How Kamala Harris Found Her Footing in the Spotlight - The New York Times
The vice president long had a reputation as an uneven political messenger prone to missteps. That has steadily been changing.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/08/13/us/politics/kamala-harris-presence-videos.html
Hamas Will Not Attend Gaza Cease-Fire Talks as Mediators Try to Secure Deal - The New York Times
Hopes for a breakthrough were damped after Hamas said it would not attend the peace talks set for Thursday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/world/middleeast/gaza-peace-talks.html
Opinion | Nate Silver on Kamala Harris’s Chances and the Mistakes of the ‘Indigo Blob’ - The New York Times
The election forecaster discusses 2024 and what politicians can learn from gamblers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-nate-silver.html
Can This Country Show Europe How to Compete Again? - The New York Times
Sweden outperforms in tech, has a roster of $1 billion-plus start-ups and could be a model as the European Union refigures its growth policies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/business/sweden-economy-europe-competitiveness.html
Where Students Run the Streets: Bangladesh in Limbo - The New York Times
The young protesters who felled an autocrat are now cabinet ministers and traffic cops, trying to restore order and chart a new future for a nation of 170 million.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/world/asia/bangladesh-students-protests.html
Declaring ‘Crisis,’ South Korean Firms Tell Managers to Work 6 Days a Week - The New York Times
The move by some influential companies has raised concerns about work-life balance in a country where long hours at the office are common.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/05/business/south-korea-labor-workweek.html
Killing of Hamas Leader Creates New Tension Between Biden and Netanyahu - The New York Times
President Biden has expressed concern that the circumstances of the assassination have thrown cease-fire talks into doubt, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel rejects that idea, officials say.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/03/us/politics/us-israel-hamas-assassination.html
Defense Secretary Revokes Plea Deal for Accused Sept. 11 Plotters - The New York Times
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III assumed direct oversight of the case and effectively put the death penalty back on the table.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/02/us/politics/911-plotters-plea-deal.html
Opinion | ‘Just Don’t Screw It Up’: Three Writers Go Behind the Scenes of Making a V.P. Pick - The New York Times
Presidential campaign veterans discuss what goes into the veepstakes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/02/opinion/kamala-harris-josh-shapiro.html
July Jobs Report: What to Know - The New York Times
Job gains are lately being driven by the government, health care and social assistance sectors, potentially masking broadly weaker hiring.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/02/business/economy/july-jobs-report-what-to-know.html
4 Key Takeaways From The Times’s Reporting on Spending at GLAAD - The New York Times
The C.E.O.’s luxurious business travel and other spending may have violated the L.G.B.T.Q. group’s policies as well as Internal Revenue Service rules.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/business/glaad-spending-takeaways.html
Hezbollah Leader Threatens Retaliation Against Israel After Airstrike Near Beirut - The New York Times
Nasrallah delivered a televised address at the funeral of a Hezbollah commander who was killed in an Israeli strike in suburban Beirut.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/world/middleeast/hezbollah-israel-retaliation-hassan-nasrallah.html
Pro-Palestinian Groups Seek to Thwart Josh Shapiro’s Chances for Harris’s V.P. - The New York Times
Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, an observant Jew, is seen as bringing plenty of upsides to the Democratic ticket. But some worry about setting off opposition to the Democratic ticket from pro-Palestinian demonstrators.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/us/politics/shapiro-vp-israel.html
