The Department of Justice (DOJ) is preparing to open a broad probe into whether big tech companies like Amazon, Facebook, and others are illegally harming their competitors, the department said in a press release on Tuesday. The investigation is the latest antitrust probe looking into "Big Tech" and is separate from the potential investigations into…
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA called it “the strongest non-proliferation agreement ever negotiated”. President Donald Trump derided it as “one of the worst deals ever”. Now the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—the unwieldy name given to the multinational nuclear deal signed between Iran and six world powers in 2015—is on life support. Mr Trump dealt it…
Art workers around the country are sharing their salaries and in some cases forming unions to put pressure on their institutions.ImageWorkers who organized unions at arts institutions, clockwise from top left, Kaitlyn Chandler of the Brooklyn Academy of Music; Eric Heist, the Guggenheim; Jenny Choi, Brooklyn Academy of Music; R.E. Fulton and Nicole Daniels, the…
Iran has engaged in a gunboat showdown with the US and UK, but its main weapon in its fight against the West may be a total dud, US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry said Monday.Perry said Iran can't raise oil prices that much even if it is able to shut down a key passage for…
Thousands of demonstrators rally outside the central government’s office in the territory, leaving it daubed with slogansChinaJul 20th 2019 | HONG KONGIN THE past few weeks, large-scale protests in Hong Kong have become almost routine. But they have largely avoided direct challenges to the Communist Party in Beijing. Another massive one on July 21st, involving…
Of those customers, 30,000 in Brooklyn had their power turned off so Con Ed could make repairs.ImageMilo Maimone, 8, and his dad, Tony, rest after working out at the McCarren Park track in Brooklyn on Sunday.CreditCreditGabriella Angotti-Jones for The New York Times[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in…
The US Southern Command announced that a Russian-built Venezuelan aircraft "aggressively" shadowed an American aircraft during a mission monitoring illegal trafficking over the Caribbean sea. "This action demonstrates [Russia's] irresponsible military support to Maduro's illegitimate regime & underscores Maduro's recklessness & irresponsible behavior," the command said on Twitter, knocking Russia's military and Venezuela's chaotic government.…
ESPECIALLY IN the summer, the great monastery of Valaam, lapped by the dark, tree-ringed waters of Lake Ladoga, in northwestern Russia, can be a wonderfully calm and inspiring location. It is also a favourite haunt of Vladimir Putin, who has been paying regular visits since at least 2001. This week, he took along an unlikely…
OZY Fest and the New York Triathlon were canceled and cooling centers were opened as New Yorkers braced for a brutal weekend.ImageHaylie Kwaak, 8, found a break from the heat at the public pool in Astoria, Queens.CreditCreditByron Smith for The New York TimesJuly 20, 2019[What you need to know to start the day: Get New…
Without offering any proof, famous tech investor Peter Thiel suggested this week that Google is a disloyal US company "infiltrated by Chinese intelligence." His views were then echoed by Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale who said Google is "clearly not a patriotic company," while claiming the presence Chinese spies in US companies is "a known thing…
