The deal would remove the last significant hurdle the media mogul David Ellison faced to create a news and entertainment empire, home to movie studios, HBO, CBS and CNN.Paramount said the deal was necessary, in part to create a counterweight to increasingly powerful tech companies like Netflix that
The populist emphasis on national identity and threats to it, real and imagined, finds a deep response in voters adrift in a world they no longer understand.Attendees at a rally for the far-right Alternative for Germany party on Saturday in central Schwerin, Germany.
Beyond warm meetings between their leaders, the countries are engaging in tit-for-tat measures that call into question the stability of their arrangement.President Trump and Xi Jinping, the leader of China, met last year in Busan, South Korea.
Zhang Youxia, once the People’s Liberation Army’s top uniformed commander, and another general had taken “exceptionally large” bribes, investigators said.Zhang Youxia at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in 2025.
Soybeans are the notable exception, revealing Beijing’s selective approach to fulfilling trade commitments ahead of the summit between President Trump and Xi Jinping.In May, China agreed to buy at least $17 billion in U.S. farm goods a year through 2028. China had already vowed separately to step up
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Angry after the defeat of a major crypto bill last week, the industry is planning to spend $30 million against Sherrod Brown in Ohio.Former Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, a Democrat, is running again for Senate after losing in 2024, when the cryptocurrency industry spent heavily to defeat him.
Group tech houses have proliferated across the San Francisco Bay Area in the artificial intelligence boom. One of the most prominent has also racked up an extensive police record.The entrance to AGI House in Hillsborough, Calif. AGI House is one of the most prominent and notorious tech group homes i
When she started her new novel, Julie Orringer didn’t know that it would mirror the taxing medical challenges faced by her husband.With her third novel, “Luna, Phoenix, Queen,” Julie Orringer aimed “to translate experiences that were too difficult to speak about into writing.”
In Richardson, a fleet of drones has started to deliver goods quickly. But the noise is drowning out life for some residents: ‘We can’t live like this.’Amazon chose Richardson as one of the first cities to receive drone deliveries.
The poet and lyricist Gulzar has profoundly shaped the idea of tender romance in India through his verse and songs in more than 150 musicals.Gulzar at his home in Mumbai in July. He maintains the wonder that has fueled his work.
Lawmakers are applying their experiences on the playing field to the debate over a measure that would impose big changes to college athletics.Senators Eric Schmitt, second from left, and Cory Booker are on opposite sides of potential landmark legislation that would impose a sweeping new regulatory f
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The U.S. has long misunderstood Beijing, and Trump’s mixed signals aren’t helping.
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The government is exploring nuclear power options to guard against global energy shocks. One proposal is to switch on a plant in Bataan that has been mothballed for 40 years.The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant in July.
