For years, T-Mobile’s chief executive, John Legere, has gleefully bad-mouthed his much larger mobile phone competitors, Verizon Wireless and AT&T, for their high prices and profit margins, and their low-quality service. Decked out in magenta sneakers and T-shirts, sporting long hair like an aging rocker, Mr. Legere promoted T-Mobile and himself to his 6.2 million […]

The hit song “The Winner Takes It All” was released by the Swedish pop group Abba in 1980. That year also happened to be a turning point for economic inequality. Since 1980, more than 100 percent of the total growth in income in the United States has gone to the top 10 percent of families. […]

After eight brutal years, it is hard to find anything shocking about the Syrian civil war. But somehow, the government forces under President Bashar al-Assad always find a way. On May 15, Syrian bombs destroyed the Tarmala Maternity and Children’s Hospital in Idlib, the 19th medical facility attacked since late April. Mr. Assad’s campaign against […]

SINGAPORE/BENGALURU (Reuters) – Blackstone Group LP is buying U.S. industrial warehouse properties from Singapore-based logistics provider GLP for $18.7 billion, in what the companies billed as the largest private real estate transaction globally. The deal by the world’s largest manager of alternative assets comes when investors are spending billions of dollars to snap up logistics […]

‘Anybody who thinks this is not a scam must be blind. We are a laughing stock among defence forces around the world.” So said the late chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Jim Mitchell. He was speaking about the more than 16,000 serving and retired members of Oglaigh na hEireann who received compensation, paid for […]

To the Editor: It’s possible that something good could emerge as a result of the Trump presidency — the curtailing of presidential power. Future congressional leaders, with the assistance of a like-minded administration, could address the many ways that an unlawful or unprincipled president such as the one currently in office can abuse his power. […]

Children from the north end of Halifax learned a valuable lesson in history this week not by opening up their textbooks, but by racing to the finish line in a fact-filled scavenger hunt at Fort Needham Memorial Park. The event, called the Amazing (North End) Race, was organized by the Veith House Community Hub for […]

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning, We’re covering President Trump’s new strategy to cut unauthorized immigration, a surprising result at the national spelling bee, and the Toronto Raptors’ win in Game 1 of the N.B.A. finals. President Trump threatens Mexico with tariffs Mr. Trump announced on Thursday that he […]

A whopping 85pc of voters questioned for the RTÉ exit poll after last week’s elections professed themselves to be “delighted” at their perception that Ireland has become more liberal in recent years. The same exit poll, of course, dramatically over-estimated support for the Green Party and when the votes were counted, just about five out […]

Given the ongoing tensions between the United States and China, it is a safe bet that the Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) that kicks off this weekend will include another round of US-China barb-trading. But beyond the expected headlines this will generate, it is worth thinking about what rising US-China competition means for South-east Asia and how […]