Who Is Shujun Wang, the Queens Man Accused of Spying for China?
Shujun Wang had long billed himself as a scholar and democracy activist who fled China to build a new life in New York. But American prosecutors say he was actually…
Brad Lander, New York City’s Comptroller, Will Run Against Mayor Adams
Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller, will announce on Tuesday that he intends to challenge Mayor Eric Adams in next year’s Democratic primary, setting up a rare matchup between…
Nasdaq Announces Pricing of Secondary Offering of Nasdaq Common Stock
NEW YORK , July 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ) (the “Company” or “Nasdaq”) today announced the pricing of the previously announced secondary public offering by Argus…
Ukraine End-Game: Rate-Determining Steps and the Question of Denazification | naked capitalism
It may be a sign of my inability to escape map thinking. But despite accelerating progress on the battlefield and more and more Ukraine bucking under relentless Russian pressure, Russia…
World’s Biggest Meat and Dairy Companies Spend More on Ads than Cutting Emissions — New Report | naked capitalism
By Clare Carlile and Brigitte Wear are researchers at DeSmog. Originally published at DeSmog. Global meat and dairy giants are investing just a fraction of their revenues into cutting emissions…
Take a Break From Modern Life and Refresh Your Herb Garden
Carly Still had been working as a gardener in the Hudson Valley when she decided to move to the city 13 years ago. She happened onto a part-time position at…
Gunman at Trump Rally Was Often a Step Ahead of the Secret Service
Nearly 100 minutes before former President Donald J. Trump took the stage in Butler, Pa., a local countersniper who was part of the broader security detail let his colleagues know…
From Believers to Bitcoin: 24 Hours in Trump’s Code-Switching Campaign
In a matter of just 24 hours this weekend, Donald J. Trump traversed two very different worlds, neither one of them his own. On Friday night, he appeared before religious…
Why Some Olympic Swimmers Think About Math in the Pool
Kate Douglass, a statistics graduate student and the second-fastest swimmer in the world this year in two Olympic swimming events, has always been good with numbers. But before she enrolled…
Germans Combat Climate Change From Their Balconies
At a Berlin trade fair for sustainability, a new gadget caught Waltraud Berg’s eye — a solar panel small enough to be easily installed on the side of a balcony…