A Father, an Earthquake and the Desperate Search for a Missing Son
Over a week since a major earthquake decimated his village in northwest Afghanistan, Noor Ahmad is on a harrowing hunt to find his 5-year-old.Read More
Judge to Consider Gag Order on Trump in Federal Election Case
Defense lawyers and prosecutors will square off over whether the former president should be restricted in what he can say about the proceedings after a string of threatening statements.Read More
Hundreds of Thousands Flee Northern Gaza, and More
Plus, diplomats try to ease the growing humanitarian crisis in the enclave, and a look at Donald Trump’s back-room campaign.Read More
Fearing Escalation, Biden Seeks to Deter Iran and Hezbollah
The administration has grown increasingly anxious that Israel’s enemies may seek to widen the war with Hamas and has both sent diplomatic messages and deployed military assets to prevent it.Read More
Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Are PSPs Ready for Reform?
After the Financial Services and Markets Bill received royal assent on 29 June 2023, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) obtained new powers to direct Payment Services Providers (PSPs) using Faster Payments to fully reimburse victims of authorised push payment (APP) fraud, with the reimbursement requirement coming into force next year. Tommaso Scarpa, head of financial […]
Rite Aid Files for Bankruptcy, Facing Slumping Sales and Opioid Suits
The pharmacy chain, one of the country’s largest, faces more than a thousand lawsuits that say it filled illegal prescriptions for painkillers.Read More
Trump’s Giant Lead Is Financial, Too: 6 Takeaways From 2024 Filings
Ron DeSantis has spent heavily and Nikki Haley has padded her war chest. On the Democratic side, President Biden continues to show overall strength, and the party’s incumbent senators fared well.Read More
How Nepal’s Deal With China for an Airport Became an Albatross
China called the project a “signature” of its cooperation with Nepal. Insiders and documents reveal the pitfalls of China’s infrastructure-at-any-cost model.Read More
It’s Not OK to Police Co-Workers’ Pronouns
Even if you think they’re using their identities for personal branding.Read More
How Evergrande’s Chief Tried to Turn Things Around—and Failed
Hui Ka Yan, once one of the world’s richest men, led China Evergrande through its rise and fall. His failures in the aftermath made the property developer’s collapse a bigger problem for the country’s slumping housing market.Read More
