This article is part of our special section on the DealBook Summit that included business and policy leaders from around the world. Toward the end of my more than hourlong interview last week with Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder and space entrepreneur, there was a comment that struck me — that’s been rattling around in […]
Hadi Matar, 26, is accused of repeatedly stabbing the elderly writer during a 2022 lecture. The trial of a man who attacked Indian-British author Salman Rushdie two years ago on a charge of attempted murder is due to start in the United States. Jury selection was set to begin on Tuesday for the trial of […]
BBC Billionaire businessman Jared Isaacman has a big vision for the future of humanity. He set off on his first mission to space in 2021 – a private journey he paid an estimated $200m (£160m) for – and announced that he wanted space travel to be for the masses, not only for the 600 who […]
Nearly 700,000 women are to be recruited to take part in an NHS artificial intelligence (AI) breast cancer screening trial across the UK. Five different AI platforms will be tested across 30 sites from April to see if the technology can speed up diagnosis as well as free up radiologists. It comes as the government […]
NHS England has been urged to publish a full report after a major investigation into the care received by Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane. Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and 65-year-old Ian Coates were killed by Calocane on 13 June 2023. The Independent Mental Health Homicide Review is due to be published this […]
US President Donald Trump has taken the first step towards setting up a sovereign wealth fund for the United States, and suggested that it could end up buying TikTok. The president signed an executive order on Monday, to kickstart the process, saying the fund would soon be “one of the biggest”. More than 90 countries […]
Q: Sometimes I feel really anxious the day after I drink. Can alcohol cause a panic attack? The short answer is yes. Panic attacks — sudden waves of overwhelming fear and apprehension, along with physical symptoms like chest pain and tightness, sweating, a racing heartbeat, nausea, difficulty breathing, feeling faint or numbness in the arms […]
President Trump speaks to the press from the Oval Office on Monday. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has issued a temporary restraining order against a Trump administration effort to freeze funding for federal grants and other programs. Monday’s order by […]
After a dramatic day of telephone diplomacy, United States President Donald Trump has agreed to pause 25 percent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada that were to come into effect on Tuesday. But the pause is only for a month, and a 10 percent tariff that Trump announced on Chinese imports, on top of […]
The Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management is seen on Monday in Washington, D.C. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The White House is pushing back against what it is calling “misinformation” by the federal employees union, which has urged government workers not to accept […]