Car sales are falling. Housing is slow. Workers get three-month unpaid vacations. For Chinese leaders, pressure for a trade deal with President Trump is rising.
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Chase for Talent Pushes Tech Giants Far Beyond West Coast
Amazon and Google are aggressively opening offices outside of their Silicon Valley and Seattle hometowns. On Thursday, Apple said it would invest $1 billion in Austin, Tex.
Unrest in France Hinders Macron’s Push to Revive Economy
The Yellow Vest protests roiling the country have cost businesses billions of euros and threatened President Emmanuel Macron’s strategy for growth.
Bucking a Global Trend, Japan Seeks More Immigrants. Ambivalently.
Long seen as one of the most insular of nations, Japan is surprising its neighbors (and perhaps itself) by opening its doors a bit wider to foreign workers.
In a Seething Pro-Brexit Town, Doubts Creep in About Leaving the E.U.
Many in Sunderland saw the 2016 referendum as a chance to strike a blow to the political establishment. Now they see it as another example of broken promises.
These 5 Numbers Explain Why the French Are in the Streets
The “Yellow Vest” movement has morphed into an outcry over problems that have plagued France for years: declining living standards and eroding purchasing power.
Macron Has a Long-Term Vision. But the French Have Urgent Needs.
Ordinary people say President Emmanuel Macron “seems to be deaf” to their daily struggles, speechifying about the fate of the planet while overlooking their pain. They are now demanding he listen.
The New New World: How Cheap Labor Drives China’s A.I. Ambitions
If China is the Saudi Arabia of data, its data factories are the refineries, turning raw data into the fuel that can power China’s goal of A.I. supremacy.
Rio de Janeiro Dispatch: Rio de Janeiro Elevator Attendants ‘Adore’ Their Dying, Chatty Trade
It seemed to be the occupation that automation somehow forgot. But elevator attendants are now losing in droves the jobs they love. When they disappear, so will a sociable slice of the city’s life.
10 Years in Prison for Exaggerating Her Elementary School Record?
A 53-year-old cleaner in Greece is appealing her sentence to the Supreme Court for lying about the time she spent in elementary school: six years instead of five.