Carney Speech on U.S. ‘Rupture’ and Canada’s Survival Draws Standing Ovation at Davos
Prime Minister Mark Carney got a standing ovation in Davos for starkly describing the end of Pax Americana. He is...
Month: January 2026
C.I.A.’s New Focus on Latin America Reflected in Raid to Seize Maduro
A senior U.S. official declined to confirm the specific operations in Venezuela, but said a covert team provided real-time support...
David Rosen, 95, Dies; Video Game Visionary and Co-Founder of Sega
He transformed his Japanese photo booth business into a gaming industry game giant that created Mortal Kombat, Sonic the Hedgehog...
Trump Threatens New Trade War as Court Weighs Whether to Check Him
President Trump may be on the verge of having his authority on imposing tariffs curtailed, but that hasn’t slowed down...
A.I., Big Tech and Trump Shine Most Brightly at the Davos Spectacle
The World Economic Forum is now dominated by global technology companies whose interests shunt aside most others.
Bessent Attended a Supreme Court Argument. Now He’s Telling Powell Not to.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it was a mistake for Jerome Powell to attend arguments in a case on Fed...
The Trump Drama Hits Davos
Greenland, tariffs and wobbling markets are the talk of the town at the World Economic Forum ahead of the president’s...
Stocks and Bonds Fall on Trump’s Greenland Threats
The S&P 500 dropped over 1 percent Tuesday morning, its lowest decline at the start of the trading day since...
The Northern Lights Have Inspired Humans for Thousands of Years
The aurora borealis has animated myths, art, poetry and music for thousands of years. Here are some examples.
Netflix Revamps Its Warner Bros. Bid, Seeking to Thwart Paramount
Netflix will pay all cash for the $83 billion deal to acquire major parts of Warner Bros. Discovery, instead of...