Kristine Carroll plopped herself down in the only shade on the beach — a triangle cast by the makeshift lifeguard station — and slathered sunscreen all over her freckled skin. Squinting at the scorching midday sun, she glanced over at her 8-year-old daughter, Zoe, who had already plunged into the blue-green water without hesitation. “She’s … Read more
Han Jong-Hee, the co-chief executive of Samsung Electronics and a nearly four-decade veteran of the South Korean consumer technology giant, died on Tuesday. Mr. Han, who was 63, suffered a sudden heart attack, according to a company spokeswoman. Mr. Han had shared chief executive duties with the head of Samsung’s semiconductor business since 2022, and … Read more
Trump targets Venezuela with new tariffs President Trump said yesterday that countries that bought oil or gas from Venezuela would be forced to pay a tariff of 25 percent on their exports to the U.S., starting April 2. He claimed that Venezuela had “purposefully and deceitfully” sent criminals and murderers into the U.S. Later in … Read more
For most of the last three years, the most clever, artful and progressive act in K-pop has been NewJeans, a five-member girl group — Danielle, Haerin, Hanni, Hyein and Minji — with an almost preternatural musical and aesthetic sophistication. With one elegantly rendered chart-topping single after another, the artists, who range in age from 16 … Read more
The United States has lifted multimillion-dollar bounties on three senior Taliban officials, according to Afghan authorities and a senior American official, a significant shift by the Trump administration toward some of the most blood-soaked jihadists from the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. The move comes days after a U.S. hostage envoy, Adam Boehler, made the first … Read more
Andre Lee bought a used Kia Forte to boost his career as an insurance agent in Singapore. In his mind, he saw himself zipping across town in his black coupe, impressing potential clients. “It’s the same as being dressed in formal wear with leather shoes, or wearing a Rolex,” Mr. Lee, 33, said of the … Read more
Ahead of President Trump’s next big trade move, his administration invited companies to weigh in on the economic barriers they faced abroad. The list of complaints was both sprawling and specific. In hundreds of letters submitted to the administration in recent weeks, producers of uranium, shrimp, T-shirts and steel highlighted the unfair trade treatment they … Read more
Before the election, Toyota Motor and other Japanese automakers thought a second Trump administration could be good for them. President Trump had campaigned on dismantling policies aimed at swiftly accelerating the U.S. auto industry’s shift away from fossil fuels and to electric vehicles — directives that Toyota and other leading manufacturers of gasoline and hybrid … Read more
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo of South Korea was restored to office as acting president on Monday, after the country’s Constitutional Court overturned his impeachment by the National Assembly. Mr. Han had served as South Korea’s acting president after the Assembly impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Dec. 14, suspending Mr. Yoon from office in connection … Read more
