Trump appeared to differ with his own advisors and Abe himself when he said he was " not bothered" by North Korea's missile tests earlier this month. "My people think it could have been a violation, as you know," Trump said, noting that no nuclear or long-range missiles had been tested. "I view it differently."…
THE ONLY fair conclusion from the European election in Britain is that the country is still split down the middle over Brexit. On a total turnout of around 37%, slightly higher than in 2014, Nigel Farage’s new Brexit Party was the biggest winner, taking some 32% of the vote and 29 seats. Adding in the…
WASHINGTON — President Trump has rolled back environmental regulations, pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord, brushed aside dire predictions about the effects of climate change, and turned the term “global warming” into a punch line rather than a prognosis. Now, after two years spent unraveling the policies of his predecessors, Mr.…
Americans’ love of grilling is strong as ever, crossing cultures and generations. But these days, a growing number of backyard barbecue chefs are clutching a smart phone app alongside their tongs. Thanks to a new generation of “smart grills,” it’s possible to tend slow-roasting slabs of meat from inside the house or even from your…
President Donald Trump on Monday said there has been a "tremendous imbalance" of trade between the US and Japan and that both countries are working to bridge the gap. Despite the friendly disposition between the leaders, Trump stressed that the US was not pleased with its nearly $60 billion trade deficit towards Japan. Trump has…
THAT right-wing populism has gained ground in Europe in recent years is a well-established fact. A glance at the continent's recent electoral history shows that much: the Lega dominates Italy’s politics, Marine Le Pen made it to the run-off of the French presidential election in 2017, Law and Justice (PiS) runs Poland and elsewhere smaller…
BRUSSELS — Populists and nationalists who want to chip away at the European Union’s powers increased their share in Europe’s Parliament after four days of continent-wide elections, but it was not the deluge that many traditionalists had feared. When the vote counting is done, the populists are expected to get around 25 percent of the…
Huzzah! The wireless industry has finally delivered on years of promises and hype and is finally offering the first super-fast 5G networks. Sort of. Verizon in April became the first U.S. carrier to offer 5G service via a phone, though the phone in question was a Motorola model with an ugly 5G add-on pack. Reviewers…
CEOs make a lot of money, but Elon Musk blew his competition out of the water in 2018, according to a new study by The New York Times. The study, done with the executive compensation consultancy Equilar, looked at compensation for CEOs at 200 large publicly-traded companies last year. According to the report, Tesla CEO…
ON A FREEZING morning in Vienna in December 2017, Charlemagne heard a tempting case for what might be called “the hug strategy”. He was drinking coffee with an ally of Sebastian Kurz, the young leader of the centre-right Austrian People’s Party who was hours from a coalition deal with the hard-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPö).…
