If I had one wish it would be that the leaders and trade negotiators of the U.S. and China would go on a weekend retreat together — I’d suggest Singapore — with a facilitator — I’d suggest Singapore’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong — with no press or tweeting allowed and try to work out […]

Op-Docs Ever since the 1969 riots on the streets outside New York City’s Stonewall Inn, L.G.B.T.Q. communities have gathered there to express their joy, their anger, their pain and their power. By Cheryl Furjanic Ms. Furjanic is a filmmaker in New York City. On June 25, 2011, I had just returned to New York City […]

In a disturbing report out of Indiana, the father of an 11-year-old boy with autism said his son was given a trophy in May by his teacher for being the “Most Annoying Male.” Rick Castejon told the Times of Northwest Indiana that his son’s special education teacher at Bailly Preparatory Academy in Gary, Ind., handed […]

This is a fine time to be British. Indeed, to be proud to be British. You would not, to be sure, think so from this past week in London – as the House of Commons humiliated Prime Minister Theresa May by throwing out her plan for Brexit in Tuesday by 432 votes to 202 – […]

The floral tributes displayed the names of the expensive fashion labels he loved to wear – Canada Goose, Moncler and Louis Vuitton. Another was shaped like a Rolex watch with a moving face and adorned in flowers sprayed in pink gold. When they came to mourn 23-year-old Zach Parker, a number of his “friends” lined […]

With days to go until Theresa May ends her disastrous leadership, all eyes are on her potential successor. What an embarrassment of riches there are to choose from. We are currently at 13 candidates, from old favourites like Michael Gove and Boris Johnson to new faces of cliff-diving Conservatism, Esther McVey and Dominic Raab. Many […]

As Donald Trump’s visit piques Irish curiosity about what to expect, his standing back home in America perches on a perplexing paradox. The most unpredictable of US presidents revels in a most predictable level of support from his followers. A year before his inauguration, Mr Trump boasted: “I could stand in the middle of Fifth […]

A few months ago in the United States, Ohio teenager Ethan Lindenberger made headlines by going against his parent’s anti-vaccination views. He got immunized. At a time of rising vaccine hesitancy, growing concern about measles outbreaks and increasingly aggressive rhetoric by the “anti-vaxx” movement, public health advocates around the world hailed this small act of […]

A group in High River is hoping to relive some of the glory days of the drive-in theatre. “It’s just part of our culture, especially our generation. We all loved it,” Jeff Langford said. Langford is the president of the River City Classics Car Club and a local resident. He and two other men, Roger […]

To the Editor: Re “Taxi Drivers Fell Prey While Top Officials Counted the Money” (“Taken for a Ride” series, front page, May 20): Your investigative series does not tell the stories of the lenders to the taxi medallion industry that did not take advantage of the borrowers. The Franklin Corporation and Beneficial Capital Corporation were […]