Chinese President Xi Jinping recently commemorated the 120th birth anniversary of Chen Yun, one of the foundational economic planners of the Communist Party of China. Amid the commemoration’s celebratory tone, Xi’s speech signals a rhetorical shift. The references to communist conviction so prominent in the 2015 address delivered for Chen’s 110th birthday were relatively sparse…
KANANASKIS, ALBERTA – JUNE 16: U.S. President Donald Trump walks out to talk to reporters at the G7 Leaders’ Summit on June 16, 2025 in Kananaskis, Alberta. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty Images Top U.K., France and Germany diplomats are pushing for eleventh-hour diplomacy with Iran in Geneva on Friday, as Washington…
Next May, I should be walking across a stage at Harvard – my two-year-old daughter in my arms, my name called out, my doctoral hood placed over shoulders that have carried far more than academic ambition. It was going to be more than a graduation. It was to be a culmination, a reclamation. My daughter’s…
For years we’ve read stories about antidemocratic countries abroad — supreme leaders acting with impunity, masked agents rounding up residents, troops in the streets, crackdowns on peaceful protests, intimidation and arrests of opposition figures, show-of-force military parades and political assassinations. For a time this month, I was abroad. And the antidemocratic country I was reading…
Whatever one feels about Tesla’s controversial CEO, Elon Musk, one thing is clear: the EV company and its leader know how to sell a robotaxi vision. As a testament: Tesla doesn’t have a single robotaxi on the road providing paid rides, years after Musk has promised multiple times that it’s just around the corner. The…
Russia’s economy, buoyed for months by wartime spending, may now be teetering toward recession, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Maxim Reshetnikov said on Thursday, according to Russian media reports. Speaking at the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Reshetnikov said: “The numbers indicate cooling, but all our numbers are [like] a rearview…
Birthday wishes go out to Nicole Kidman, John Goodman and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on June 20 and learn an interesting fact about each of them. Top celebrity birthdays on June 20, 2025 Members of the Beach…
Peskov also said the direct participation of other actors in the conflict “is potentially even more dangerous,” as the U.S. mulls providing military support to Israel. “It will lead only to another circle of confrontation and escalation of tension in the region,” he added. Russia, for its part, has been carrying out a full-scale invasion…
By Shane Croucher is a Breaking News Editor based in London, UK. He has previously overseen the My Turn, Fact Check and News teams, and was a Senior Reporter before that, mostly covering U.S. news and politics. Shane joined Newsweek in February 2018 from IBT UK where he held various editorial roles covering different beats,…
By Minh Hieu  June 19, 2025 | 08:45 pm PT Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison delivers a keynote at the Moscone Center in San Francisco during the Oracle OpenWorld 2011 on Oct. 2, 2011 in California. Photo by AFP Larry Ellison, the 80-year-old co-founder of database firm Oracle, has surpassed Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg to…