Two weeks after their bank accounts were frozen amid a swirl of investigations by the Trump administration, nonprofit organizations that were supposed to receive $20 billion to help curb climate change are still unable to withdraw money, raising concerns about their ability to pay staff. The accounts were frozen by Citibank, which holds the money, […]
Warren Buffett, the famed investor who runs the sprawling conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, described tariffs as “an act of war” in an interview with CBS that aired on Sunday. “Over time they’re a tax on goods,” Mr. Buffett said, responding to a question about their inflationary impact, suggesting that consumers will face higher prices as a […]
GLASTONBURY, Conn. — It’s mid-afternoon on a Sunday and, from the front of Dan Hurley’s house, you can turn around and look clear across Connecticut. Over Manchester, over South Windsor, over Enfield, all the way to Massachusetts. Hundreds of miles. In the distance, the horizon line is cut by national parks in Vermont. Hurley once […]
About 36.6 million Americans watched President Trump live on television on Tuesday night, tuning in for his 100-minute speech to a joint session of Congress — the longest of its kind in the modern era. Nielsen, the ratings agency, said the live television audience for Mr. Trump’s wide-ranging and often pugilistic address was up 13 […]
Jorn Madslien Business reporter Saab The boss of Sweden’s Saab, which makes the Gripen fighter, says it is now easier for it to win Nato deals War, cross-border conflict and geopolitical upheaval are rarely deemed good for business. Yet that appears to have been the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on two of the […]
Getty Images Woman sneezing into a tissue A new part of the immune system has been discovered and it is a goldmine of potential antibiotics, scientists have said. They’ve shown a part of the body known to recycle proteins has a secret mode that can spew out an arsenal of bacteria-killing chemicals. The researchers in […]
Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporter Getty OpenAI boss Sam Altman (left) and Microsoft boss Satya Nadella The UK competition watchdog has ended its investigation into the partnership between Microsoft and the maker of ChatGPT, OpenAI. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) was looking into whether Microsoft’s relationship with what is the world’s best known artificial intelligence […]
Los Angeles County sued Southern California Edison and its parent company on Wednesday, blaming the utility’s equipment for causing the deadly Eaton fire in January. The county’s lawsuit is the most prominent case brought against Edison, which is also facing scores of lawsuits filed by victims of the fire that killed 17 people and destroyed […]
Lyon coach Paulo Fonseca has been suspended for nine months by the French Professional Football League (FLP), following his confrontation with referee Benoit Millot during his team’s recent 2-1 Ligue 1 victory over Brest. The FLP said in a statement on Wednesday that Fonseca will be barred from accessing the bench, the officials’ dressing- rooms, […]
US President Donald Trump said he would temporarily spare carmakers from a new 25% import tax imposed on Canada and Mexico, just a day after the tariffs came into effect. The announcement by the White House came even as Trump continued to blast Canada for not doing enough to stop drugs from entering the US. […]