Nations around the world are imposing strict entry restrictions on people who have been to the Democratic Republic of Congo recently because of a deadly Ebola outbreak in the country’s northeast. But in Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, most of the 20 million residents are carrying on as usual. Open-air markets where vendors sell cassava, fish,…
Facing pressure to address the economic fallout of his war in Iran, President Trump on Monday sought to portray his policy wins for small businesses as evidence that he was succeeding in building up the economy. Speaking to business leaders from across the country at an event in the East Room of the White House,…
Ladies, gentlemen, cineastes: our long nightmare is over. The It Ends With Us legal drama has finally Ended With Us. In a first-person-plural statement on behalf of Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, snuck out as a horde of nippled breastplates swarmed up the Met Gala carpet, our pair of ferociously feuding actors were forced to…
Facing pressure to address the economic fallout of his war in Iran, President Trump on Monday sought to portray his policy wins for small businesses as evidence that he was succeeding in building up the economy. Speaking to business leaders from across the country at an event in the East Room of the White House,…
The federal government is suing Minnesota to try to stop that state’s own lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, the American Petroleum Institute, Koch Industries and its subsidiary, Flint Hills Resources. The state accused the industry players of violating Minnesota consumer protection laws by misleading the public about the dangers of climate change. That lawsuit, filed six…
Global news consumption patterns have evolved in recent years, with growing attention to the phenomenon often described as “news fatigue.” In multiple countries, surveys and media studies indicate that a portion of audiences is reducing exposure to continuous news coverage, particularly during periods marked by overlapping international crises. Research conducted by institutions such as the…
President Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on German Chancellor Friedrich Merz as the rift between the United States and one of its closest European allies widens over Berlin’s criticism of the war on Iran. The US president suggested on Thursday that Merz should focus on German and European affairs rather than comment on the…
President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that he is “studying and reviewing the possible reduction of Troops in Germany,” in what appears to be retaliation for comments by Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, that Iran has “humiliated” the United States. Even before Mr. Merz made his comments to a group of German students, the United States…
For decades, ambitions of expanding the Port of Churchill have fallen short — derailed, locals argue, under years of poor management as experts openly questioned whether an Arctic port makes good economic sense. Canada is now hoping to change that, guided by the inevitability of climate change, the challenge of US tariffs, and Europe’s energy…
As Saudi Arabia prepared to host a summit of Gulf Arab leaders on Tuesday, political commentators in the neighboring United Arab Emirates began furiously dropping hints online that major news was coming. For weeks, Emirati officials had been openly expressing frustration with their Arab neighbors, complaining about their weak stance toward Iran, which had fired…
