ImageSecurity officers outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday, during a rally demanding that an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan be abandoned.CreditCreditLee Jin-Man/Associated PressAug. 22, 2019Updated 8:52 a.m. ETSouth Korea said on Thursday that it would abandon a military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, a move that dramatically escalates tensions between the two countries…
About 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's overall job performance, according to a new poll released Thursday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, which finds some support for the president's handling of the U.S. economy but gives him weak marks on other major issues.Just 36% of Americans approve of…
Pro Brexit protester with a Brexit map of the UK strapped to his back in Westminster as inside Parliament the Tory leadership race continues on 17th June 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images Images With a no-deal, or "hard," Brexit looking increasingly likely on October 31, airlines and aviation…
Politics|Trump Administration Rule Would Allow Immigrant Families to Be Held IndefinitelyImageMigrant families waiting at a bus station last year after being released by immigration authorities in McAllen, Tex. The Flores agreement, a decades-old court settlement, says that the government cannot detain children for more than 20 days.CreditCreditIlana Panich-Linsman for The New York TimesAug. 21, 2019,…
The Democratic National Committee raised $7.75 million in July and ended the month with $9 million in the bank, far behind its GOP counterpart, its latest filing with the Federal Election Commission shows.The Republican National Committee earlier reported raising $20.8 million, and has $46.6 million cash on hand. The party holding the White House usually…
Really? Really? I've started nine firms and I'm, generously, 3-4-2 (win-lose-tie). In retrospect, and I think about this a lot, the only reliable forward-looking indicator of our firm's success or failure was … timing. Specifically, the part of the economic cycle at founding. The firms we started in recessions had an easier time finding talent,…
News AnalysisImageAn imam performed religious rites on Sunday for one of the 63 people killed at a wedding in Kabul, Afghanistan, by an Islamic State suicide bomber.CreditCreditJim Huylebroek for The New York TimesKABUL, Afghanistan — Even as the United States and the Taliban seem close to a deal on an American troop withdrawal, the Islamic…
Technology companies are big on changing the world. And they do. Computers have revolutionized access to information and how we communicate. Software has simplified once tedious tasks. Few industries are untouched by the magic of digitization.But make no mistake: When top executives at the world-changing companies shout too loudly about all the good they’re doing…
Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein signed a new will just two days before his death by suicide, court papers obtained by the New York Post show.The documents were filed on August 8 in the US Virgin Islands, and they list holdings that were previously not disclosed, including "Aviation Assets, Automobiles and Boats," which totaled $18.5 million,…
If you want to understand American politics in 2019 and the strain of reactionary extremism that has taken over the Republican Party, a good place to start is 2011: the year after a backlash to Barack Obama’s presidency swept Tea Party insurgents into Congress, flipping control of the House. It was clear, at the start…
