timef 11/18/2025

Speaking at a gathering of McDonald’s franchise owners and operators, the president boasted that he had “normalized” inflation.

The case against Gautam Adani, the infrastructure titan and a close associate of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has stalled with no sign of progress.

New emails showed that Mr. Summers, a former Harvard president, had stayed in touch with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Mr. Epstein faced sex trafficking charges.

President Trump will host Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, who oversees a major construction project that is in talks with the Trump family business.

With the arrival of Amazon’s Zoox robot taxi in San Francisco to compete with Waymo, autonomous services are gaining momentum. But there are pros and cons.

Larry Summers, a former Treasury secretary, is stepping back from public commitments. It’s the latest fallout for an associate of Jeffrey Epstein.

Services from Cloudflare, a software company, underpin thousands of websites.

Paramount, Comcast and Netflix are preparing bids to buy all or part of Warner Bros. Discovery, a crown jewel of the industry.

The company that won a huge verdict against Greenpeace earlier this year has asked a North Dakota court to block a countersuit in the Netherlands.

Suisun City has tried to revive its fortunes for years. The latest idea: Annex land for California Forever, a tech-billionaire-funded new city plan north of San Francisco.

A combination of technological developments and market forces is undermining the trust between viewer and filmmaker. What’s at stake is history itself.

Scientists and Indigenous sailors in the Marshall Islands are studying seafaring and the human brain.

Beijing has used loans to developing nations to expand its influence, but a new study says no country has received more Chinese financing than the United States.

Recent oil and gas deals in Europe suggest that the growing demand for energy may be leading companies to adopt a more pragmatic approach.

Michelle W. Bowman, the Federal Reserve’s new vice chair for supervision, has advanced regulatory changes that some fear may sow the seeds for the next crisis.

The Trump Organization and its Middle East development partner have announced a project in the Maldives that marries two of the family’s most successful moneymaking enterprises.

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ingested plastic can be deadly.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said migrants were bringing sick cows across the border, snarling beef supply chains.

A small group of countries is aiming to impose a fee on private jets and premium commercial fares. The revenue would help nations adapt to warming.

After a wolf dragged a crab trap out of water to get a snack, some scientists said the behavior revealed their ability to use tools.

It could be months before they receive aid, well after the winter period when they talk to their bankers and make decisions about the planting ahead.

Experts discovered an unusual form of regicide in which a parasitic ant queen tricks workers in a colony into turning on their own mother.