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Today’s Flagship
Netflix stops mailing DVDs, climate change helps English wine, and a new book about Brazil’s heavy metal scene.
How Katy Perry inspired a wave of housing bills
REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo The first of Trump’s Georgia co-defendants takes plea deal
What sectors are at most risk from a government shutdown?
How Democrats and Republicans are remembering Sen. Dianne Feinstein
China is increasingly imposing exit bans on employees at foreign firms
Sen. Dianne Feinstein dies aged 90
Bombing at Pakistan religious procession kills dozens
Biden assails Trump and ‘MAGA Republican extremists’
2 GOP witnesses for Biden inquiry: Not enough evidence yet to impeach
Not everyone agrees that Ukraine should join NATO
Why North Korea expelled US Army defector Travis King
European teams are refusing to compete with Russian youth soccer players
Breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh government says it will dissolve by January
How strong is the FTC’s lawsuit against Amazon?
How Israel scored US visa-free entry for its citizens
Media
Watching Fox News with Gavin Newsom
Gov. Gavin Newsom says Fox News is “quite literally bullshit and misinformation,” and a “24/7 doom loop” that traffics in fear and anger. Also, he can’t stop watching.
REUTERS/David Swanson
Politics
What’s the endgame on Ukraine aid?
Republicans are suggesting Ukraine aid could be tied to border security.
Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images
Africa
Why the world is ready for African stories
Editi Effiong is the founder of digital marketing company Anakle. The Black Book, which he co-wrote, marks his debut as a movie director. The movie has been an early global hit on Netflix.
Anakle FilmsToday’s Flagship
Netflix stops mailing DVDs, climate change helps English wine, and a new book about Brazil’s heavy metal scene.
The U.S. government isn’t shutting down after all
Lawmakers approved a last-ditch effort to pass a short-term budget and avoid a shutdown that would’ve impacted millions of federal workers.Business
On The Record with Ynon Kreiz
In our signature interview series, we bring you conversations with the people running, shaping, and changing our economy.Top executives resign at South Africa’s state logistics company
Two top executives have resigned from South Africa’s state-owned ports and rail company amid a deepening crisis that is proving to be a drag on Africa’s most industrialized economyTech
Microsoft’s Yusuf Mehdi on the company’s AI transformation
Mehdi is taking on an expanded role after the departure of veteran executive Panos Panay.Politics
The Republican debates are only helping Donald Trump
A split field and a very MAGA primary electorate have vindicated Trump’s decision not to participate.Politics
Fighting sexism, guns, and the CIA: Dianne Feinstein’s legacy
Feinstein was remembered Friday as a political trailblazer whose legacy includes fighting for the release of a bombshell CIA report on its torture practices.Security
Inside Iran’s influence operation
The scope and scale of the Iran Experts Initiative project emerge in a large cache of Iranian government correspondence and emails reported for the first time by Semafor and Iran International.Net Zero
The companies betting on climate data
Businesses are eyeing investment opportunities provided by granular climate change data.
politics
Sean Rayford/Getty Images
What’s the endgame on Ukraine aid?
Republicans are suggesting Ukraine aid could be tied to border security.
The U.S. government isn’t shutting down after all
Lawmakers approved a last-ditch effort to pass a short-term budget and avoid a shutdown that would’ve impacted millions of federal workers.
The first of Trump’s Georgia co-defendants takes plea deal
As part of his sentence, bail bondsman Scott Hall agreed to testify at future hearings.
What sectors are at most risk from a government shutdown?
A likely government shutdown threatens industries both domestically and abroad.
The Republican debates are only helping Donald Trump
A split field and a very MAGA primary electorate have vindicated Trump’s decision not to participate.
Sean Rayford/Getty Imagesbusiness
REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
On The Record with Ynon Kreiz
In our signature interview series, we bring you conversations with the people running, shaping, and changing our economy.
China is increasingly imposing exit bans on employees at foreign firms
Such tactics are part of a larger system to control the narrative of China’s progress and prevent foreign firms from spreading information that might smear Beijing, analysts say.
How strong is the FTC’s lawsuit against Amazon?
The FTC lawsuit against Amazon is monumental. But it faces some big hurdles ahead.
FTC sues Amazon over online retail monopoly
The FTC and 17 states allege that Amazon is illegally protecting its online retail monopoly by limiting the flexibility for merchants to set prices.
JPMorgan will pay $75 million to settle Jeffrey Epstein-linked lawsuit with US Virgin Islands
The lawsuit claimed that the bank benefitted from sex trafficking by the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Phototechnology
Microsoft
Amazon
REUTERS/Ann Wang
REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Microsoft’s Yusuf Mehdi on the company’s AI transformation
Mehdi is taking on an expanded role after the departure of veteran executive Panos Panay.
MicrosoftAlexa, will generative AI make you more useful?
Amazon head scientist Rohit Prasad is leading the effort to bring the technology into your homes.
AmazonChina wins the first-ever gold medal in esports at Asian Games
Esports, which China sees as fundamentally different from the type of gaming that spurs tech addiction, has become a lucrative market in the world’s second-largest economy.
REUTERS/Ann WangAmazon to invest up to $4B in AI firm Anthropic
The investment comes as Amazon looks to ramp up its artificial intelligence offerings.
REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoafricaAnakle Films 
Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty Images
Why the world is ready for African stories
Editi Effiong is the founder of digital marketing company Anakle. The Black Book, which he co-wrote, marks his debut as a movie director. The movie has been an early global hit on Netflix.
Anakle FilmsTop executives resign at South Africa’s state logistics company
Two top executives have resigned from South Africa’s state-owned ports and rail company amid a deepening crisis that is proving to be a drag on Africa’s most industrialized economy
Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty ImagesKenya’s U.S.-backed plan to send forces to Haiti is fraught with political risks
A $100 million U.S.-backed plan for Kenya to lead a multinational security force to help Haiti restore order in the face of mounting gang violence is attracting growing criticism.
South Africa’s struggling state logistics company is strangling the economy
Deep-rooted problems in South Africa’s state-owned ports and rail company threaten to plunge Africa’s most industrialized economy into a crisis.
What it means to be Coloured in South Africa
Coloured is part memoir, part factual narrative exploring the difficult history and culture of communities in South Africa who have historically been classified as Coloured.
net zero
LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images
Flickr
Mia Mottley addresses the U.N. General Assembly. REUTERS/Mike Segar
REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
The companies betting on climate data
Businesses are eyeing investment opportunities provided by granular climate change data.
LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty ImagesOil majors boost investments in Latin American
Aramco, Chevron, and other Big Oil companies have invested billions in Latin America as the region’s government seeks to exploit its oil and gas deposits.
FlickrThe world’s biggest climate fund wants to get bigger
The U.N.’s Green Climate Fund wants to triple in size. But even more is needed to help developing economies decarbonize.
Mia Mottley addresses the U.N. General Assembly. REUTERS/Mike SegarIEA says road to 1.5 C of warming is narrow, but still possible
The International Energy Agency’s report said the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius was still within reach, aided by moving towards renewable energy.
REUTERS/Lisi Niesnersecurity
REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Inside Iran’s influence operation
The scope and scale of the Iran Experts Initiative project emerge in a large cache of Iranian government correspondence and emails reported for the first time by Semafor and Iran International.
Not everyone agrees that Ukraine should join NATO
“Ukraine’s future is in NATO,” Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in Kyiv, though other world leaders and analysts disagree.
Why North Korea expelled US Army defector Travis King
Analysts say that keeping King in Pyongyang may have been of little benefit to the isolated country.
Pentagon probes official after Iran report
“We are actively looking into whether all law and policy was properly followed in granting my chief of staff top secret special compartmented information,” Maier said on Thursday.
How Israel scored US visa-free entry for its citizens
The U.S. ensured Israel changed some of its travel policies in order to secure visa-free entry for its citizens.
REUTERS/Amir CohenmediaREUTERS/David Swanson
Watching Fox News with Gavin Newsom
Gov. Gavin Newsom says Fox News is “quite literally bullshit and misinformation,” and a “24/7 doom loop” that traffics in fear and anger. Also, he can’t stop watching.
REUTERS/David SwansonHow Katy Perry inspired a wave of housing bills
A series of bizarre legal fights between pop star Katy Perry and several California residents over the last few years has inspired a national legislative push to slow the sales of homes by elderly homeowners.
The Hollywood writers’ strike is over. What now?
Here’s what could happen now that screenwriters are able to return to work after a historic strike.
New study shoots down popular Democratic theories
A large-scale new study of political advertising will argue that advertising for everything from presidential candidates to English muffins should be based more in experimentation than in theory.
Will Rupert Murdoch’s media empire change with his son in charge?
The 92-year-old media mogul is handing over the reigns of Fox News and News Corp. to his son Lachlan Murdoch.