timef 04/01/2025

The state-owned automakers, longtime joint venture partners of Ford and Nissan, might combine operations as Beijing consolidates its sprawling car sector.

The United States was a key supplier of contraceptives in many developing countries. The Trump administration has ended that support.

A popular electric vehicle made by the Chinese consumer electronics giant Xiaomi crashed into a concrete guardrail while deploying its autonomous driving feature. Three people died.

A group that includes the restaurant’s founders will buy restaurants from the private equity firm that owns many locations of the chain.

Business leaders and investors remain on edge ahead of President Trump’s expected announcement of a sweeping new round of tariffs.

The streaming giant is planning to release at least 14 movies a year in theaters around the country, rivaling other major studios.

The central bank’s outreach to companies has taken on new significance as the outlook for growth and inflation gets cloudier.

Two dozen trade experts gathered recently to simulate how a global trade war would play out. The results were surprisingly optimistic.

President Trump’s policies are straining trade ties and challenging a long-held truth in China about the centrality of the U.S. market.

In Florida, Brightline has proved that it can operate reliable, well-designed passenger trains that people want to ride. Can the public sector do the same?

In Britain, amid growing evidence of harm to young people from extreme content online, a “Smartphone Free Childhood” campaign is going viral.

A judge dismissed an attempt to use a bankruptcy court to resolve tens of thousands of claims that the company’s talcum power products caused cancer.

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spoke in their first news conference since returning to Earth two weeks ago from an unexpectedly long I.S.S. stay that lasted more than nine months.

The start-up’s valuation, which has nearly doubled in six months, shows continued enthusiasm for A.I. among investors.

The Office of the United States Trade Representative released a report Monday highlighting foreign trade barriers that could influence tariffs the president puts into effect this week.

The Trump administration is planning another encroachment into the day-to-day arrangements of the journalists that cover it.

Under microscopes, scientists found that giant single-cell organisms were able to vacuum up more food when they are stuck together.

With increasing news reports of travelers being denied entry, understanding what might prompt extra scrutiny is key. Here’s what to know.

He was also a key figure in raising American soccer’s profile on the world stage. Earlier, as a marketer, he saw opportunities in the football ritual of dousing coaches with Gatorade.

President Trump has described his new in-office requirement as a way to ensure workers are doing their jobs. He sees potentially leading more employees to quit as an added benefit.

Don Lemon, Joy Reid and Jim Acosta, exiled or extricated from their networks, are now on Substack, trading sleek studios and “pancake makeup” for their living rooms.

A pipeline company’s lawsuit against the environmental group could chill free speech, experts said. First Amendment issues are likely to figure prominently in an appeal.

A White House trade adviser projected that tariffs would raise about $6 trillion over the next decade. But raising so much revenue for the government conflicts with the administration’s goal of reshoring manufacturing.

Five years after the pandemic began, interest in the anti-parasitic drug is rising again as right-wing influencers promote it — and spread misinformation about it.