Good morning. We’re covering Beijing’s renewed warning to Hong Kong, a violent crackdown in India’s protests and something that might help you understand Britain’s election results. Beijing backs Lam with a warning to Hong Kong President Xi Jinping backed Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive, despite monthslong protests that have rocked the city and a […]

This essay contains spoilers for the 2019 remake of “Black Christmas.” Before a masked killer invades the sorority house in “Black Christmas,” directed by Sophia Takal and co-written by Ms. Takal and April Wolfe, the movie shows three Mu Kappa Epsilon sisters happily chatting over holiday dinner preparations. One asks her friends what their favorite […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Monaco-based hedge fund Tyrus Capital said on Monday it had agreed to buy the UK-based business of Tyndaris LLP for an undisclosed sum in a deal that will nearly double Tyrus’ assets under management to $2 billion. The deal will see Tyrus acquire Tyndaris’ real estate lending strategy and convertible debt strategy, […]

From Hong Kong to Chile to the United States, people around the world are angry. They don’t have a say in things that matter in their lives. So they protest, sign petitions, call their lawmakers and organize sit-ins. Despite this enormous energy, this can often feel futile. How can we make these actions add up […]

Britain is moving towards an exit from the European Union on March 29, possibly with no agreement, and thus courting – according to the Bank of England – an 8 percent drop in GDP and a 7.5 percent rise in unemployment. A drear prospect, attended by matching drear commentaries on the stupidity of the 52 […]

There was a feeling that we needed something. Something to bring us together. A deus ex machina if you will. Christmas was coming but real life wasn’t fading into the background the way we like it to do 10 days before Christmas. Brexit was suddenly happening – no ifs, no buts. When it came to […]

Oh my god! Is that a Boston terrier?! I love Boston terriers. My aunt used to have a Boston terrier, and they are just the cutest little things. Listen, do you mind if I pet your dog? Well, you’re welcome and of course. You should always ask before petting someone’s dog. You mean to tell […]

Like any good New Yorker, I mind my own business on the subway. Unless I’m in a bad mood, like that cold day last week when nobody was emailing me back, and my jeans were too tight, and I was late for a meeting I didn’t want to go to and this kid turned his […]

Can U.S. state governments withhold public contracts or financial investments from companies that boycott Israel? Twenty-six states have laws and regulations to this effect (legislation is pending in 13 more), but the American Civil Liberties Union has recently brought suits on behalf of plaintiffs in four states who object to this condition, claiming it infringes […]

Sinn Féin must have thought all its Christmases had come at once when it was first alerted to the story of William ‘Billy’ Hampton. The republican movement has spun the extraordinary tale of his €4.7m bequest as one about the kindness of strangers. Mary Lou McDonald reckons the party’s greatest benefactor was a “rebel with […]