Новости за 24.03.2018

Starting seven grand cheaper than the Bolt, the redesigned Nissan Leaf EV got an upgrade in range to 151 miles on a full charge. Dan Neil ponders its relative virtue.

Customers complained that Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa was laughing at them. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, Joe Queenan reports. Your toaster is snickering, too.

Why Facebook is in need of some friends, why you shouldn't feel guilty about missing your child's performance, and ax throwing gains in popularity as a pastime.

China is preparing for a trade war with the U.S. that could disrupt President Xi Jinping’s development agenda, though the country’s economy is better positioned to weather short-term shocks than just a few years ago.

Three months ago Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame helped organize a drill for his fellow gendarmes that simulated a terrorist attack on a supermarket. On Friday he came face-to-face with a terrorist wielding a real gun.

San Francisco Fed President John Williams is the leading candidate to become the next president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, one of the most influential positions within the U.S. central bank.

Despite dire forecasts surrounding Brexit, the U.K. has had a strikingly good year. Leaving the EU may well boil down to far less, economically, than anyone thought.

The robots, monsters and other harum-scarum works of art at Burning Man aren’t all destined for a pyre at the annual conclave in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. Some are heading to public parks, music festivals and museum exhibitions.

China started the trade war long before Donald Trump became president, and while his China crackdown is risky, it’s on firmer legal, political and economic ground than many of his other trade complaints, Greg Ip writes.

Here are the tools you need to turn off some of Facebook Inc.’s creepiest, snoopiest features, or end your relationship with the social network completely.

The opposition has a case that his economic policies have failed to deliver on his promise of ‘good days.’

Now that ultra long-haul flights, like Qantas Airways’ London-to-Perth connection, are possible, airlines and aircraft makers are asking: How can we make them bearable for passengers?

A key period in Facebook’s past—when developers were able to access huge amounts of data—is coming back to haunt the social network.

The Kremlin and its propaganda channels have spread a flurry of theories about who was behind the nerve-agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in the U.K. They have one common theme: It was anyone but Russia.

Apple CEO Tim Cook called on President Donald Trump to support free-trade policies as planned tariffs raise tensions between the U.S. and China.

A powerful explosion rocked the Egyptian city of Alexandria, killing a policeman and wounding four others in an attack days ahead of the country’s presidential election.

Obsessive train lovers spend millions to restore vintage railcars, then hook them up to Amtrak trains to travel the country.

Experts look at how childhood experiences may play a part and why you shouldn’t cut down on your socializing.

A 60-year-old’s twisting, spinning exercise routine is based on circus-inspired aerial activities like trapeze.

Earlier this week, the Tempe, Ariz., police released a video of the fatal accident involving a pedestrian and an Uber self-driving vehicle. We asked experts to analyze the footage and explain what factors may have caused systems to fail. Photo: National Transportation Safety Board

Facebook's current data crisis involving Cambridge Analytica has angered users and prompted government investigations. To understand what's happening now, you have to look back at Facebook's old policies from 2007 to 2014. WSJ's Shelby Holliday explains. Illustration: Laura Kammerman

A French gendarme who was severely injured in a terrorist attack in Southern France died Saturday, bringing the death toll to four.

A gunman killed four people Friday in a terrorist attack that tore through roadways and a supermarket, including a gendarme who traded places with a hostage.

Johnson & Johnson recently wrapped up a months-long process to review its creative agencies.

Farmers in Australia, supplying material for the hot fashion item, get creative to move reptiles across the Outback; ‘They are pretty good escapists.’