Delta Air Lines on Monday cut its financial forecast for the first three months of the year, saying that growing economic concerns among businesses and consumers had lowered demand for domestic travel. The airline’s warning was the latest sign that the U.S. economy, or at least perceptions of it, have been weakening in part because […]
NASA is eliminating its chief scientist and other roles as part of efforts by the Trump administration to pare back staff at the agency’s Washington headquarters. The cuts affect about 20 employees at NASA, including Katherine Calvin, the chief scientist and a climate science expert. The last day of work for Dr. Calvin and the […]
US stocks plunged on Monday as fears grew over an economic slowdown, after President Donald Trump did not rule out his tariffs triggering a recession. The Nasdaq sank by 4.0% at the close of trading, its largest single-day loss since 2022, and there were heavy losses on other markets with tech stocks seeing the largest […]
Holy See reports ‘improvements’ in recent days, indicating pontiff may soon be able to leave hospital. Pope Francis is responding well to hospital treatment for double pneumonia and his doctors no longer fear for his life, the Vatican says. The Vatican added on Monday that the 88-year-old pontiff’s condition was “stable” with doctors lifting their […]
Paris Saint-Germain forward Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has described his team’s visit to Anfield in the Champions League as the “most important” game of their season. PSG lost the first leg of their round-of-16 tie 1-0 thanks to a late goal from Harvey Elliott, despite dominating at the Parc des Princes. Luis Enrique’s side now have a […]
Ruth Marcus, a columnist and editor for The Washington Post’s opinion section, said Monday she was leaving the newspaper after Will Lewis, the paper’s publisher, killed a column she wrote that was critical of the editorial pages’ new direction. Ms. Marcus announced her resignation in an email to her colleagues at The Post, saying she […]
Researchers have corrected a disease-causing gene mutation with a single infusion carrying a treatment that precisely targeted the errant gene. This was the first time a mutated gene has been restored to normal. The small study of nine patients announced Monday by the company Beam Therapeutics of Cambridge, Mass., involved fixing a spelling error involving […]
As he prepares to introduce new tariffs on foreign metals this week, President Trump has vowed not to grant the types of exclusions and exemptions that were common during his first trade war. But he has already undercut that tough position on other tariffs. After lobbying from automakers, farmers and other industries, Mr. Trump quickly […]
A container ship called Solong struck an anchored tanker off the coast of the United Kingdom Monday morning. Fire broke out on both ships after the collision. A tanker ship anchored off the coast of the United Kingdom in the North Sea was struck by a container ship on Monday morning, sparking a fire and […]
For a decade, Eric Schmidt ran Google as chief executive and as the “adult” in the room, mentoring the internet company’s young founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. In 2011, Mr. Schmidt handed control of Google back to Mr. Page. He has not taken another C.E.O. job since. But on Monday, Mr. Schmidt told employees […]