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u.s. politics
News organizations urge Biden and Trump to commit to presidential debates during the 2024 campaign
This combination of photos show President Donald Trump, left, and former Vice President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate on Sept. 29, 2020, in Cleveland, Ohio. Twelve news organizations issued a joint statement calling on the presumptive presidential nominees President Biden and former President Trump to agree to debates during the 2024 campaign. ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, PBS, NBC, NPR and The Associated Press all signed on to the letter. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
film
Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill spotlights a mostly-forgotten songwriter
Photo 7- Judee with guitar and dog-February 1971 (Credit_ Greenwich Entertainment).jpeg. LOST ANGEL_The Genius Of Judee Sill (Credit: Greenwich Entertainment)
international business
Outside roles by NBC’s Cesar Conde, others reveal a journalism ethics issue: Being paid to sit on boards
FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 photo, Cesar Conde speaks about the Fusion tv network during a tour of the facilities in Miami. Most news organizations hold its journalists to strict ethical standards to avoid conflicts of interest either real or perceived. Is the same true for its bosses? Outside corporate positions held by NBC Universal News Group chief Cesar Conde and CNN boss Mark Thompson reveal an ethical issue that has received little discussion. Should people who supervise news organizations, even if their background is more corporate than journalistic, be held to the same standards as their journalists? (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
energy and resources
Ukrainian drone hits Russia’s third-biggest refinery, damage not critical
FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the Taneco refinery complex, which is part of Russia's oil producer Tatneft group of companies, in Nizhnekamsk, in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, July 26, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo
world
U.S. has agreed to send more bombs and warplanes to Israel, sources say
FILE PHOTO: An Israeli Air Force F-16 fighter jet flies near the Israeli border with Gaza amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, December 10, 2023 REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
world
U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia closes its Hong Kong bureau over safety concerns under new security law
FILE - Surveillance cameras are seen as a visitor looks at Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, Monday, March 11, 2024. The president of U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia said its Hong Kong bureau has been closed because of safety concerns under a new national security law, deepening concerns about the city’s media freedoms. Bay Fang, the president of RFA, said in a statement Friday March 29, 2024 that it will no longer have full-time staff in Hong Kong, although it would retain its official media registration. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)
basketball
South Carolina rolls to the Sweet 16 88-41 over North Carolina
South Carolina guard MiLaysia Fulwiley (12) drives to the basket ahead of North Carolina forward Maria Gakdeng (5) and guard Lexi Donarski (20) during the second half of a second-round college basketball game in the women's NCAA Tournament in Columbia, S.C., Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
arts
Lorrie Moore wins National Book Critics Circle award for fiction, Judy Blume also honoured
FILE -Judy Blume, author of the 1970 novel "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," is interviewed at the premiere of a new film adaptation of the novel, Saturday, April 15, 2023, at the Westwood Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles. Lorrie Moore won the prize for fiction on Thursday, March 21, 2024, while Judy Blume and her longtime ally in the fight against book bans, the American Library Association were given honorary prizes by the National Book Critics Circle. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
international business
Washington Post Guild reaches tentative agreement with publisher
Washington Post staff walk a picket line at the start of a 24-hour strike amid prolonged contract talks outside The Washington Post building in Washington, U.S., December 7, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
u.s. politics
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping face-to-face meeting being planned by White House, Washington Post reports
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 leaders' summit in Bali, Indonesia, November 14, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
globe drive
Dozens of U.S. children die every year in hot cars. Could technology save them?
Tyler Cestia with his wife, Pamela Cestia, at their home in New Iberia, La., on Aug. 9, 2023. In June 2021, Tyler left his two-year-old son, Thomas in the back seat of his truck and Thomas died. (Edmund D. Fountain/The New York Times)
technology
Facebook parent Meta reportedly planning new round of job cuts
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Meta Platforms' business group is seen in Brussels, Belgium December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
world
Bloomberg has no interest in acquiring Dow Jones or Washington Post, spokesman says
international business
Media mogul Michael Bloomberg reportedly interested in buying either Dow Jones or Washington Post
golf
One golfer not welcome at the British Open? Greg Norman
world
Washington Post fires Felicia Sonmez, reporter at centre of social media policy battle
world
Court tosses Washington Post journalist’s discrimination lawsuit
u.s. business
Veteran CBS News correspondent Roger Mudd dies at 93
politics
Former Saudi spy chief says Crown Prince believes he is the CIA’s source on murder of Jamal Khashoggi
obituary
Maxine Cheshire, who chronicled Beltway Scandals, dies at 90
public editor
Let’s focus on news, facts not conspiracies
Sylvia Stead
Sylvia Stead
world
Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron to retire at the end of February
opinion
Conservative critics are Trump’s fiercest adversaries
Ian Buruma
world
Pompeo warns China over interference with U.S. journalists in Hong Kong
world
Turkish prosecutors file indictment against 20 Saudi nationals over 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi
world
China to revoke media credentials of all American journalists at three U.S. newspapers
u.s. politics
Trump campaign sues Washington Post over opinion pieces, after suing New York Times
technology
Jeff Bezos to retain 75 per cent of couple’s Amazon stake after divorce