Today
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- Crime
Ivy League graduate arrested over CEO’s New York murder
Luigi Mangione was taken into custody after he was spotted eating at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania, police said. He had a gun and a silencer in his bag.
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- Ed Shanahan
No dinner with Putin, but Assad will not lack for luxury in Moscow
Nothing has been seen of the murderous Syrian tyrant since he fled from Damascus, but he joins a dubious list of unseated former pro-Kremlin dictators in Moscow.
- James Kilner
Yesterday
Dominican slugger lands $1.2b record sports deal
Superstar Juan Soto made history after agreeing to the contract – the largest ever in professional sports – with the New York Mets, according to media reports.
- Ronald Blum
The urbane, well-educated jihadist who overthrew Syria’s regime
Abu Mohammad al-Jolani is the son of an economist who came back from fighting Western forces in Iraq with bags of cash and a mission to bring down the president.
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- Raya Jalabi
This Month
TikTok owner ByteDance takes early lead in race to capitalise on AI
The company has purchased enough cutting-edge Nvidia graphics processing units to build advanced AI models, according to numerous sources.
- Eleanor Olcott
- Opinion
- Cryptocurrencies
How to keep up with mainstream meme coin mania
The explosive rise of social media has already shifted the workings of politics and democracy. We are now seeing how it can move asset prices in digital assets.
- Gillian Tett
US issues order mandating bird flu testing of milk supply
The virus has infected more than 500 dairy herds in top milk state California, and more than 700 nationwide since March.
- Leah Douglas
US appeals court upholds TikTok law forcing its sale
The ruling now increases the possibility of an unprecedented ban in just six weeks on the social media app, used by 170 million Americans.
- David Shepardson and Mike Scarcella
Manhattan murder frightens executives everywhere
Many companies view investor meetings such as the one that the UnitedHealthcare boss was walking to as security risks because they are highly publicised.
- Adam Geller and Cathy Bussewitz
Musk, other billionaires hold brainstorming sessions on Capitol Hill
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have met powerful Republicans for talks behind closed doors. Technology entrepreneur Palmer Luckey joined in as well.
- Matthew Cranston
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- Healthcare
CEO shot dead in New York in targeted attack received ‘threats’
UnitedHealthcare boss Brian Thompson was killed outside a New York City hotel by a gunman who appeared to have been waiting for him.
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- Michael Wilson, Chelsia Rose Marcius and Maria Cramer
China export ban a boon for local minerals producers
Officials in Beijing said they would immediately halt the sales of gallium, germanium, antimony, and other minerals to the US as a major trade war brews.
- Elouise Fowler
Tesla’s Denholm misled investors about ruling on Musk’s pay: judge
The Delaware court, which ruled against the Tesla chief executive’s $155 billion pay packet, says the carmaker’s chairwoman made “false” statements.
- Paul Smith
Why this ‘extraordinary’ global CEO was axed
Carlos Tavares was forced from major carmaker Stellantis, which has brands like Jeep, Peugeot and Maserati, as global EV sales slump and cost-cutting ramps up.
- Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli, Kana Inagaki and Ian Johnston
‘Dad has never done a deal like this’: Ben Weiss’ wartime buyout
The son of famed corporate raider Gary Weiss has just pulled off a deal to take an AI company private in Tel Aviv. It nearly didn’t happen.
- Paul Smith
Is this the year of the sober office Christmas party?
Employers are ditching traditional drinks for team building events such as crafts and sports.
- Emma Jacobs and Eri Sugiura
Kash Patel, from ‘not a credible witness’ to pick to lead the FBI
Patel has been a vocal supporter of Donald Trump for years and has said he would upend the FBI and radically reshape its mission.
- Eric Tucker and Alan Suderman
The new world order looks like mercantilism
The chaotic politics of the past 16 years masked the steady development of a new economic order, but trade and the economy aren’t zero-sum games.
- John Authers
Syrian rebels seize Aleppo city in lightning raid
The rapid advance on the nation’s second city came just four days into a surprise opposition offensive that is the most intense escalation of the civil war in years.
- Muhammad Haj Kadour and Raja Abdulrahim
November
China’s defence minister under investigation for corruption
US officials say the probe is part of a wider operation to uncover graft in the People’s Liberation Army.
- Demetri Sevastopulo
