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[Newsmaker] Advertisers dump Fox host after harassment claims

Major advertisers have begun canceling spots on America’s most-watched cable news show following reports of sexual harassment involving the star Fox News host Bill O’Reilly.　US insurer Allstate and French pharmaceutical maker Sanofi became the latest to exit Tuesday, following the lead of a handful of auto brands dropping ads for Fox’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” a favorite among conservatives.　Allstate spokesman Justin Herndon said, “Inclusivity and support for women are important Allstate values. W

World News April 5, 2017

[Newsmaker] Advertisers dump Fox host after harassment claims

[Newsmaker] Tesla now 2nd-largest US automaker 　

Tesla on Monday became the second-largest US car maker in terms of market capitalization, displacing Ford, whose sales lagged amid concerns about the ability of the US market to keep growing.　Many major automakers reported US sales declines in March compared to a year ago, but Tesla over the weekend said it saw a huge jump in vehicles delivered to consumers in the first three months of the year. 　That was enough to send the electric car maker’s stock soaring Monday, even as investors punished ma

World News April 4, 2017

[Newsmaker] Tesla now 2nd-largest US automaker

[Editorial] Park’s imprisonment

Former President Park Geun-hye was arrested and jailed Friday over corruption charges. The Seoul Central District Court issued a warrant for Park after interrogating her Thursday.　It was a result of well-functioning law and democracy, and will be recorded as a turning point in modern Korean history. Citizens rose up against her over a corruption scandal, the National Assembly voted to impeach her, the Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment motion, the prosecution investigated and requested

Editorial March 31, 2017

[Other view] Trump brawl was politics at its worst

It is a sad indictment on the decline of discourse in this country when a rally in support of the president of the United States devolves into a brawl. But that is what happened in Huntington Beach, California, over the weekend when folks rallying in support of President Trump clashed with anti-Trump protesters. It seems doubtful this is what President Trump had in mind when he promised to be a “president for all Americans” on election night.　“We were expecting it to be more peaceful,” Jordan Ho

Viewpoints March 31, 2017

[Shelley Goldberg] Conditions for Trump’s coal ambitions

Both cheap and abundant, coal is perhaps the least sexy of commodities — unless you live in a coal-producing state like Wyoming or West Virginia, where the industry is a big employer. From a global perspective, it would be practically impossible to live without coal, which generates about 40 percent of the world’s heat and power. 　By now, the drawbacks to coal are well-known. Burning the fuel emits about twice the amount of carbon dioxide as natural gas and 28 percent more pollutants than heatin

Viewpoints March 31, 2017

[Shelley Goldberg] Conditions for Trump’s coal ambitions

[Jesse Walker] Story on Russia ties: Credible or kooky?

How do you tell a plausible charge from a fevered fantasy? As allegations drip, drip about President Donald Trump’s purported ties with Russia, most news consumers will want to keep an open mind about potential wrongdoing. But they won’t want to get lost in some eternal connect-the-dots game that never forms a coherent and believable picture. 　There’s a difference between thinking that Moscow may have hacked the Democratic National Committee and thinking that Moscow actually hacked the election,

Viewpoints March 31, 2017

[Newsmaker] Musk diving into minds while reaching for Mars

Not content to reach for Mars and dethrone fossil fuels, tech entrepreneur Elon Musk on Tuesday is turning his focus to delving into people‘s minds.　In a message fired off Tuesday on Twitter, Musk appeared to confirm he is creating a startup called Neuralink devoted to enabling brains to interface directly with computers, accessing processing power and perhaps even downloading memories for storage.　“Long Neuralink piece coming out on (blog platform) @waitbutwhy in about a week. Difficult to dedi

World News March 29, 2017

[Newsmaker] Musk diving into minds while reaching for Mars

[Newsmaker] Trump son-in-law to face Russia probe panel

Donald Trump’s son-in-law and top aide Jared Kushner will appear before a Senate panel investigating Russian interference in the US election, the White House said Monday.　Kushner, 36, was Trump’s main intermediary with foreign governments during the 2016 election campaign and now plays that role in the White House.　He arranged meetings between Trump and leaders from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.　Jared Kushner (left), senior adviser to the president,

World News March 28, 2017

[Newsmaker] Trump son-in-law to face Russia probe panel

[Editorial] Arrest of Park

The prosecution requested an arrest warrant for former President Park Geun-hye on Monday.　Park is being investigated as a suspect in the corruption scandal which led to her impeachment. She faces 13 charges, including bribery.　The decision to seek the arrest of Park is fair and justifiable, considering her former aides and government officials are being tried in detention in connection with the scandal.　Since Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong has been arrested on charges including o

Editorial March 27, 2017

[Therese Raphael] Flushing out terror from Birmingham

In the aftermath of the Belgian terrorist attack a year ago, the world learned of the Brussels district of Molenbeek. After Wednesday‘s attack in the heart of London, we may hear more about Birmingham.　　The London attacker, identified by UK police as a 52-year-old career petty criminal named Khalid Masood (but apparently born Adrian Russell Ajao), rented a Hyundai in Birmingham, where he apparently resided, and then used it to mow down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge. The Birmingham connection

Viewpoints March 27, 2017

[Therese Raphael] Flushing out terror from Birmingham

[Other view] We can’t walk away from a world in crisis

Americans watched in alarm but not shock as Parliament was locked down after a “terrorist incident” in London on Wednesday, the first anniversary of the deadly attack in Brussels. A refugee camp in Nigeria was also bombed Wednesday -- again -- by five Boko Haram suicide bombers who’d slipped in the night before, alongside vendors of the charcoal that those who’ve come to the camp to escape Boko Haram need to cook their food. The day before, a car bomb killed 10 people in Mogadishu, the capital o

Viewpoints March 27, 2017

[Reg Henry] Americans fleeing US to NZ still small flock

Before the election of President Donald Grump, some Americans pledged to leave the county if, by some crazy chance, he were to win the White House.　　This departure of the disappointed always struck me as a bad idea. My view is that when the going gets tough, the tough should not get going to other countries. They should stay put and get pouting prior to get organizing.　　But, apparently, some disillusioned Americans have decided to flee. The Associated Press recently reported that US applications

Viewpoints March 27, 2017

[Leonid Bershidsky] Putin faces lonelier world in preparing for his election 　

Russian rulers have long been content to accept fear and awe in lieu of respect and admiration, and by that standard, Putin shone in 2016. This year that is proving a tougher gig to keep up, as he prepares for what might be his last presidential election in 2018.　　Last year, Putin’s boldness, combined with a bit of luck, paid off: The victories in Syria, the successful destabilization of Ukraine, the swelling support for populists in Western nations. Even the Russian economy provided some hopefu

Viewpoints March 27, 2017

[Leonid Bershidsky] Putin faces lonelier world in preparing for his election

[Doyle McManus] Trump should cooperate in Russia investigation　

At the end of the House Intelligence Committee’s long hearing on the FBI investigation of Russian meddling in the presidential election this week, the Republican chairman, Devin Nunes of California, made a last, vain attempt to clear the White House of suspicion.　　Do you have any evidence, he asked FBI Director James Comey, that anyone in the Trump administration was working with the Russians?　　“Not a question I can answer,” Comey answered implacably.　　That drew a frown from Nunes. Comey’s silen

Viewpoints March 27, 2017

[Editorial] Close a back door

The US and China remain apart on solutions to North Korean nuclear threats.　US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi agreed in their meeting Saturday to work together to stop North Korea from developing nuclear weapons. But they repeated their different positions on solutions.　The US demanded China put stronger pressure on North Korea, while China reiterated its call for both dialogue and negotiations.　A day earlier, Tillerson had said on his visit to Seoul that Wa

Editorial March 19, 2017

Articles by Lee Hyun-joo