The State Department has decided to reduce its diplomatic presence in Iraq, the department said in a statement on Wednesday, as tensions across the Middle East spiked amid signs that nuclear diplomacy…
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World Bank Ends Its Ban on Funding Nuclear Power Projects
The world’s largest and most influential development bank said on Wednesday it would lift its longstanding ban on funding nuclear power projects. The decision by the board of the World Bank could…
Washington Post Names Adam O’Neal as Opinion Editor
The Washington Post said Wednesday that it had hired Adam O’Neal, a correspondent from The Economist, to be its next opinion editor. Mr. O’Neal will be charged with carrying out a new…
A Syrian Committee for Civil Peace Angers Those Demanding Justice
It was established by Syria’s fledgling government to restore calm in a country fractured by roughly 14 years of civil war. Instead, the Committee for Civil Peace has become a source of…
Jury in Weinstein Trial Was Ordered to Cool Down Amid Shouting and Threats
The jurors who decided Harvey Weinstein’s fate in his New York retrial were ordered to take a break and “cool down” earlier on Wednesday, as their discussions seemingly broke down amid shouting…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Defense to Analyze ‘Hotel Night’ Texts With ‘Jane’
Sean Combs’s former girlfriend, who has said she was subjected to a pattern of degrading sex marathons with male escorts, was confronted by the defense on Wednesday with a stream of text…
The House’s Policy Bill Would Lose Money. Could Trump’s Tariffs Replace It?
Over the past few months, after President Trump imposed wave after wave of tariffs, companies began paying billions more to bring goods into the country. In May, the Treasury collected more than…
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May 20, 2025, 5:58 p.m. ET At the White House on Tuesday, President Trump unveiled the broad contours of his plan to construct a missile defense system around the United States —…
Beach Boy Brian Wilson’s 12 Essential Songs
The gimmick of the Beach Boys was to package the 1960s California dream in pop singles that wed up-tempo guitar songs with multipart harmonies. The reason the group endured was Brian Wilson,…
How the UK Plans to Boost Its Economy
The British government announced on Wednesday hundreds of billions of pounds in spending on defense, health care and investment in infrastructure and housing, as it laid out its economic priorities for the…