Federal grand jury indicts New Orleans' mayor, under investigation for years in a corruption probe
Takeaways from the Trump-Putin meeting: No agreement, no questions but lots of pomp
The much-anticipated summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin began with a warm welcome a military flyover but ended with a thud after the two leaders conceded they had failed to reach any agreements on how to end th...
Trump and Putin’s pivotal Alaska summit could reshape the war in Ukraine
President Donald Trump is on his way to a meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Alaska
California is sunsetting oil refineries without a plan for what’s next
Within the past year, two major California oil refineries have announced plans to shutter — moves that will pull about one quarter of a million barrels from the state’s daily supply of gasoline. For a state that has been a standard-bearer in the push to get off fossil fuels, this...
The Trump administration’s assault on science feels eerily Soviet
In the fall of 1925, agronomist Trofim Lysenko arrived on the dusty plains of what is now Azerbaijan, hoping to keep cows from starving to death over the winter. The young scientist, who learned to read as a teenager during the Russian Revolution, dismissed the rapidly advancing field of genetics....
‘Consensus kills ambition’: UN plastics treaty talks end without an agreement
Diplomats from around the world concluded nine days of talks in Geneva — plus a marathon overnight session that lasted into the early hours of Friday — with no agreement on a global plastics treaty. During a closing plenary that started on Friday at 6:30 a.m. — more than 15...
The International Seabed Authority’s war with itself
For the last three decades, the United Nations-affiliated body called the International Seabed Authority, or ISA, has been working in relative obscurity on negotiating the regulations that will govern a field of enterprise that remains purely speculative: deep-sea mining, or the harvesting of metal rocks known as polymetallic nodules off...
Chelsea now believe in their process but need to stay humble for title tilt
Board are not demanding a Premier League win but silencing talk will be impossible if Club World Cup winners make fast start Off we go again. Just over a month has passed since Chelsea stunned Paris Saint-Germain in the Club World Cup final, Cole Palmer leading the destruction of the...
Dominant Hull KR see off Wigan to go six points clear at top of Super League
Wigan 6-10 Hull KR Hadley try and three Martin goals enough for victory Hull KR underlined their position as Super League’s new dominant force with a statement victory at the home of the reigning champions and took a giant step towards completing the second leg of a historic treble. Having...
Talking Horses: Grant Wood can overturn tables in Ripon handicap
Paul Midgley’s sprinter was returning from a two-month break when running rivals close 12 days ago The Great St Wilfrid Handicap, the showpiece event of the season at Ripon, is the highlight of Saturday’s racing programme from a betting perspective and the form from what is effectively a trial for...