A sovereign-wealth fund sounds like a corruptible, incompetent slush fund.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/if-the-markets-doing-something-well-dont-reinvent-the-steal-3b3a3ca3?mod=rss_markets_main
Fortress Investment Group is trying to seize homes, cars, yachts and other belongings of Charles Cohen following his business’s default on a $535 million loan with a $187.2 million personal guarantee.https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/commercial/a-real-estate-tycoons-loan-went-bad-then-they-came-for-his-ferraris-and-fine-wine-06505640?mod=rss_markets_main
Last week, officials said 97 people were missing in Kerr County. Now, it’s down to three. The drop is substantial, but such wild fluctuations can happen after disasters.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/us/texas-floods-missing.html
The barrage of exploding drones and missiles appeared to be the most intense attack since President Trump announced a plan to get more weapons for Kyiv.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/world/europe/russia-ukraine-missile-drone-strikes.html
There is a growing drive to make the country more self-reliant in weapons manufacturing as it faces Russia’s superior firepower. That requires a lot of money from Western backers.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/world/europe/ukraine-weapons-industry.html
More than 170 people were injured after the training aircraft crashed, military officials said. The country’s interim leader called the loss “irreparable.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/world/asia/bangladesh-military-plane-crash.html
A possible path to peace in the Middle East.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/opinion/iran-israel-trump-peace.html
The price of pleasing Trump grows steeper.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/opinion/trump-hawley-murkowski-musk-regret.html
We examine how the technology is being used against itself.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/briefing/ai-vs-ai.html
Investigators found the Jeju Air flight crash-landed with only its badly damaged right engine on, but experts warned against drawing early conclusions.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/world/asia/jeju-air-crash-engine-report.html
The resignation of State Senator Nicole Mitchell will leave the State Senate with even numbers of Democrats and Republicans. A special election will break the tie.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/nicole-mitchell-minnesota-senate-democrats.html
After the passenger jet landed safely in North Dakota, the pilot told passengers that he had made an “aggressive maneuver” to avoid hitting a military aircraft.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/skywest-flight-collision-b52-north-dakota.html
As the likes of Ford and Mercedes retreat, Great Wall Motor and BYD are building factories and bringing affordable EVs and hybrids to one of the world’s biggest markets.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/climate/china-brazil-electric-vehicles.html
Over the weekend, Israeli soldiers shot Palestinians near an Israeli-backed aid site and a U.N. convoy. Both episodes pointed to Israel’s refusal to allow new governance structures to emerge.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/world/middleeast/shootings-aid-gaza-analysis.html
The head of the agency that helps oversee international aid deliveries to the territory had criticized the impact of Israeli policy on civilians.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/world/middleeast/israel-visa-un-gaza.html
The violence in Sweida Province between groups from Bedouin tribes and the Druse minority renewed fears of sectarian conflict and drew Israeli attacks before a cease-fire was announced Saturday.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/world/middleeast/syria-clashes-druse-bedouin-evacuations.html
By tapping into other grievances, President Trump managed to turn one of the most fractious moments for his base into a unifying one.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/trump-epstein-maga-base.html
Pedro Hernandez, a former bodega stock clerk, had confessed years after the 1979 crime to luring Etan Patz, 6, into a basement in SoHo. The case shook New York City.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/nyregion/etan-patz-conviction-overturned.html
The verdict is a long-awaited step in solving the mystery that bedeviled investigators and forever changed the way parents watched over their children.https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/nyregion/etan-patz-pedro-hernandez-guilty.html
In a courtroom in Boston on Monday, a lawyer for Harvard called the Trump administration’s case against the school “cooked up.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/trump-administration-harvard-hearing.html