SAN FRANCISCO — Daniela Amodei has an energy that’s hard to place — warm, unhurried, immediately present. She swept into a sunlit room on the ground floor of Anthropic’s headquarters in December, sat down, and immediately apologized for her mug. “Is my, like, gigantic novelty mug going to be distractingRead More →
A cargo ship sits in New York Harbor on Nov. 19, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Plat | Getty Images The Supreme Court did not rule Friday on the legality of broad tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, leaving markets still awaiting a decision poised to have far-reaching impactsRead More →
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference to unveil the official Trump Accounts website, at the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 17, 2025. Aaron Schwartz | Reuters Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday pressed the administration’s desire for lower interest rates, saying they are theRead More →
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Finland’s President Alexander Stubb, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, US President Donald Trump, France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte gather and chat with eachRead More →
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose on Tuesday, led by artificial intelligence darling Nvidia, a day after a rally in the previousRead More →
Versant Media Group, the portfolio of cable TV networks and digital assets spun off by Comcast, joined the small cohort of public media companies Monday as the industry reckons with ongoing disruption. Versant began trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “VSNT,” opening at $45.17 per share. The company’sRead More →
A woman passes by a logo of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) during the United Nations climate change conference COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 13, 2024. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters OPEC+ kept oil output unchanged on Sunday after a quick meeting that avoided discussion of the political crisesRead More →
Fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela’s largest military complex, is seen from a distance after a series of explosions in Caracas on Jan. 3, 2026. Str | Afp | Getty Images U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife during a stunning, large-scale attack on their nation overnight. AmericanRead More →
Elon Musk looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on Nov. 19, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot blamed “lapses in safeguards” for the recentRead More →
Dozens of people were killed and around 100 injured, most of them seriously, after fire tore through a crowded bar during a New Year’s Eve party in the upscale Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, officials said on Thursday. Fire broke out at 1.30 a.m. (0030 GMT) in a bar calledRead More →
