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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 — ...

President Emmanuel Macron of France told the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday that Europeans must turn away from “selfish nationalism.” Vincent Kessler/Reuters BRUSSELS — Emmanuel Macron, who beat back the far-right National Front to win the French presidency, said on Tuesday that there was “an increasing fascination with illiberalism” ...

Trump Announces Airstrikes Against Syria In an address from the White House, President Trump said the United States and European allies sought to punish Syria’s president for a suspected chemical attack. Photo by Tom Brenner/The New York Times. Watch in Times Video » embed WASHINGTON — The United States and ...

Advertisement WASHINGTON — As the United States and China look to protect their national security needs and economic interests, the fight between the two financial superpowers is increasingly focused on a single area: technology. The clash erupted in public on Tuesday after the United States government, citing national security concerns, ...

WASHINGTON — Never mind that “once in a generation” tax bill that just passed last year. Congress is headed for years more of big fights over taxes, particularly those for individuals. That tax battle is a byproduct of America’s polarized political climate and of the go-it-alone choices Republicans made to ...

Advertisement BEIJING — The Chinese government said on Friday that it had seized control of Anbang Insurance, the troubled Chinese company that owns the Waldorf Astoria hotel and other marquee properties around the world, and charged its former chairman with economic crimes. The move is Beijing’s biggest effort yet to ...

Advertisement JOHANNESBURG — “He’ll go now-now.” That’s how a South African weekly over the weekend summarized the uncertainty surrounding President Jacob Zuma’s fate as the nation’s leader. Yes, he’ll almost certainly step down, but not right now. Instead, it’ll be sometime in the near future, or, to use a quintessential ...

Advertisement President Trump’s $ 200 billion plan to rebuild America upends the criteria that have long been used to pick ambitious federal projects, putting little emphasis on how much an infrastructure proposal benefits the public. Unveiled on Monday, the infrastructure program that Mr. Trump has championed since the campaign is ...

For one dizzying, schmooze and booze-filled week every January, thousands of tech execs, VCs, and investment bankers grind their way through a four-day slog of panel sessions, poster presentations, networking meetings, and cocktail-drenched after-hours parties in their industry’s premier orgiastic dealmaking event. And no, we’re not talking about CES. On ...

Advertisement PHILADELPHIA — It is not difficult to find an all-male panel at the annual January mega-gathering of American economists. They are as common as PowerPoint presentations and pie charts. One such panel this year met to sleepily critique President Trump’s economic policies, but it was overshadowed by another panel, ...