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Radhika Jones, the editor of Vanity Fair since 2017, said on Thursday that she would step down, a surprise decision that opens up one of the most highly visible jobs in American journalism. Ms. Jones, 52, said in an email to Vanity Fair’s staff that she was leaving to take on new challenges, adding that…
Hong Kong, Asian markets retreated Friday after Wall Street shuddered with a level of shock unseen since the COVID-19 impact tore on Trump’s latest set of tariffs’ damage on the world’s economy. Futures for U.S. stocks and the oil prices declined. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 lost 2.6% to 33,818.18, and Korea’s Kospi fell 0.8% to 2,467.14…
John Thornton, a financier who leveraged his wealth and influence to embark on the seemingly quixotic mission of reviving local journalism in a time of crisis, by founding The Texas Tribune, a seminal regional nonprofit news organization, and the American Journalism Project, which supports local digital newsrooms around the country, died on Saturday in Austin,…
Here’s a quick look at stocks likely to be in focus in today’s trade. Bajaj Finance reported a strong performance for the fourth quarter of FY25, with its assets under management (AUM) rising 26 percent year-on-year to ₹4.17 lakh crore as of March 31, 2025. The company added approximately ₹18,700 crore to its AUM during…
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives for his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan. Kim Hong-ji | Reuters South Korea’s Constitutional Court Friday upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, ousting him from office. The decision now starts a 60-day countdown where a presidential election must…
File photo of Yashasvi Jaiswal© AFP India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal’s sudden decision to switch from Mumbai to Goa grabbed headlines on Wednesday. Jaiswal wrote to the Mumbai Cricket Association on Tuesday, expressing his wish to leave Mumbai for Goa, and the governing body swiftly accepted his request. Jaiswal’s shock move will see the…
The New Civil Liberties Alliance — a nonprofit group that describes itself as battling “violations by the administrative state” — sued the federal government on Thursday over the means by which it imposed steep new levies on Chinese imports earlier this year. The new filing, which the group said was the first such lawsuit to…
Buy or sell stocks: Following US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the Indian stock market opened lower on Thursday. However, the Indian indices demonstrated remarkable resilience, quickly recouping most of their losses in the first half of the trading session. The Nifty 50 index ended 82 points lower at 23,250, the BSE Sensex shed 322 points…
European Union regulators are preparing major penalties against Elon Musk’s social media platform X for breaking a landmark law to combat illicit content and disinformation, said four people with knowledge of the plans, a move that is likely to ratchet up tensions with the United States by targeting one of President Trump’s closest advisers. The…
US stock market slumped on Thursday, with the Wall Street benchmark indices ending with the largest single-day percentage losses since 2020, after US President Donald Trump’s sweeping trade tariffs stoked fears of an all-out trade war and fears of a global economic recession. The Dow Jones Industrial Average crashed 1,679.39 points, or 3.98%, to 40,545.93,…
