A projection in Finland says Alexander Stubb wins the first round of the presidential election to set up a Feb 11 runoff
A projection in Finland says Alexander Stubb wins the first round of the presidential election to set up a Feb 11 runoff
A projection in Finland says Alexander Stubb wins the first round of the presidential election to set up a Feb 11 runoff
The Detroit Lions, whose roots stretch back to 1930, are just one of four N.F.L. teams to have never played in the Super Bowl. (Pop quiz: Can you guess the other three?) Before this season, the team had won only one playoff game since Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. So Lions fans were justifiably delirious…
TRENTON, N.J. — Dawn Ericksen was struggling with an opioid addiction a dozen years ago when she got pregnant and realized she couldn’t keep herself safe, much less a baby. Working part-time, she couldn’t afford the hundreds of dollars she would need for an abortion and had to turn to a trusted friend to help…
JERUSALEM — Two missiles apparently targeting a ship off Yemen exploded Friday, though they caused no damage or injuries, the British military said. The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Operations, which oversees Mideast waterways, said the attack happened southwest of the Yemeni city of Aden, in the Gulf of Aden. No group immediately claimed responsibility….
GENEVA — Switzerland’s financial markets authority is getting a new chief executive as the rich Alpine country looks at ways to strengthen regulations after UBS hurriedly took over ailing rival Credit Suisse last year partly to prevent a global banking meltdown. The Swiss government on Wednesday selected Stefan Walter, a 59-year-old German national who was…
Morgan Stanley’s board awarded James Gorman a handsome 17% raise raise in 2023, making his total compensation for his last year as the bank’s chief executive $37 million. On top of his $1.5 million base salary, Gorman received a cash bonus of just under $9 million, according to a regulatory filing Friday reviewed by Bloomberg….
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina’s President Javier Milei faced a one-day general strike Wednesday protesting his decree targeting unions as well as his proposals for economic and labor law changes, showing that his opponents are wasting no time in trying to derail his austerity agenda. The biggest union, known by its acronym CGT, organized the…