Environmental group to study effects of artificially cooling Earth
The Environmental Defense Fund will finance research into technologies that could artificially cool the planet, an idea that until recently was viewed as radical but is quickly gaining attention as global temperatures rise at alarming rates.
Is the Fed behind the curve?
Monetary policymakers around the world are beginning, cautiously, to edge off the tight-money policies they imposed in an effort to cool inflation. Most important, the European Central Bank just cut the interest rates it controls by a quarter of a percentage point — a small number in itself but a signal of future normalization. And the ECB is a major player, setting policy for an economy around four-fifths as large as America’s.
Modi, striking a modest tone, is sworn in for a third term
NEW DELHI — As a humbled Narendra Modi was sworn in Sunday for a third term as India’s prime minister, the political air in New Delhi appeared transformed.
Biden visits a military cemetery in France that Trump once snubbed
PARIS — There is trolling. And then there is presidential trolling.
Trump will have virtual interview with probation official today
Former President Donald Trump, who was convicted last month on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, is expected to have a virtual interview with a New York City Probation Department official today, three people with knowledge of the matter said.
In Las Vegas, Trump appeals to local workers and avoids talk of conviction
LAS VEGAS — Former President Donald Trump stood in blazing heat in a Las Vegas park Sunday and directly appealed to working-class voters by promising to eliminate taxes on tips for hospitality workers.
Japan likes tourists, just not this many
KYOTO, Japan — On two recent occasions, a foreign tourist walked into Shoji Matsumoto’s barbershop, through a front door that grates loudly when opened more than halfway, wanting a haircut.
Donald Trump’s mob rule
This week, Breitbart interviewed former Trump official Peter Navarro, one of many criminals in the ex-president’s orbit, from the Miami prison where he is serving four months for contempt of Congress. While life behind bars is difficult, Navarro boasted that his stint has been smoothed by his ties to Donald Trump, which make him something of a made man. The former president, said Navarro, is beloved not just by the guards, but by the “vast majority” of inmates as well. “If I were a Bidenite, things would be a lot tougher here — and yes, they know exactly who I am and respect the fact that I stood up for a principle and didn’t bow to the government,” he said.
Vietnam arrests prominent journalist for Facebook posts
Authorities in Vietnam have arrested one of the country’s most prominent journalists and accused him of “abusing democratic freedoms” by posting articles on Facebook that “infringed on the interests of the state and the legitimate rights and interests of organizations and individuals.”
William A. Anders, who flew on first manned orbit of the moon, dies at 90
Maj. William A. Anders, who flew on the first manned space mission to orbit the moon, the Apollo 8 “Genesis flight” of Christmas Eve 1968, and took the color photograph “Earthrise,” which is credited with inspiring the modern environmental movement, died Friday morning when a small plane he was piloting alone dived into the water near Roche Harbor, Washington, northwest of Seattle. He was 90.
Biden and Macron talk togetherness, with no mention of discord over Gaza Strip
PARIS — U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday stressed how much they agree with each other about world affairs, including the war in Ukraine, even as their countries have expressed sharply different views of the fighting in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas.
Israel rescues 4 hostages in assault that killed scores of Palestinians
JERUSALEM — Israeli soldiers and special operations police rescued four hostages from the Gaza Strip on Saturday amid a heavy air and ground assault and flew them back to Israel by helicopter to be reunited with their families. The news was met with jubilation in Israel, where anxieties over the fate of the roughly 120 remaining captives have been rising after eight months of war.
At 45, he vies with women half his age, seeking an Olympic first
LOS ANGELES — As you watch the U.S. Artistic Swimming team practice for the Olympics — their bodies upside down, their legs scissoring in the air in perfect time, like frenzied offshore wind turbines — you will notice two things.
Republicans have a new way of looking at crime
In the wake of Donald Trump’s felony conviction, Republicans are furious.
Clarence Thomas, in financial disclosure, acknowledges 2019 trips paid by Harlan Crow
Justice Clarence Thomas acknowledged Friday additional luxury travel he had accepted from a conservative billionaire, amending a previous financial disclosure to reflect trips he had taken to an Indonesian island and a secretive all-male club in the Northern California redwoods.
The life, death and rebirth of an AI-generated news outlet
The news was featured on MSN.com: “Prominent Irish broadcaster faces trial over alleged sexual misconduct.” At the top of the story was a photo of Dave Fanning.
Small shift toward Biden after Trump verdict
It’s one of the biggest questions in the wake of Donald Trump’s conviction: Did the verdict change anyone’s mind?
US tightens car mileage rules, part of strategy to fight climate change
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday tightened vehicle fuel mileage standards, part of its strategy to transform the American auto market into one that is dominated by electric vehicles that do not emit the pollution that is heating the planet.
Biden straddles the patriotic and the political in speech at Normandy
POINTE DU HOC, France — President Joe Biden used the backdrop of the beaches at Normandy on Friday to argue that the fight for democracy in Ukraine and elsewhere remains as vital as the day that U.S. troops helped rescue Europe from Hitler’s tyranny.
As solar power surges in the United States, wind struggles
When President Joe Biden signed the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, it was expected to set off a boom in renewable energy, with hefty tax breaks that would make solar and wind power cheaper than fossil fuels.
