China dropped many of its quarantine and testing requirements and curtailed local officialsโ power to shut down entire city blocks, as the countryโs leaders accelerate plans to dismantle zero-Covid controls.3 min read
Elon Musk said top Twitter lawyer Jim Baker โwas exited,โ part of the fallout from the billionaireโs unusual release of internal communications to criticize prior practices at the company.5 min read
The mood has brightened, spurring a recovery in the regionโs beaten-down stocks, after a period of extreme pessimism brought on by the invasion of Ukraine, a subsequent jump in energy prices and the highest inflation in decades.4 min read
When Theranosโs former No. 2 executive, Ramesh Balwani, is sentenced Wednesday, he may get a longer prison term than his boss, who was at the center of the fraud at the company she founded.44 min read
Incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock won reelection in a Georgia runoff contest, defeating GOP challenger Herschel Walker, who had been backed by former President Donald Trump.5564 min read
Fresh Western curbs on Russian crude sales might not affect Moscowโs public coffers immediately, but they add financial pressure that threatens the countryโs sanctions-stricken oil industry.56 min read
A jury found former President Donald Trumpโs family business engaged in an off-the-books compensation scheme to pay some executives in car leases, apartments and cash.2,0714 min read
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Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said he expects stocks and residential real estate to be lower a year from now, and gave just a 35% chance for a โsoft landing.โ
Tens of thousands of lawsuits alleged that the heartburn treatment could cause cancer. Complaints are still active in state courts.1 min read
Microsoft pledged to give Nintendo access to the popular โCall of Dutyโ games for a decade if its $75 billion deal to buy the gameโs developer, Activision Blizzard, gets approved.3 min read
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Officials and executives had hoped for a year-end deal to address national-security concerns over the popular social-media platform.1545 min read
U.S.
The move aimed to secure Republican support for the annual defense-policy bill that authorizes spending for new weapons and pay increases for troops. The compromise proposal would increase the total national security budget to $857.9 billion.756 min read
The power outages continue to upend daily life in Moore County, N.C., where schools and businesses remain closed and a curfew is in place.283 min read
A panel found the North Carolina lawmaker violated House rules when he promoted a cryptocurrency that could have led to his own financial gain.3 min read
Cybersecurity
People over 60 lose a lot of money to phone scams. Some simple steps can make them more secure.127 min read
World
The complaint relates to punitive trade restrictions that Beijing imposed on the European Union country last year after its moves to support Taiwan.3 min read
The U.S. and Australia agreed to deepen defense cooperation amid growing concerns about Chinaโs actions in the Indo-Pacific region.3 min read
Year in Review
It all sounds good in theory, but itโs hard to know how the rules will be implemented126 min read
Entertainment
The Oscar-winning Mexican director sets the story of the wooden boy in 1930s Italy in this bittersweet animated film.44 min read
A spinoff of the long-standing cooking show introduces competition and a dose of vegetarianism to the โTest Kitchenโ recipe.73 min read
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