It’s time for the three-quarter-mark edition of the NBA Rookie Rankings. The good news is that a few rookies are at least improving as the season rolls along. The bad news is that this continues to be arguably the least productive rookie class of the last 20 years. Only five rookies are averaging double-figures in […]
This week, the top copy editor of The New Yorker announced that the magazine had completed a “reëxamination” of its house style. A few things were changing. But its dedication to the dieresis — those two little dots that float above certain vowels, beloved by New Yorker editors and almost nobody else — was not. […]
Faarea Masud Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images Tariffs on goods being imported into the US could tip Europe’s largest economy into another recession, according to the president of Germany’s central bank. Germany economy has contracted for the past two years and with tariffs, the country “could expect a recession for this year” too, Joachim […]
Four different inspectors general appeared before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on April 19, 2023. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Four different inspectors general appeared before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on April 19, 2023. Alex Wong/Getty Images The Trump administration continues to fire, shut down […]
Watch: Drone shots show scale of Amazon deforestation for COP30 road A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém. It aims to ease traffic to the city, which will host more than 50,000 people […]
Tesla is getting crushed in China, its most important market outside the United States and one that it had dominated for years. When Liu Jie, 32, decided to buy an electric car in October, Tesla was one of her top choices. But after test-driving a few Chinese cars, she went with a sports sedan from […]
Chris Maddaloni Seán Ronayne has recorded upwards of 12,000 bird noises With more than half of Ireland’s birds at risk of extinction, an Irish ornithologist is utilising recordings he has made to advocate for their preservation. Originally from Cobh in County Cork, Seán Ronayne has approximately 12,000 recordings of Irish birds and other wildlife in […]
Intel, a fallen Silicon Valley icon trying to restore its reputation as America’s most prominent semiconductor company, has named Lip-Bu Tan, an experienced business and technology leader, as its new chief executive. Mr. Tan, 65, will be responsible for reviving the fortunes of a chip-making company that has fallen from grace. Once one of the […]
President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum went into effect on Wednesday, inviting immediate retaliation from the European Union and escalating tensions with other trading partners reeling from his on-and-off approach to steep trade penalties. Mr. Trump’s tariffs of 25 percent hit metal imports from every country that sells steel and aluminum to […]
President Trump has tapped Michelle W. Bowman, a Federal Reserve governor, to be the next vice chair for supervision at the central bank, according to a White House official who was not authorized to speak publicly. The position was vacated at the end of last month by another Fed governor, Michael S. Barr, who stepped […]