In an op-ed for The Washington Post, the former Republican presidential candidate and incoming US senator, Mitt Romney says Trump has failed to live up to the office he was elected for. Some Trump policies could work, but it is the president's character - or lack of it - that has hurt the United States,…
We turned to the wisdom of crowds to find out what might happen in 2019
WASHINGTON — House Democrats are putting forward a proposal to reopen the federal government by severing funding for the Department of Homeland Security and border security from other spending bills that enjoy bipartisan support — a gambit aimed at forcing President Trump to negotiate or to shoulder the blame for a protracted shutdown. The Democrats’…
The European Central Bank may increase interest rates next year if inflation picks up, executive-board member Sabine Lautenschlaeger said in an interview with Deutschlandfunk radio. While Lautenschlaeger “hopes and expects” there will be a rate change in 2019, it depends on the inflation data in the first and second quarter, she said in an excerpt…
From massive, multibillion dollar acquisitions to boardroom shake-ups and disturbing scandals, the tech industry had an eventful 2018. Business Insider's team of tech journalists was first to report some of the most important developments, from the surprise departure of Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene to the internal turmoil at augmented reality (AR) pioneer Magic Leap…
ARTICLES ON President Donald Trump and Brexit do not take what might have been their expected positions at the top of this list. With fears about the demise of the liberal order spreading ever further around the world in 2018, our leader on the rise of the right-wing populist Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil was the…
When Times journalists arrived the day after the raid, the bed was broken, the mud roof under the bed patched with blood, just steps from dried tomatoes sunning on a tarp. One of Mr. Taher’s grandsons, Sekandar, 16, was visiting from Jalalabad during a school break. He was sleeping in the yard and was awakened…
The year 2018 has been an eventful one, no matter where you looked. This is no less true in the spirits world. Even as cannabis continues to boom as an intoxicant of choice and manufacturers pivot to weed beer, there have been innovations in almost every type of booze, from Japanese gin to bartender-made brandy…
It was the weekend before New Year's Day 2019, but 2018's news didn't stop. Following the death of a second migrant child in US custody on Christmas Eve, Trump and other officials have given varied responses. Another trying weekend for Tesla, capping off a tumultuous 2018. The outgoing White House chief of staff had some…
STOCK UP ON namkeens. The compellingly munchable snacks are what Indians will be craving in 2019, with their ringside seats for what promises to be one of the most nail-biting and most consequential elections in India’s 71 years of independence. The world’s biggest democracy heads to the polls some time in late spring, the pre-monsoon season…
