What Trump, and C.E.O.s, Actually Got in Riyadh

“A lot of checks” Business leaders who had high hopes for the second Trump administration hadn’t signed up for the turmoil of his trade war. President Trump’s deals-focused visit to Saudi Arabia is more of what they had in mind. Leaving aside questions of how many of the multibillion-dollar agreements the administration announced on Tuesday…

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The Literary ‘It’ Girl Who Continues to Fascinate

“Childhood is an image, which we decorate,” Françoise Sagan wrote in her autobiography, “Réponses.” Ms. Sagan, born Françoise Delphine Quoirez, was only 18 when her first novel, “Bonjour Tristesse,” published in 1954, caused a sensation across the globe. But she was not just a literary wunderkind: The teenage author became an object of worldwide press…

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Exclusive | Animesh Kujur: From suffering heatstrokes to breaking records and is India’s ‘Usain Bolt’ | More sports News

Usain Bolt and Animesh Kujur (Agency Photos) NEW DELHI: “Baap re baap (Oh my gosh!)” — Animesh Kujur could barely cope with the humidity as the 2025 athletics season was still picking up pace in Chennai.Along with a host of competitors, April’s Indian Open Athletics Meet brought punishing heat and stifling humidity. For the 21-year-old…

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Andrew Witty, UnitedHealth Group C.E.O., Steps Down

The chief executive of UnitedHealth Group, Andrew Witty, stepped down from his post for “personal reasons,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday. The company also scrapped its financial forecast for this year because of higher than expected medical costs, saying only that it expected the company to “return to growth in 2026.” After…

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