FEW people have been more central to the boom in artificial intelligence than Jensen Huang. And no firm has benefited more from it than Nvidia, the chip giant that under Mr Huang’s leadership has become the world’s most valuable company. On November 8th it was struck by scandal, as Nvidia’s boss confessed to an affair

ON NOVEMBER 1st visitors to the website of Rosstat, Russia’s official statistics agency, found an unusual message in Belarusian: “No one can escape responsibility”. Two hacker groups, Silent Crow and Cyber Partisans BY, claimed to be behind the cyberattack. On November 8th they released what they said were the government’s own records of its fatalities

THESE ARE nauseating times to be a leader. Above, the sky is a mass of storm-clouds and swirling portents of change. Below, the earth itself feels treacherous. Small wonder that those who run the world, whether in politics or business, long to stand on more solid ground. That is why, when they gather, they talk

President Trump’s efforts to supply the U.S. with Russian diesel have yet to result in any new imports into the country, as several fuel tankers bound for America shifted course following difficulties finding buyers willing to accept the controversial cargoes. Russian leader Vladimir Putin and President Trump Trump saw Russian diesel as a way to

The Kennedy family is joining the efforts to block the construction of President Trump’s 250-foot triumphal arch between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery. The site of President Trump’s proposed arch. Nine members of the Kennedy family are the latest parties to challenge the development of an arch near Arlington National Cemetery, according to

The riots in France gave another airing to a familiar grievance: that baby-boomers have cornered the market. After cushy careers, the gripe goes, people born between the mid-1940s and mid-1960s own all the best houses and most of the stock market, while receiving generous pensions to boot. Politicians, knowing that these oldies vote in large