Global News
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How a mistake by YouTube shows its power over media
Every hour, YouTube deletes nearly 2,000 channels and those deletions are meant to keep out spam, misinformation, financial scams, nudity, hate speech and other material that it says violates its policies
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How Biden's $2 trillion in tax increases target companies and the rich
Instead of a wealth tax or a special tax on billionaires, Biden rolled out a new "surtax" on income for multimillionaires and billionaires
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Why China is the world's last 'zero Covid-19' holdout
Over the past few weeks, China has locked down a city of 4 million, as well as several smaller cities and parts of Beijing, to contain a fresh outbreak that has infected more than 240 people in at least 11 provinces and regions
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China hurries to burn more coal, putting climate goals at risk
Desperate to meet its electricity needs, China is opening up new coal production exceeding what all of Western Europe mines in a year, at a tremendous cost to the global effort to fight climate change
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After 40 years, Abba takes a chance with its legacy
Starting in a custom-built London venue next May, the group will perform as highly sophisticated avatars (or in this case, Abbatars) designed to replicate their 1979 look—the era of feathered hair and flamboyant stage wear
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At McKinsey, widespread furore over work with planet's biggest polluters
More than 1,100 employees and counting have signed an open letter to the firm's top partners, urging them to disclose how much carbon their clients spew into the atmosphere
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The newest power player in luxury's first family
Frédéric Arnault, the 26-year-old chief executive of TAG Heuer and the fourth child of Bernard Arnault, may be the youngest CEO of a luxury watch brand in the world
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Yes, there has been progress on climate. No, it's not nearly enough
The World Meteorological Organisation warned this week that the amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a record high last year and is rising again this year
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Facebook wrestles with the features it used to define social networking
As the company confronts crisis after crisis on misinformation, privacy and hate speech, a central issue has been whether the basic way that the platform works has been at fault
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How Russia is cashing in on climate change
Nowhere do the prospects seem brighter than in Russia's Far North, where rapidly rising temperatures have opened up a panoply of new possibilities, like mining and energy project
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Succession at Scholastic seemed to be a shock, even to the new chair
Being handed control of the company, which is valued at $1.2 billion, has made Iole Lucchese, one of the most powerful women in book publishing