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Opinion | Decades of Fake News, Courtesy of the Kremlin

On Nov. 12, The Times’s opinion video desk introduced “Operation Infektion,” a three-part series about Russian disinformation over the years. In response, we received a drawing from a reader in Missouri, as well as many comments, which are sampled here. The drawing refers to language in the video. To the Editor: I’m a mom in […]

Opinion | Theresa May Presents Her Brexit Deal

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Opinion | ‘The Panic Attacks Are Setting In’

On March 29, the United Kingdom will leave the European Union. Probably. Since Prime Minister Theresa May invoked Article 50, setting in motion a two-year exit process, the British government and the European Union have sparred over what Brexit might mean in practice. Questions have swirled. Will European Union citizens in Britain, and Britons in […]

Opinion | How to Find Out What Facebook Knew

“Facebook cannot be trusted to regulate itself,” tweeted Rhode Island Representative David Cicilline on Wednesday night. Mr. Cicilline, who is likely to chair the House of Representative’s Judiciary subcommittee that focuses on antitrust law, was responding to a Times investigation, one that painted a damning picture of how Facebook had handled the discovery of Russian […]

Opinion | Saudi Arabia After Khashoggi

In a one-two punch on Thursday, Saudi Arabia announced it would seek death sentences and the United States levied sanctions against some members of the team of Saudis suspected of murdering Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. So, a month and a half after the killing, all is clear: Attempt to repatriate a […]

‘Batkid,’ who ‘saved’ San Francisco 5 years ago, now cancer-free

A five-year-old leukemia patient who won the hearts of many when became a superhero known as Batkid for a day and “saved” San Francisco from evil villains, is now cancer-free. Miles Scott, now 10, captivated the world in 2013 when the Make-A-Wish Foundation granted him his wish of becoming a superhero for a day, with […]

Opinion | Can California Be Saved?

When I flew into San Francisco last Sunday, the haze shrouding the city was not the usual charming fog, and there was an acrid smell, like a barbecue on steroids. California was on fire. In the past week, towns have been burned out of existence, people have fled the raging flames, and ashes have been […]

Beyoncé buys out clothing venture from UK's Philip Green

LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. singer Beyoncé has bought the Ivy Park fitness clothing brand launched two years ago with British retail tycoon Philip Green, who has faced allegations of sexual harassment. “After discussions of almost a year, (Beyoncé’s) Parkwood has acquired 100 percent of the Ivy Park brand,” Ivy Park said in a statement. It […]

Tata Sons chairman to pitch to board on plan to buy Jet: report

(Reuters) – Tata Sons Ltd [TATAS.UL] Chairman N. Chandrasekaran is expected to present to the board on Friday a business viability plan on a proposed acquisition of cash-strapped Jet Airways (JET.NS), the Times of India reported, citing people close to the development. This is the clearest sign yet that talks are gathering steam to seal […]

Opinion | Grab ’Em by the Passion

Why doesn’t the news media simply ignore Donald Trump? Or, at least, cover him far less? He thrives on the attention. Withhold your coverage and starve him of oxygen. Liberals, frustrated by Trump and his dominance of the news cycle, often make this case to me. Why don’t we in the media focus on other […]