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Jack Ma just made his first public appearance in months as his tech empire continues to face scrutiny from Chinese regulators. The billionaire co-founder of Alibaba resurfaced Wednesday, in a video published by Chinese state media. He was shown speaking to teachers in rural China as part of a philanthropic event. The video was published

The jobs crisis roared on during Donald Trump’s last full week as president, with 900,000 Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits on a seasonally adjusted basis. It was down from the prior week’s upswing, when claims rose to 926,000. It’s a good sign that benefit applications fell again, but “good” is relative here: Millions of

On Wednesday at noon, Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States. He was not arrested beforehand. Nor were any of the other high-profile Democratic politicians who attended the inauguration. Donald Trump didn’t declare martial law. He flew to Florida quietly. And thus died one of the longest-lasting and most widespread conspiracy theories

For years, believers of the QAnon conspiracy theory had been waiting for the moment when a grand plan would be put into action and secret members of a supposed Satanic pedophilia ring at the highest ranks of government and Hollywood would suddenly be exposed, rounded up and possibly even publicly executed. They were nearly always

A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. “Let’s do this again tomorrow,” President Biden’s press secretary Jen Psaki said at the close of her first White House press briefing on Wednesday, and many Americans, regardless of political bent, profession, state, or identity,

Unilever has promised that every worker who provides it with goods and services will earn a living wage by 2030 even if it costs the company more. The living wage initiative will extend to 65,000 direct suppliers and several thousand agricultural businesses, chief procurement officer David Ingram told CNN Business. Unilever is one of the

In a sharp break with his predecessor, President Joe Biden vowed during his inaugural address Wednesday to tackle the information crisis plaguing American politics and society. “We must reject the culture in which facts themselves are manipulated and even manufactured,” Biden said shortly after taking the oath as the 46th President. “There is truth,” Biden

The stock market has been one of President Donald Trump’s favorite metrics for how the nation is doing. The awkward part: The market hasn’t performed as well under his administration as it has under prior presidents. Between Trump’s inauguration in 2017 and Tuesday, his last full day in office, the S&P 500, the broadest measure

Joe Biden is now President and Democrats have gained a slim majority in the Senate along with the party’s control of the House. Does that mean that this is finally the time for Congress to pass a big, bold infrastructure spending bill that can help boost the economy? There were high hopes in 2016 that

Chinese automaker Geely has just announced another big tie-up in its quest to build the cars of the future. The country’s largest privately owned carmaker announced late Tuesday that it is partnering with Chinese social media and gaming giant Tencent to develop features for smart cars, along with autonomous driving tech. Tencent said in a

The man who calls the shots at Samsung was just sent to prison for the second time in less than five years. Even if the South Korean tech giant can keep its day-to-day business humming in his absence, the verdict is still likely to cast a long shadow. The Seoul High Court sentenced vice chairman

As Joe Biden was sworn in as the president of the United States, another transition of power took place on social media. On Wednesday, Biden and his team gained access to a long list of official government accounts across the major social media platforms, including the @POTUS account on Twitter. With the tap of a

Optimism about the end of the pandemic and support from governments and central banks have rescued the Trump stock market. Now, investors will see if those gains can hold under Joe Biden, who will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday. A look back: Shares shot up after Trump’s

As of noon today, Donald Trump is entitled to an annual pension of $221,400 and perks worth far more than that. It’s possible — but not certain — he could lose that if he’s convicted in the upcoming Senate impeachment trial. The law does not grant pension to presidents whose time in office ends through

Late-night hosts have spent four years mocking, joking and being horrified about President Donald Trump. And on Tuesday night, they said their goodbyes. “It’s the day before the day that we’ve been waiting for,” Stephen Colbert said in opening Tuesday’s “Late Show.” “Tonight is the last show we’ll do during the presidency of ‘He Who

Shep Smith, who left Fox News in October 2019 while in the middle of a three-year contract, has remained largely silent about his departure — until an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that aired Tuesday. Smith, now host of the nightly show “The News with Shepard Smith” at 7 pm ET on CNBC, told Amanpour