Before he returned to politics, won a national election and became the first would-be chancellor in modern German history to fail to win the job on the first ballot in Parliament, Friedrich Merz accepted an invitation to a gathering of the French Foreign Legion in Corsica. At the last moment, the organizers asked him to…
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On Monday, the DOJ and Google both filed requests for remedying the tech giant’s legally declared ad-tech monopoly. The DOJ plan proposes having Google sell two major pieces of its business: its Ad Exchange (AdX) and its ad management platform DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP), which is now called Google Ad Manager. Google, which plans to…
29 April 2025 Excellencies, Mr. Bilal Ahmad, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Mr. Xu Chen, Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China, Esteemed representatives of the Permanent Missions to the UN, Colleagues from UN agencies and civil society organizations, This has been a fascinating discussion―and one that is long overdue. Allow…
It was one of fashion’s biggest nights, as around 450 high-profile people from tech, sports, art, entertainment and more got together at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City for this year’s Met Gala. The theme of this year’s annual fundraiser, “Tailored For You,” made it clear that guests were invited to be…
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May 6, 2025, 6:46 a.m. ET An election campaign poster for Friedrich Merz in western Germany this year. Credit…Kirill Kudryavtsev/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Before he returned to politics, won a national election and became the first would-be chancellor in modern German history to fail to win the job on the first ballot in Parliament,…
Nikola Jokić had 42 points and 22 rebounds, and Aaron Gordon hit a three-pointer in the closing seconds to give the Denver Nuggets a stunning 121-119 comeback win over Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night. The top-seeds, out of timeouts, missed a desperation heave as time expired in Game 1 of their Western Conference semi-final…
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Two decades ago, before Friedrich Merz came back from the private sector to win the German chancellorship, he accepted an invitation to a gathering of the French Foreign Legion in Corsica. At the last moment, the organizers asked him to arrive on the parade ground not by road or rail, but by parachute. Mr. Merz,…
