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Rifts Break Open at Facebook Over Kavanaugh Hearing Image Joel Kaplan, Facebook’s vice president for global public policy, left, sat two rows behind Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh at his testimony in Congress last week. They are longtime friends.CreditCreditPool photo by Jim Bourg By Mike Isaac Oct. 4, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO ...

G.E. Ousts Chief Just Over a Year After Picking Him to Lead a Turnaround Image John Flannery was G.E.’s chief executive for a little more than a year. He has served over 30 years with the company, and was charged with refashioning the conglomerate.CreditCreditAlwyn Scott/Reuters By Steve Lohr and Kevin ...

Greece’s Bailout Is Ending. The Pain Is Far From Over. Image Tourists at the Parthenon in Athens. Tourism in Greece has spiked in recent years, creating jobs and economic growth.CreditEirini Vourloumis for The New York Times By Liz Alderman Aug. 19, 2018 ATHENS — When Dimitris Zafiriou landed a coveted ...

Inside Twitter’s Struggle Over What Gets Banned Image Twitter has been embroiled in internal conversations about how to evolve and explain its policies for what can and cannot be posted on its site.CreditJason Henry for The New York Times By Cecilia Kang and Kate Conger Aug. 10, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO ...

As Chinese Investors Panic Over Dubious Products, Authorities Quash Protests Image Some frustrated investors gathered Monday to protest outside the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in Beijing. Some were dragged off by the police, while others were shoved onto buses leaving the city.CreditGiulia Marchi for The New York Times By ...

11 and Married: Malaysia Spars Over Child Brides Image Norazila, 14, at her family’s restaurant in Gua Musang, Malaysia. She was dumbfounded when she learned her friend Ayu, 11, had married her 41-year-old father.CreditLauren DeCicca for The New York Times By Hannah Beech July 29, 2018 GUA MUSANG, Malaysia — ...

The Interpreter Israel Picks Identity Over Democracy. More Nations May Follow. Image In East Jerusalem, both Stars of David and an Islamic crescent moon dot the buildings.CreditThomas Coex/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By Max Fisher July 22, 2018 Amid a moment of national euphoria, Israel’s founding prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, ...

Upshot Pave Over the Subway? Cities Face Tough Bets on Driverless Cars Transit advocates fear that unrealistic hopes for new technology — and how soon it’ll get here — could lead cities down the wrong path. By Emily Badger July 20, 2018 Image A quiet moment on the New York ...

Right Now: President Trump is back home after meeting in Finland with President Vladimir V. Putin. The president’s trip to Europe is over. The head-scratching? Hardly. Mr. Trump closed out a trip that began with a NATO summit in Brussels with a meeting with Mr. Putin. Afterward, the men held ...

Image CreditJustin Wood SectionsSkip to contentSkip to site index Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and the Feud Over Killer Robots As the tech moguls disagree over the risks presented by something that doesn’t exist yet, all of Silicon Valley is learning about unintended consequences of A.I. CreditJustin Wood SAN FRANCISCO — ...