AHMEDABAD, India — The raid came just after sunset. Plainclothes municipal workers swarmed into the busy neighborhood, seizing contraband. The dealers ran or watched helplessly as the authorities took their illicit goods. And with that, the government had conducted a successful crackdown on eggs. Not just the eggs themselves, though city officials had confiscated hundreds […]
TY CROES, Wales — Tucked away in the breast pocket of Wales is a racing circuit called Anglesey. Anyone who has been to Wales will already know that if you walk in any direction for more than 10 seconds, you’ll find yourself going either up- or downhill, and this track on Anglesey Island is the […]
In the video she posted on the company’s internal website, she accused her boss, identified in media reports by his surname, Wang, of attacking her in a hotel in the city of Jinan after a drunken evening with a company client, whom she also accused of sexual assault. She said that she had reported the […]
He estimated that product-placement advertising was worth well over $20 billion in 2021. For production companies, the arrangements can be mutually beneficial, since featuring recognizable brands can make a show more realistic, Ms. Jones said. In this particular case, the inclusion of Peloton was integral to advancing a story line. “Peloton provided a solution to […]
“We decided as a leadership team, ‘what was magical about these dates?’” Ms. Anas said. “It was extremely liberating saying, ‘We’re going to see how this nets out and we’re not solving for a date.’” She is unsettled by the possibility that they will still be working from home in March, two years since they […]
A gas station in Los Angeles this week. Gasoline prices rose 6.1 percent in November.Credit…Philip Cheung for The New York Times Inflation’s surge in the United States has been driven in part by a substantial increase in energy and prices over the last year, although there has been some moderation in recent weeks. According to […]
LONDON — On Thursday morning, a group of 50 called to cancel their holiday party booked for that evening at Luc’s Brasserie, a French restaurant in the financial district of Britain’s capital. That same morning, a group of 21 canceled their party too, also for Thursday night. The previous night, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced […]
Employees at a Buffalo-area Starbucks store have voted to form a union, making it the only one of the nearly 9,000 company-owned stores in the United States to be organized and notching an important symbolic victory for labor at a time when workers across the country are expressing frustration with wages and working conditions. The […]
Whether your family celebrates Toyotathon or December to Remember, the winter holidays have been a good time to buy a new car, as dealers would cut prices to tempt bargain-hunting shoppers. These seemingly generous offerings were meant to clear out the previous model year’s inventory while giving shoppers a look at the new (and more […]
LONDON — When Russian soldiers crossed into Ukraine and seized Crimea in 2014, the Obama administration responded with a slate of economic penalties that ultimately imposed sanctions on hundreds of Russian officials and businesses and restricted investments and trade in the nation’s crucial finance, oil and military sectors. Now, with Russian troops massing on Ukraine’s […]
