A standoff over the security of Taiwan has led to a steep decline in the number of Chinese visitors to Japan, which is heavily dependent on the tourists.
A Chinese tour group in Tokyo last year. A decline in visitors has followed remarks by the Japanese prime minister suggesting Japan would come to Taiwan’s defense in the event of a Chinese invasion.
Funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsed on Saturday amid a standoff over restrictions that Democrats have demanded for federal immigration agents. But much of its work continues.
Congress members said that President Trump’s coveting of Greenland had left a mark, even as they expressed hope for a less bellicose approach to foreign relations.
President Trump’s statements on Greenland loomed large at Munich Security Conference, though top lawmakers said his threat to take the territory was “put to bed.”
As the U.S. message veered from shared heritage and values to shared interests and back again, Europeans wondered what kind of alliance they were left with.
A passageway hidden below a dresser at the Merchant’s House Museum had long been a mystery. Then researchers learned that the home’s original builder was an abolitionist.
Emily Hill-Wright, director of operations at the Merchant’s House Museum, alongside a recently identified passageway linked to the Underground Railroad.
Fractured politics, disruptive technologies and a distrust in institutions are making it harder to focus on the traditional tasks of growing sales and profits.
With matter-of-fact precision, “A Hymn to Life” powerfully chronicles the shock of discovering her husband’s sex crimes, and the rallying cry that followed.
Tax hikes made cigarettes in Australia the most expensive in the world. They have also helped fuel a multibillion-dollar criminal enterprise in bootleg tobacco.
Natalie and Dan Slagle run Fyooz Financial Planning together. One tax mistake they made was using money from an I.R.A. to pay taxes while converting it to a Roth, which resulted in a penalty.
The artificial intelligence frenzy is creating personal fortunes rarely seen in modern technology and changing people’s attitudes about fairness and money in relationships.
Akash Samant is a co-founder of Coverflow, an A.I. start-up that serves insurance agencies. He hopes to make enough money from his company going public or being acquired to give his girlfriend the choice to opt out of working.
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