Australian lawmakers blast Murdoch’s ‘troubling media monopoly’ in new report
But the committee stopped short of calling on News Corp to dilute or otherwise cede any of its Australian interests,...
Month: December 2021
After Covid Closures, a New Quest to Make Offices Less Awful
The office is back open. The new challenge is convincing more people to use it.Companies that reopened spaces on a...
Jobs Gap Has Grown to Two Unemployed Workers Per Three Openings Since Summer
U.S. job openings continue to far outpace the number of available workers, with nearly five million more open positions than...
Roku Shares Rise on Deal That Restores YouTube TV App
Roku shares more than doubled in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic kept people home and led to increased use of...
Brazil is selling off dozens of airports
Sixteen airports will be auctioned -- including Congonhas in São Paulo, and Santos Dumont in Rio de Janeiro -- by...
US Navy seized Iranian petroleum products and hundreds of missiles from vessels in Arabian Sea
The weapons, the department said in the Tuesday release, were seized by the US during "routine maritime security operations."Iran's Islamic...
Analysis: Boris Johnson’s aides joked about Christmas party in Downing Street while London was in lockdown
The controversy deepened markedly on Tuesday with the emergence of a video broadcast by CNN affiliate ITV News from the...
WSJ News Exclusive | Beijing Reins In China’s Central Bank
The People’s Bank of China has never been politically independent like a Western central bank, but it has nonetheless enjoyed...
Scottish oysters were on the rocks. Now a whisky distillery is throwing them a lifeline
The shell in his hand is flatter and rounder than the faster growing Pacific oysters common in European restaurants today....
How Blood Samples Are Helping Scientists Test Covid-19 Vaccines Against Omicron
Human blood samples and the substance that makes fireflies glow are among the tools that scientists are using for early...
Chile’s Congress votes to legalize same-sex marriage
The Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Congress, passed the bill with 82 votes in favor, 20 against, and...
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker to Step Down
American Airlines Group Inc. AAL -0.22% Chief Executive Doug Parker will retire from that job next year after two decades...
Ukraine’s defense minister warns there will be a ‘bloody massacre’ if Russia invades
Reznikov urged US President Joe Biden -- who was set to speak with Vladimir Putin of Russia in a video...
EPA Trims Ethanol Mandate for Gasoline as Biofuel Pressures Pump Prices
WASHINGTON—The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed reducing the amount of ethanol and other biofuels that must be blended into...
Should retailers like Kohl’s and Macy’s break themselves up?
"The public market is not appreciating Kohl's in its current form," Engine Capital, an activist fund, said in a letter...
Kenyan ‘rogue’ policeman kills five in rampage, police say
The officer first shot and killed his wife at their home before setting off with his service-issued AK-47 rifle to...
WSJ News Exclusive | Constellation Brands Agrees to Build Large Brewery in Southeastern Mexico
Constellation Brands Inc., the brewer of Corona beer for U.S. consumers, has agreed to build a brewery in southeastern Mexico,...
Elon Musk Comes Out Against Federal Electric-Vehicle Spending
Elon Musk took aim at a signature Biden administration legislative proposal and said China is adjusting to its growing position...
India signs trade and arms deals with Russia
Putin traveled to India with Russia's defense and foreign ministers in a visit that saw the two countries reinforce their...
Suspected car-ramming attack by Palestinian teen highlights rising tensions, amid questions over Israeli police actions
This is the latest in a series of violent incidents in the West Bank and Jerusalem, which are prompting concern...
