Новости за 24.01.2018

If Democrats lose Starbucks, they’ve just about lost the private economy.

Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, who rode a nationalist wave to the Egyptian presidency after leading a coup against the civilian government, is suppressing challenges to his re-election from the same military establishment from which he emerged.

Executives of the world’s largest tech companies, fending off an array of complaints about the perceived excesses of Silicon Valley at the World Economic Forum, are suggesting they could do more—including embracing a little more regulation.

Meg Whitman, the former head of eBay and the departing chief executive of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, is joining Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo LLC as the first CEO in the media and tech venture’s planned portfolio of companies.

When plainclothes agents on Saturday boarded a train and snatched Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai, it was just the latest turn in a saga that underscores the tenuous legal status here of Chinese who acquire foreign citizenship.

Democrats withdraw offer to fund Trump's border wall, students are killed in Kentucky school shooting, and Waze unable to explain how car ended up in Lake Champlain.

United Continental’s plans to increase capacity has investors worrying that airlines are losing their discipline.

Now that smartphone apps are the primary way people meet, some things have become too awkward to ask on first date; ‘East Coast Science Dan’ meet ‘Emily Tinder 2’

Leftist icon Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva lost a much-awaited appeal on Wednesday to overturn a corruption conviction against him, a ruling that threatens to end his bid to run for president in an October election that polls show he would win.

U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Aly Raisman blasted the USOC and USA Gymnastics in a Lansing, Mich., courtroom on Friday before the sentencing of former team doctor Larry Nassar. Photo: AP

If you use an iPhone, you probably gotten Apple Inc.’s out-of-iCloud-storage alerts, and you might even pay for more iCloud storage—but do you understand how iCloud works?

LG Electronics has told retailers it plans to raise prices on its washers and dryers following President Donald Trump’s approval this week of steep tariffs on imported washing machines.

It’s time to get past the crudité platter. Braised, poached or in a snappy soup, celery proves remarkably well suited to indulgent, warming, fully winterized recipes.

The actor resides in a Malibu home that he built around a huge sycamore tree

California regulators and Trump administration officials met to discuss for the first time the prospect of changes to vehicle-emissions rules, a significant step in complex negotiations aimed at preventing a legal battle over future environmental regulations on cars and trucks.

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes slowed in December, but 2017 was still the best year for the hot housing market since the mid-2000s boom.

The global elites at the World Economic Forum in Davos fear populist politicians like Donald Trump, but those politicians are one reason they are reveling in the best economy in years and an epic bull market, Greg Ip writes.

Brexit & Beyond: Europe in Flux is The Wall Street Journal’s round-up of news and analysis of how Brexit will affect global business, economies and finance. You can sign up here. MUST READS Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair spoke on the sidelines of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, eastern Switzerland. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images […]

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems have developed a pinworm-sized, magnetically controlled soft robot that can crawl, walk, roll, jump, swim and carry cargo. Photo: Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

General Electric’s new transparency is welcome, but a focus on cash shows that the company is probably no bargain even after its swoon.

For Verizon and Comcast, both of which reported fourth-quarter earnings this week, video-customer losses are getting worse as subscribers opt for streaming services like Netflix.

In a world-wide first, Chinese scientists cloned two monkeys by transplanting donor cells into eggs, they said on Wednesday, a feat that could lead to genetically engineered primates for drug testing, gene editing and brain research. ​

Germany is missing its European climate targets and will have to pay for rights to emit green house gases due to polluting vehicles, farms and buildings, the government said, an embarrassing admission for Chancellor Angela Merkel who had once put energy transformation at the forefront of her policies.

The Venice Carnival, kicking off this weekend, is still the most raucous, wildly indulgent party season in Europe, but you don’t need to spend a fortune to have a ball.

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned 16 North Korean agents it said are operating in China and Russia, aiding the country’s banned weapons program and financial system.