Myanmar’s military staged a coup in 2021, strangling democratic reforms and jailing much of the country’s civilian leadership. Three years on, the Southeast Asian nation is teetering on the brink of failed statehood. Read more
A federal jury in Virginia said today that it was unable to reach a verdict in a lawsuit filed by three Iraqi men who said they were tortured while being held by the United States at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago. Read more
Just as Diamond Sports Group and its Bally regional sports networks seemed to be making progress in a plan to emerge from bankruptcy, the process took a turn for the worse Tuesday — and some baseball fans across 12 markets are out in the cold. Read more
The connected-fitness company announced disappointing quarterly earnings Thursday, with revenue down 4% from last year. The company, which has not turned a profit since December 2020, is also looking to refinance more than $1 billion in debt. Read more
Now, Menendez’s lawyers have gone further, asserting that the habit was rooted in deep psychological trauma tied to his father’s suicide nearly 50 years ago and a family history of confiscated property in Cuba. Read more
In February, executives from the United States Soccer Federation and their Mexican counterparts welcomed FIFA delegates to Atlanta as official inspections began before the vote this month to decide who will host the 2027 Women’s World Cup. Read more
The latest observable meteor shower will be the Eta Aquarids, known for its fast fireballs, which occur as Earth passes through the rubble left by Halley’s Comet. Read more
The arrest Wednesday of Isis Navarro Reyes, 36, who also went by Beraly Navarro and, according to prosecutors, was not licensed to administer medication, followed an investigation that involved an undercover officer. Read more
The new, joint expression of interest would make Sony a significant majority and controlling shareholder and Apollo a minority shareholder. Read more
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House Republicans rolled the bill out this week as part of their efforts to condemn the pro-Palestinian protests that have surged across the country. Read more
The comments have the potential to be a diplomatic irritant for the administration, which has spent years courting the governments of both Japan and India. Read more
When pressed about what might happen should he lose, he said, “if we don’t win, you know, it depends. It always depends on the fairness of an election.” Read more
A stricter version of high-fat, low-carb regimens like the Atkins diet and keto, the carnivore diet consists of meat, seafood and eggs — period. Read more
Here are some of my takeaways from the first month of the season, what to believe and what not to believe. Read more
New details of the Biden administration’s signature conservation effort, made public this month amid a burst of other environmental announcements, have alarmed some scientists who study marine protected areas because the plan would count certain commercial fishing zones as conserved. Read more
Starbucks said on Tuesday that global revenue fell 1.8%, to $8.56 billion, while net earnings slid 15%, to $772.4 million, in the three months that ended March 31. The company’s executives blamed some of the declines in the U.S. on poor weather and fewer customer visits to its stores. Read more
The company was also for the first time on track to have $100 billion in annual cloud computing sales. Read more
Four others were injured, Stuart Bell, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police, said, including two officers. All four remain hospitalized. Read more
The publications filed the complaint in federal court in the U.S. Southern District of New York. Read more
Approval of the technology in China would give Musk a much-needed win after regulators in the United States issued a harsh assessment of the system’s safety and performance in a report released Friday. Read more
According to a statement from the office of President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt, he and Biden discussed the negotiations and Egypt’s efforts to broker a cease-fire. Read more
