump and other administration officials, authorities said. US attorney-general Todd Blanche said on Sunday that federal investigators were “still looking into” the shooter’s motivations for the attack, but said they believed he had been “targeting members of the administration” and…
We do not have enough money coming into this market. The funds flow only to stocks tied to the data center buildout and a few others. Even the most tangential of the data center “stories,” such as the warehouse REITs and machinery stocks like Cummins and Dover, manage to sustain themselves if they have healthy…
“Michael” is a megahit. In one of the biggest disconnects between reviews and ticket sales in memory — certainly for a non-sequel — the Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” overcame animosity from critics and was on pace to collect about $217 million worldwide in its opening weekend. Lionsgate, which produced the PG-13 movie, released the box…
The Senate is set to proceed with Kevin Warsh’s nomination to lead the Federal Reserve, after a pivotal Republican lawmaker, Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, said on Sunday that he was prepared to lift his blockade and lend his support toward confirmation. For weeks, Mr. Tillis refused to advance Mr. Warsh or any other…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declared in mid-April that the United States would not extend a waiver allowing the sale of Russian oil. Two days later, on a Friday evening, the Treasury Department quietly issued another 30-day reprieve. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, condemned the waiver, saying, ”Every dollar paid for Russian oil is money for the…
Just two years after building its first car, China’s largest smartphone maker has already delivered 650,000 electric vehicles — on par with the number of Tesla vehicles sold last year in the world’s largest automotive market. Xiaomi founder Lei Jun, who has earned comparisons with Steve Jobs, now aims to take on Elon Musk’s company…
