This is an incredible time to be Jeff Bezos. You own James Bond. You shoot pop stars into space inside a comically phallic vanity project. Thanks to the recent revelations about Elon Musk, you are currently the richest man in the world who doesn’t—allegedly—succumb to ketamine-induced incontinence on a regular basis. And best of all,

It may feel like the world is going to hell, but for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez, it’s a Bonfire of the Vanities moment. In a little less than two weeks, the billionaire and his fiancée will take over Venice for the wedding that will be a three-day party, and Stuart Heritage tells us what

President Donald Trump filed his first public financial disclosure report of his term on Friday, providing what he said was the latest information about his holdings, including income from his family’s foray into crypto currencies.

President Xi Jinping speaks at a meeting in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday to mark the 120th anniversary of Chen Yun”s birth. WANG ZHUANGFEI/CHINA DAILY President Xi Jinping called on Friday for learning from veteran leader Chen Yun (1905-95) and carrying forward his legacy with an enterprising spirit and hard

Even superstars have superstitions. Whether it’s knocking on wood or throwing salt over the shoulder, celebrities are doing what they can to navigate the mysteries of the universe. In fact, many in Hollywood often look to astrology and numerology for guidance—even on Friday the 13th. After all, several stars were born on the so-called unlucky

President Donald Trump has for years dismissed critics of his mass deportation program as simply not understanding his policy genius. But in a rare apparent concession, the president posted to Truth Social on Thursday seeming to acknowledge how his immigration raids in particular have impacted American farmers. “Our great farmers and people in the Hotel

A new report traces how China’s targeting of protesters has evolved since the Tiananmen Square massacre into part of a sophisticated transnational repression campaign using harassment, violence and surveillance. The report by ARTICLE 19, an organization that defends freedom of expression worldwide, bolsters ICIJ’s findings in China Targets, a cross-border investigation exposing the sprawling scope

BEIJING — The latest incident involving Japanese and Chinese forces in the East China Sea underscores how Chinese President Xi Jinping is standing firm on security even as Beijing has taken steps toward rapprochement with Tokyo in other areas. This past week, Chinese J-15 fighter jets from the aircraft carrier Shandong flew abnormally close to