Новости за 21.01.2018

Why reopen the affirmative action debate, when the current system is working for everyone?

An orthopedic surgeon challenges Canada’s ban on most privately funded procedures.

By Democrats’ design, the CFPB director has vast power. He can use it to shrink the bureau.

The French writer pondered the end of the world in 1922.

The regime enters phase two of its plan for a Pan-American revolution.

Profits are the proper gauge of a company’s value to consumers—and to society.

Teens are eating Tide Pods for views and likes, and P&G is struggling with how to stop a meme that’s already gone viral.

U.S. scientists helped devise the Crispr biotechnology tool that has captured global attention for its potential to treat incurable diseases. The first to test it in humans are Chinese doctors, who don’t face the same regulatory hurdles as American counterparts.

Afghan authorities said 19 civilians, including 14 foreign nationals, had died in a 12-hour siege of an international hotel that ended Sunday.

Sony’s motion-picture business has outgrossed all competitors so far in 2018 thanks to “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” a hit sequel to a 1995 family film.

For IBM, a bit of growth, as it turns out, isn’t quite enough to assuage concerns about how the company gets there.

Angela Merkel’s efforts to form her fourth coalition government cleared a crucial hurdle after the center-left Social Democrats voted in favor of entering formal coalition talks with the German leader’s conservative bloc.

Thai Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha uses antics to help soften his image and position himself to lead an elected government four years after a coup he says saved the nation from chaos.

Guidelines for using iPhones and other devices were set with TV in mind—and don’t take into account the huge range of learning and creative play that can happen on a screen.

A North Korean delegation kicked off a two-day visit to South Korea to inspect facilities for a musical performance at next month’s Winter Olympics.

Vice President Mike Pence received more blowback Sunday from President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, with Jordan’s king cautioning that such a move should be part of a “comprehensive” Middle East peace deal.

Amazon Go, the online retailer’s cashierless convenience store, is slated to finally open to the public on Monday, after a yearlong delay during which the company trained the store’s algorithms to account properly for customers and their habits.

The bonuses and wage increases companies have been handing out since the tax plan passed won’t weigh very heavily on profit margins. The environment that engendered them will.

Bigger bonuses and higher wages that companies have been handing out since the new tax law was signed in December are a small fraction of the value of tax cuts.

Turkish forces began airstrikes and a ground offensive on a Syrian Kurdish force allied with the U.S. in the fight against Islamic State, opening a new front in the seven-year Syrian war.

As the Trump administration aims to curb immigration, Chile—one of Latin America’s richest and safest countries—has opened its doors to some of the region’s poorest migrants in record numbers.

Canadian and Mexican trade officials in Montreal on Sunday will begin laying out proposals aimed at convincing their U.S. counterparts not to put an end to the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The 12-hour siege of a landmark international hotel in Kabul ended with all the attackers killed by Afghan security forces, officials said. But they offered conflicting accounts over the number of civilians slain.

Rocket Lab, a space-transportation startup promising frequent, economical launches on rockets featuring 3-D printed engine parts, successfully blasted its first payload into orbit from a remote New Zealand pad.

Afghan security forces were searching a landmark international hotel in Kabul early Sunday for holdouts hours after suspected militants stormed the building, opened fire on guests and staff and set rooms on fire.