The billionaires and tech execs pumping millions into cricket
Sundar Pichai playing cricket in India in 2017. Cricket has never quite captured the American audience, but it is fast becoming one of the hottest investments in the US. Billionaires and tech executives are just some of the investors spending big on the game as they eye up its huge global appeal and new tournaments…
I have celiac disease, which can make eating with friends and family difficult. I’ve learned to stand up for myself and my needs.
The author (not pictured) had to learn to navigate dining with friends and family after being diagnosed with celiac disease at 18. “I’m sorry, but if you go to that restaurant, I cannot join you,” I said to my aunt over the phone. At the time, I knew the restaurant my aunt and the group…
We met on a plane and married 9 months later. Ten years later, we are still together.
Christine Cole and her husband met on a flight and married nine months after meeting. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Christine Cole. It has been edited for length and clarity. Following the Christmas of 2014, I was heading back to Washington, D.C., after visiting my family in Idaho. I remember wanting…
I wasn’t prepared for the loneliness I felt when my ex and I separated. When my son isn’t here, the silence in my house is overwhelming.
The author (not pictured) finds the silence in her house overwhelming after her separation. No one warns you about the silence. The kind that seeps into the spaces you didn’t expect — between the couch cushions, in the scattered toys left on the floor, in the glass of wine you poured because it felt like…
Trump wants to reduce the trade deficit. Here’s why that matters.
The overall US trade deficit hit $918.4 billion in 2024. The US Department of Commerce says the combined goods and services trade deficit stretched to a gargantuan $918.4 billion in 2024. That’s a 17% increase compared to 2023, although it’s a little smaller than 2022’s record-high of $944.8 billion. Tackling trade imbalances will likely be…
Chinese construction risks turning the Yellow Sea into a flashpoint
South Korean officials are alarmed that China appears to be building structures in the Yellow Sea. Here, Chinese J-15 fighter jets launched from the Liaoning aircraft carrier during 2016 military drills in the Yellow Sea. With China’s neighbors already nervous about its territorial ambitions, a new flashpoint has emerged between China and South Korea. China…
Trump froze Biden’s marquee climate accomplishment and it’s roiling the renewable energy world
Rep. Yassamin Ansari, a Democrat from Arizona, speaks at a protest outside the EPA on February 6. States and businesses deploying renewable energy projects are scrambling to raise capital, delaying hiring, and, in some cases, furloughing staff. That’s because the funds they were awarded months ago aren’t available as President Donald Trump races to squash…
Bill Gates says Steve Ballmer was the business partner he badly needed — so he gave up 4% of Microsoft to recruit him
Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer pictured in 1998. Bill Gates found a kindred spirit, a social connector, a confidant, a study buddy, and a true business partner in Steve Ballmer, he writes in his new memoir, “Source Code: My Beginnings.” Gates, the billionaire philanthropist who cofounded Microsoft, met Ballmer in a graduate economics class in…
‘The Simpsons’ voice actor Hank Azaria fears AI may soon replace him: ‘It seems just plain wrong’
Hank Azaria voices a number of characters on the show. Actor Hank Azaria has opened up about the possibility of being replaced by artificial intelligence. In a New York Times essay published earlier this month, Azaria — known for his work on “The Simpsons” — said he feared the evolving technology could be coming for…
