President Trump led a victory parade of Republican lawmakers and White House insiders after a summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation released on Sunday showed no evidence of collusion with Russia. An hour after the four-page letter from Attorney General William Barr was released, Trump claimed “total exoneration” on Twitter. Boarding Air Force One…
Mistakes Add Up A senior Israeli commander told The Times in August that 60 to 70 other Gaza protesters had been killed unintentionally, around half the total killed at that point. Yet the Israeli army’s rules of engagement remain unchanged, the military says. That alone may constitute a separate violation of international humanitarian law, experts…
Adam Neumann has begun discussions with WeWork's board and investors about his future role at the company, according to sources. Neumann has not yet agreed to step aside as CEO of WeWork parent We Company, and there is no certainty he will do so, the sources said. A board challenge planned by investors, including SoftBank…
The Chicago Police Department is reportedly pivoting its investigation into an alleged attack on "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett to focus on whether Smollett himself orchestrated the incident, multiple news outlets reported Saturday evening. Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told INSIDER that investigators have requested another interview with Smollett in light of new information, and have…
As Kim Jong Un crossed the border into South Korea to hold historic talks over his nuclear weapons program, stock markets rose across Asia, while investors greeted the occasion with a mixture of caution and optimism.One of the most common comments? It’s hard to know how this will play out.“You can’t really tell what’s going…
From mustard to motorboats, Canada’s firing back against Donald Trump on its national holiday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will mark Canada’s 151st birthday Sunday by imposing tariffs finalized Friday on about C$16.6 billion ($12.6 billion) worth of U.S. imports in response to American levies on Canadian steel and aluminum that went into effect a month…
EVEN HIS critics found Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s last moments as president difficult to watch. After two decades in power, the Algerian leader stepped down on April 2nd. Slumped in a wheelchair, dressed in a baggy djellaba robe instead of his usual three-piece suit, he looked like a doddering old man roused from bed in the middle…
THE NOTION that Pedro Sánchez could govern his country for long without calling a general election always seemed unlikely. He came to office as prime minister unexpectedly last June following a censure motion against his conservative predecessor, Mariano Rajoy. But his socialist party has only 84, or 24%, of the 350 seats in Congress. The…
Maybe it’s because there’s little volatility in the market, but this earnings season is proving a particularly jarring one in individual stocks.That’s according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which looked at 67 companies that posted results and found their shares moved an average 4 percent after earnings this quarter, among the biggest reactions of the…
