Новости за 22.11.2018

The tax agency tries to suppress advocacy for the legalization of marijuana.

A levy on nonprofit groups also could hit churches, mosques and synagogues.

Nancy Pelosi wants to boost the wage floor far higher than the historical average.

A new study suggests choices, not sexism, explain wage disparities.

The USNS Comfort sets sail with aid for people fleeing a failed state.

Happy Thanksgiving - Why does the school day end two hours before the workday, how America lost its love for the stick shift, and good luck finding a turkey and all the trimmings in Europe.

Less than a month after releasing the iPhone XR, Apple is moving to offer subsidies to mobile-network operators in Japan to shore up sales of its least expensive new smartphone.

Corporate bonds have taken a beating in November, adding to an already difficult year for a market that thrived in an era of ultra-easy money.

Relations between Kurdish leaders and Iraq’s new government are warming, a rapprochement between two U.S. allies that could help stabilize the country.

Taiwan’s fraught relationship with China is looming over the island’s elections on Saturday, in which voters will fill a host of local offices and consider referendums on same-sex marriage, energy policy and other issues.

The head of the Russian intelligence agency that the West says meddled in the U.S. presidential elections in 2016 has died. The demise of Igor Korobov, 62 years old, follows his predecessor’s sudden death almost three years ago.

The dramatic arrest of celebrity-CEO Carlos Ghosn is rocking the automotive industry. After he was accused in Japan of underreporting his pay, Nissan offered one explanation: The man had too much power. Photo composite: Sharon Shi

This Thanksgiving, we salute the small businesses that feed us and knit our communities together. At Sister Pie in Detroit, those values permeate every piping-hot pastry that comes out of the oven. Here, the bakery’s founder shares four of her favorites.

Be happy that the Pilgrims didn’t land in Broward County.

A high-school girlfriend inspired the song that climbed onto the charts in 1973. Thirty years later, they talked again.

The wellness guru believes that technology, like his new meditation program for Alexa, can expedite the journey to health and self-awareness.

Truly novel beer styles don’t come around every day. Hence the giddy buzz surrounding subtle, scintillating brut IPA. Here are 6 especially festive pours worth seeking out.

India’s planned purchase of Russia’s S-400 air-defense missile systems is forcing Washington to choose between competing priorities: Sanctioning New Delhi and keep intact the administration’s campaign against Moscow, or grant the country a waiver to avoid antagonizing a key security partner.

Seoul said it would dissolve a foundation at the heart of a 2015 bilateral agreement that purportedly resolved a decades-old dispute over the treatment of women during Japan’s wartime occupation of Korea.

The world’s fastest-growing market for air conditioners sparks a search for power-saving strategies that could help all developing countries.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said a major military exercise with South Korea in 2019 will be held as scheduled but will be reduced in size and scope in deference to talks with North Korea on denuclearization.

New York City officials said that of the at least 25,000 jobs, half will be in tech and the rest will be “administrative jobs, custodial staff, HR, all those things.” Virginia officials said they expect the same job breakdown.

Canada revealed billions in economic measures aimed at jump-starting lackluster business spending and countering the risk of lost investment to the U.S.

Thai accident investigators have begun a painstaking examination of a pleasure boat that sank in July, killing 47 Chinese tourists, with the goal of winning back the confidence of one of the single biggest contributors to Thailand’s economy.

The Trump administration is considering inviting the CEOs of Germany’s three largest car makers to the White House amid growing impatience in Washington at the slow pace of trade talks with the EU.