The arrest of an American academic in Thailand on charges of criticizing the monarchy has alarmed U.S. officials, the State Department said on Tuesday. The case represents a rare detention of a foreign citizen under Thailand’s strict lèse-majesté laws. The academic, Paul Chambers, a lecturer in civil-military relations in Southeast Asia at Naresuan University in…
When Griffin Kushen was leading the freshman basketball team in scoring at Tesoro High, he was certain about his future. “Basketball was my life,” he said. He was a shooting guard who had played club basketball since he was 9. Two older brothers had been cross-country and track athletes at Tesoro, so his parents kept…
FINNEAS has never needed much to make a song hit hard—and on his new Apple Music Nashville Sessions EP, he proves it. Released today exclusively on Apple Music, the three-track live recording pulls his sound back to its barest elements, spotlighting songwriting, space, and a quietly electrifying guest appearance by country-pop shapeshifter Kacey Musgraves. The…
Six years ago, the upstart razor company Harry’s looked set for the next growth stage: being sold to Edgewell, the parent company of the Schick and Wilkinson Sword brands, for $1.37 billion. That deal was eventually blocked on antitrust grounds, leaving the company’s fate unclear. Now Harry’s is laying out new plans for the future….
A doubling of American tariffs on Chinese goods. Nationalist Chinese bloggers comparing President Trump’s levies to a declaration of war. China’s Foreign Ministry vowing that Beijing will “fight to the end.” For years, the world’s two biggest powers have flirted with the idea of an economic decoupling as tensions between them have risen. The acceleration…
A 9th grader’s resilient home design could withstand coastal erosion. During his family’s annual summer vacations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, high schooler Ajith Varikuti began to notice something concerning. Homes on the narrow line of barrier islands that Varikuti had grown up visiting from his hometown Charlotte were no longer there. “I started seeing…
Tigres held off a rally from the LA Galaxy to win 3-2 on Tuesday night in their Concacaf Champions Cup quarterfinal second leg and advance to the semifinals. The teams drew 0-0 in the opening leg in Carson, California, but it was all Tigres at the start of the second leg in the Liga MX…
Actresses Tia Mowry and Gabrielle Union, along with sports agent Nicole Lynn, recently came together for the ultimate mom-and-kid spring break getaway in sunny San Diego. Mowry took to Instagram yesterday to share glimpses of trip, posting a series of snaps with the caption, “Our spring break getaway was exactly what I needed!” she wrote….
European stocks traded lower on Wednesday, with markets struggling to maintain the positive momentum of the previous session as the U.S.’ country-specific tariffs started taking effect. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was 3.08% lower at 9:42 a.m. in London, with all sectors and major bourses firmly in negative territory. Regional healthcare, mining and oil and…
A doubling of American tariffs on Chinese goods. Nationalist Chinese bloggers comparing President Trump’s levies to a declaration of war. China’s Foreign Ministry vowing that Beijing will “fight to the end.” For years, the world’s two biggest powers have flirted with the idea of an economic decoupling as tensions between them have risen. The acceleration…
