Tensions

LONDON—Europe’s defense contractors are boosting orders and enjoying surging stock market valuations, lifted by higher government spending and the expectation of more sales to come as the Ukraine war grinds on. BAE Systems BAESY -0.88% PLC, Europe’s largest defense contractor, was the latest in a parade of big arms makers to post a large jump in annual orders for 2022. It joined peers such as Sweden’s Saab AB and Norway’s…

There is a beautiful, but for me also rather placid, sadness at the centre of this new movie from Mexican actor-turned-director Lila Avilés, whose 2018 debut The Chambermaid I very much admired, and which I think had more dramatic weight and bite than this followup, heartfelt as it is.The question arises: what is the “totem” of the title? Is it one of the many objects to which people attach significance here, objects with significance in Mesoamerican history? Or more everyday objects, including a bonsai tree and an…

HONG KONG–China has imposed fresh sanctions on the U.S.’s two largest defense contractors, a largely symbolic gesture that nevertheless signaled escalating tensions between the world’s two largest economies following the shooting down of a Chinese balloon by an Air Force fighter jet.On Thursday, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said it blacklisted Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT -1.96% and an arm of Raytheon Technologies Corp. RTX -1.40%…

Nissan's Makoto Uchida (L), Renault's Luca de Meo (C) and Mitsubishi Motors' Takao Kato (R). French automaker Renault and Japanese partner Nissan said on Monday they were opening a "new chapter" in their tension-marred alliance as they signed a deal to reboot their 24-year relationship. The…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain "Teamwork makes the dream work." It's a popular phrase used to describe the merits of working in teams to get things done. When applied successfully, creating and collaborating with coworkers can produce results that surpass a single individual's contribution. In the past, teams were mostly…

Along large swaths of California’s lush central valley, almonds in their fuzzy hulls blow in the wind on thousands of acres of orchards. Thousands of miles away in India, customers browse the nut sections of busy street markets and grocery stores in search of the best almonds to use in curry dishes, health drinks, ice cream and many other recipes.Now the future of that market is uncertain. This month, India imposed tariffs on almonds and 27 other U.S. products, including apples and walnuts, in retaliation for the United…

With its Indian restaurants, market stalls, bagel shops and louche charm, London’s Brick Lane had many attractions in the late 1970s and early 80s, but was disfigured each Sunday by the menacing presence of National Front supporters selling their odious newspaper. As the son of West Indians, I despised and feared the NF, but suspected their vitriolic anti-immigrant stance was harboured quietly by many Britons, including politicians and police officers.This ugly period of recent British history, the focus of Joe Thomas’s…

The previously announced Captain America Cold War crossover event between Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, and Carmen Carnero’s Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty and Tochi Onyebuchi and R.B. Silva’s Captain America: Symbol of Truth titles that has been teased for months is nearly upon us. Today Marvel unveiled announced details for the Captain America titles in April which include a Cold War Alpha one-shot. Details below: Don’t miss CAPTAIN AMERICA: SENTINEL OF LIBERTY #11, a thrilling COLD WAR prelude issue! Captain…

Mehul Reuben DasDec 28, 2022 15:48:32 ISTIt seems that Musk would prefer if people aren’t exactly aware of what’s going on inside Twitter, and would much rather have things shrouded in mystery, apart from the “truth” that he presents as he deems fit. It seems Musk and one of his biggest enforcers have had a fallout. Ella Irwin, Twitter’s chief of Trust and Safety contradicted each other on Twitter, an action that has already made Musk fire one of Twitter’s engineers in the past. Recently, Elon Musk and his team turned…

Tensions had been growing between Salesforce Inc.’s CRM -2.09% co-Chief Executives Marc Benioff and Bret Taylor over their responsibilities and how the business was run for months before the business-software provider said last week that Mr. Taylor would exit the role, people familiar with the executives said.Mr. Benioff, who is also co-founder, became frustrated about how Mr. Taylor was spending his time, the…