Investigating a Recycling Disaster
We went to Nigeria, where recycling plants are extracting lead for use in American and European car batteries — at a terrible human cost.
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Four-fifths of the world’s population now live in urban areas
The Eixample district in Barcelona, Spain Shutterstock/BearFotos More than 80 per cent of people worldwide now live in towns and cities, according to a major United Nations report, and this figure is set to rise further, underscoring the need to ensure urban areas benefit both our health and the planet. The most recent edition of…
Microsoft partners with Anthropic and Nvidia on cloud infrastructure deal, shifting further away from OpenAI
As part of the partnership, Microsoft will invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic and Nvidia will invest up to $10 billion. Microsoft said Tuesday it is partnering with artificial intelligence company Anthropic and chipmaker Nvidia as part of a cloud infrastructure deal that moves the software giant further away from its longtime alliance with…
NICK CANNON AND ABBY DE LA ROSA WRAP AN EVENTFUL WEEK OF BIRTHDAY FUN FOR DAUGHTER BEAUTIFUL
Nick Cannon and Abby De La Rosa wrapped up a full birthday week of fun activities for their daughter Beautiful, who turned three on November 11. Over the weekend, the pair hosted a unicorn-themed party at home after rainy weather shifted the celebration indoors. De La Rosa shared on Instagram that the change in location…
Home Depot Cuts Forecast as Consumers Pull Back on Spending
The big box retailer said tariff costs and elevated mortgage rates had slowed consumer spending on new homes and remodeling projects.
The Real Cost of U.S. Car Batteries
We followed the supply chain for batteries used in millions of U.S. cars to villages in Nigeria where people are being poisoned by lead. Peter S. Goodman, who covers economics and geopolitics for The Times, describes our yearlong investigation. By Peter S. Goodman, Will Fitzgibbon, Melanie Bencosme, Finbarr O’Reilly, Jon Miller, June Kim, Laura Salaberry…
Ernst Tanner: What our investigation revealed about the Philadelphia Union’s sporting director | Philadelphia Union
On Tuesday, the Guardian published an investigation into allegations against Philadelphia Union sporting director Ernst Tanner. The story reveals that, since his arrival at the Union in 2018, Tanner’s considerable success has come with multiple allegations of misbehavior, including alleged racist, sexist and homophobic commentary toward referees and opposition players, and an allegation of unwanted…
AI data center provider Lambda raises whopping $1.5B after multibillion-dollar Microsoft deal
AI data center provider Lambda announced Tuesday it raised $1.5 billion in a round led by TWG Global, a relatively new $40 billion investment firm formed by billionaires Thomas Tull, the former owner of Legendary Entertainment, and Guggenheim Partners founder and CEO Mark Walter. TWG holds a variety of the billionaires’ assets, including Walter’s stakes…
Keith Urban performs at Mar-a-lago event attended by Donald Trump
Keith Urban belted out some surprising hits as he gave a private performance at a Mar-a-Lago party attended by Donald Trump over the weekend. Urban, 58, and Trump, 79, both attended Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt’s private party. Snippets of his performance have been shared on social media by guests, featuring him singing out the Bob…
U.S. Fraud Case Against Indian Tycoon Adani at a Standstill
The case against Gautam Adani, the infrastructure titan and a close associate of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has stalled with no sign of progress.