The Guantánamo story may finally be coming to an end, and as the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaches, the question is who will write the last chapter, the White House or the Supreme Court? President Biden has vowed to close the island detention center, through which nearly 800 detainees have passed since it […]

Slideshow ( 2 images )ZURICH/BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Deutsche Boerse agreed to buy the remaining 49% stake in fund distribution platform Clearstream Fund Centre (CFC) from UBS Group for 390 million Swiss francs ($427 million), the two companies said on Thursday. Deutsche Boerse, which had bought 51% of CFC last year, said the transaction would […]

Slideshow ( 2 images )ZURICH/BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Deutsche Boerse agreed to buy the remaining 49% stake in fund distribution platform Clearstream Fund Centre (CFC) from UBS Group for 390 million Swiss francs ($427 million), the two companies said on Thursday. Deutsche Boerse, which had bought 51% of CFC last year, said the transaction would […]

We’re covering a breakthrough announcement from the U.S. on efforts to lift Covid vaccine patents, and new moves by Europe aimed at limiting Chinese competition. U.S. supports lifting vaccine patents The Biden administration on Wednesday came out in support of waiving intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines, a breakthrough for international efforts to increase vaccine […]

My wife hates my car, a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon. She hates the way it handles, and the noise it makes and how big the tires are. Once, she suggested that she’d be more comfortable if I took her riding in a high-speed steam shovel. But I love my stupid car. I love taking the roof […]

It never occurred to me that a Facebook-appointed panel could avoid a clear decision about Donald Trump’s heinous online behavior. But that is what it’s done. Over the next days, we will hear a lot of huffing and puffing about the Oversight Board’s decision to uphold a ban on former President Donald Trump from Facebook. […]

Media coverage of President Biden’s foreign policy tends to focus on his efforts to withdraw from Afghanistan, get tough on Russia and negotiate with Iran. But none of those may prove as consequential as Mr. Biden’s quiet, incremental, moves to establish official relations with Taiwan. Because only his policy toward Taiwan is meaningfully increasing the […]

Perhaps you’ve heard someone bemoan the “quarantine 15” that they’ve gained during lockdown, or their struggles to “flatten the curve” of a body that looks different after a year inside. It was inevitable. The pandemic has made us more sedentary, and many of us have sought comfort in eating. We are languishing, as Adam Grant […]

Perhaps you’ve heard someone bemoan the “quarantine 15” that they’ve gained during lockdown, or their struggles to “flatten the curve” of a body that looks different after a year inside. It was inevitable. The pandemic has made us more sedentary, and many of us have sought comfort in eating. We are languishing, as Adam Grant […]

More from our inbox: To the Editor: Re “Whale Mothers Need Their Moms. So Do I,” by Abigail Tucker (Sunday Review, May 2): The research cited in this article supports a compelling link between the presence of a warm, available maternal grandmother and positive mother-child outcomes. But women without such mothers can and do become […]