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Passengers Tell of Fear After Bomb Threats Hit European Flights
05 November 2026Passengers recounted landing at a military base and being subjected to security checks and travel delays after threats that turned out to be hoaxes affected planes in Italy, Poland and Spain. -
Parents Sue Google Over A.I. Safety Risks on School Chromebooks
05 November 2026A student made plans to end her life after chatting with Google’s artificial intelligence, a new lawsuit claims, amid mounting concerns about online harms to children. -
Stocks Erase Post-Midterm Elections Rally, Dragged Down by Tech
05 November 2026The S&P 500 slumped to its worst daily decline in more than a year, dragged down by the technology sector as investors fretted about the durability of the A.I. build-out. -
High Gas Prices Boost Sales of Hybrids for Toyota, Sending Its Stock Soaring
05 November 2026Toyota is cashing in on a U.S. hybrid boom as electric-vehicle demand slows, but shifting political tides in Washington could jeopardize its edge. -
Bank of England Raises Rates for First Time in Three Years
05 November 2026The central bank increased interest rates for the first time in more than three years and warned that inflation would climb to about 5 percent next year, far above its target. -
Bangladesh Agrees to Raise Minimum Wage for Garment Workers After Protests
05 November 2026Hundreds of garment factories were shut down this week as workers in the country, the world’s second-largest exporter of clothing, demonstrated for higher pay. -
The Texas-size Political Tremor Rattling Big Business
05 November 2026The Lone Star State’s business-friendly playbook could be rewritten by the Democrats’ election sweep there. -
China Blocks SoftBank’s $5.4 Billion Robotics Takeover, Impeding Foreign Deals
05 November 2026Chinese authorities stopped the sale of ABB Robotics, owned by a Swiss conglomerate, to SoftBank of Japan amid wider scrutiny of global transactions that could affect Beijing’s technology ambitions. -
In Victory, Democrats See Economic Mandate to Cut Costs and Curtail Trump
05 November 2026Some Democrats quickly signaled they could try to roll back the president’s tax and trade policies, ignoring his early veto threats. -
In the Style of P.C. Vey: The Funniest Reader Cartoons We Received
05 November 2026More than 200 people answered our call for cartoons in the spirit of P.C. Vey. Here are some of the best ones.