MILAN (Reuters) -Credit Agricole has secured its $1 billion buyout bid for Creval after shareholders accounting for two-thirds of the Italian bank’s stock accepted the offer, a person close to the matter said.FILE PHOTO: A branch of Credit Agricole bank is seen in Warsaw, Poland, July 3, 2018. REUTERS/Marcin GoclowskiThe acquisition allows the Italian arm […]

The health of our bodies and microbiomes may depend on society’s return to lifestyles that expose us to bacteria, despite the risks. The health of our bodies and microbiomes may depend on society’s return to lifestyles that expose us to bacteria, despite the risks. Supported by The health of our bodies and microbiomes may depend […]

A new, more dangerous front has opened in the voting wars, and it’s going to be much harder to counteract than the now-familiar fight over voting rules. At stake is something I never expected to worry about in the United States: the integrity of the vote count. The danger of manipulated election results looms. We […]

While other people stockpiled toilet paper and dried beans last year, Sheldon Cohen prepared for the pandemic by compiling a list of family members, friends and colleagues with whom he wanted to be in regular contact during what he rightly feared would be an extended period of isolation. A professor of psychology at Carnegie-Mellon University, […]

Readers address the arguments for and against requiring proof of vaccination for travel and other activities. To the Editor: Re “Privacy, Politics and the Push to Require Proof You’ve Been Immunized” (Business, April 15): I am puzzled by this controversy over proofs of vaccination. International travelers have long carried the W.H.O.-issued International Certificate of Vaccination. […]

To the Editor: Re “Chauvin Guilty of Murder in Floyd’s Death” (front page, April 21): Almost a year ago, I watched a video of George Floyd’s little daughter, Gianna, sitting on the shoulders of a close friend of her father, proudly stating, in an excited and raised voice: “Daddy changed the world!” I fought back […]

This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Happy maskers are all alike; every unhappy masker is unhappy in his own way. For some, the culprit is maskne. For others, it’s the fog of their breath on their glasses. For me, the irritant […]

To the Editor: Re “Derek Chauvin Guilty of Murder in George Floyd Death” (nytimes.com, April 20): On Tuesday afternoon the momentous decision in the Derek Chauvin trial was announced and the verdict was guilty on all three counts. With a country kept on tenterhooks for weeks, the announcement of a guilty verdict felt just as […]

(Reuters) -Bookmaker William Hill moved closer to being taken over by Caesars Entertainment on Tuesday, saying it had gained approval in a British court for the 2.9 billion pound ($4 billion) deal, which was opposed by minority shareholder HBK.FILE PHOTO: Signs are seen outside a branch of bookmaker William Hill in central London, Britain October […]

Times subscribers can R.S.V.P. for this free event, Wednesday, May 12 at 7 p.m. Eastern. Cancel culture has held the powerful to account. It’s also ended careers and ruined lives. Can crowd-sourced morality change society for the better? Or is this just mob justice, taken to a social-media-powered extreme? We have opinions. Join us on […]