timef 12/02/2025

A global treaty has extended trade protections to more than 70 shark and ray species whose numbers are in sharp decline.

The government said the rules were needed to prevent theft and other crime. Its opponents and privacy activists regard the app as a tool of mass surveillance.

Michael Dell and his wife, Susan Dell, plan to give away billions of dollars to fund investment accounts for children in the United States.

The fund-raising effort, the company’s third this year, values it at $11 billion, and comes amid stiff competition in the increasingly popular industry.

The tech billionaire and his wife hope other philanthropists follow their $6 billion lead in expanding the reach of soon-to-be-created “Trump accounts.”

Next year, Michael and Susan Dell plan to move $250 into the new Trump accounts of millions of children under 10. You’ll need to live in the right ZIP code.

The authorities arrested four people this week in the latest turn in the country’s battle against the infiltration of private security devices.

The deal with a company owned by Embraer gives Beta Technologies an additional source of revenue as it develops its own electric aircraft.

GLP-1 drugs for pets could be the next frontier for the blockbuster weight loss and diabetes drugs.

Several new start-ups are building replicas of sites so A.I. can learn to use the internet and maybe replace white-collar workers.

The death of Sun Yat-sen, the suppression of a labor protest, and a visit to China by a member of the Roosevelt family led to the bureau’s opening in 1925.

Paid home care is buckling under the surging demands of an aging population. But there are alternatives that could upgrade jobs and improve patient care.

The slaty-masked tinamou, found in Brazil, is utterly unafraid of people. That could be its undoing, ornithologists worry.

While the president said he had a M.R.I. exam, a physician’s memo released by the White House was less specific.

John Giannandrea, hired from Google, is leaving after the release of a new Siri was postponed. Apple has fallen behind rivals in efforts to develop A.I. products.

Pace, Di Donna and David Schrader of Sotheby’s are collaborating on an Upper East Side space that will focus on secondary market sales.

As of February, passengers without the government-approved identity card will be required to pay for alternative screening at U.S. airports.

The employees had been suspended after signing a letter that accused the president of undermining the agency’s ability to respond to hurricanes and other disasters.

The ability of Russia to launch astronauts to the International Space Station remains in limbo after an incident last week at the Baikonur base in Kazakhstan.

President Trump has complained that wealthy countries like Britain pay too little for drugs, leading America to bear much of the burden of the costs of medicines.