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How U.S. Ship Boardings Have Kicked Off a New Phase of the Iran War | WSJ
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- How U.S. Ship Boardings Have Kicked Off a New Phase of the Iran War | WSJ
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- 3 hours ago
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- WSJ’s Shelby Holliday breaks down the U.S. military’s new strategy of boarding Iran-linked vessels in the open ocean. Photo Illustration: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Associated Press; Annie Zhao
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- U.S., Iran Delay Talks After Frantic Day of Diplomacy
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- 18 hours ago
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- The White House paused plans to send Vice President JD Vance to Pakistan after Tehran held its negotiators back at the last minute. WSJ’s Jared Malsin reports from Islamabad.
#Iran #Trump #WSJ
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- How Multi-Million-Dollar Divorce Cases Actually Get Settled | WSJ
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- 20 hours ago
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- Divorce between wealthy couples can involve a complex web of assets and millions in annual spending and can resemble a high-stakes corporate liquidation. In Manhattan, couples might not realize their spending tops $1 million a year until they split, said Jacqueline Newman, an attorney with Berkman Bottger Newman & Schein in New York. Her clients, who often have assets of more than $20 million, have to contend with whether they can maintain their lifestyles after a divorce.
WSJ sat down with Newman, who explains how she approaches and settles these cases for New York City’s wealthy couples.
Chapters:
0:00 Divorce for the ultrafich
0:26 What is a high-net-worth divorce?
0:52 Working step-by-step on a new case
3:08 New expenses and settlement proposal
4:08 Additional divorce advice
#Divorce #Assets #WSJ
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- He Had a Full Ride to Duke–Until America Cut Him Off
- Date posted
- 21 hours ago
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- Student visas for Africa’s best and brightest were canceled by the Trump administration, leaving empty seats and broken dreams.
#Trump #Immigration #WSJ
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- I Paid Nearly $3,000 for JetBlue Business Class. Was It Worth It?
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- 2 days ago
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- WSJ travel columnist Dawn Gilbertson traveled on JetBlue’s Mint service from JFK to Heathrow. She left a fan—at the right price.
#JetBlue #Travel #WSJ
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- Why Making Montblanc’s $1,200 Pen Is So Hard | WSJ Coveted
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- 2 days ago
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- Montblanc’s fountain pen, the Meisterstück, has been used by leaders like King Charles, Barack Obama and John F. Kennedy. The sought after $1,200 luxury item is the ultimate status symbol. WSJ visited Montblanc’s headquarters in Germany to see the 100 steps it takes to make its signature pen and to learn why it's still so popular after 100 years.
Chapters:
0:00 The Montblanc Meisterstuck
0:53 The history
2:20 How the pens are made
5:00 Using the pen
5:57 Inheriting a Montblanc
WSJ's Coveted highlights the precision and process behind expertly-crafted cult favorites — from the pencils beloved by Disney animators to the sushi knives breaking thousands of years of Japanese tradition. These stories show how the smallest everyday items can be transformed into the ultimate luxury splurge.
#Montblanc #Style #WSJ
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- Apple CEO Tim Cook on What Advice He'd Give His Successor
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- 2 days ago
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- Tim Cook, the longtime leader of Apple, is stepping down after transforming the iPhone maker into a titan of the technology industry, handing the reins to veteran engineer John Ternus.
Here’s the advice that Cook said he’d give his successor in early April.
#Apple #TimCook #WSJ
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- How Random Items Become Flashpoints in a Divorce
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- 3 days ago
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- Whether it’s a tamale pot or a leg-shaped lamp, WSJ’s Veronica Dagher discovered that couples can end up going to war over almost anything in a divorce.
#Divorce #Split #WSJ
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- Did Millennials or Boomers Have It Harder? What the Data Says
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- 3 days ago
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- Millennials like to say their generation got the short end of the economic stick. Baby boomers like to push back, saying they didn’t have it so easy themselves. Well, who’s right?
#Wealth #JobMarket #WSJ
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- How IMAX, Flying Cars, Pyro Drone Shows and More Work | WSJ Tech Behind
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- 5 days ago
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- What is the technology that powers IMAX’s immersive movie experience? How does a 348-pound eVTOL aircraft work without requiring a pilot’s license to fly?
From the unique tech that allows you to watch your favorite sports team in a planetarium to one of the world’s leading synthetic diamond labs, WSJ explores the engineering and science behind the technology that enhances our world.
Chapters:
0:00 Best of Tech Behind
0:28 The Cosm dome
6:07 Pivotal’s “flying car”
14:11 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium transformation
23:15 Synthetic diamonds
30:11 Pyro drone shows
39:47 Captchas are getting harder
47:10 IMAX
Tech Behind
'The Tech Behind' explores the amazing engineering, computing, science and algorithms that power our favorite tech.
#Tech #IMAX #WSJ
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- These MAHA Women Voted for Trump –but Say They Aren't MAGA
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- 5 days ago
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- MAHA influencers like Jessica Reed Kraus helped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. land his role in the administration. WSJ visited Kraus’s mocktail night with her MAHA friends to talk about voting for Trump, policy and Kennedy’s tenure.
#MAGA #Trump #WSJ
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- What the Live Nation Verdict Means for Ticketing Fees and Fans
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
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- A federal jury found that Live Nation illegally monopolized the U.S. concert ticketing market. WSJ’s Dave Michaels explains what that could mean for who is responsible for enforcing anti-trust law and how the decision can impact fans’ pocketbooks.
#Music #Business #WSJ
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- Why This One Coffee Tasting Impacts the Price of 38K Pounds | WSJ
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
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- Several levels above the New York Stock Exchange trading floor, a small group of elite coffee graders decides which beans meet the strict standards of the global commodity market. WSJ got an exclusive look inside the room where expert graders sniff, slurp and spit to set the global benchmark for coffee.
Chapters:
0:00 The coffee grader in the NYSE
1:01 Grading the coffee
3:57 What the coffee in the NYSE represents
5:28 The coffee market
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#NYSE #Coffee #WSJ
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- Why Big Banks Like JPMorgan Feel Better About the Economy Than Consumers
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
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- Despite historically low consumer confidence, big credit-card issuers aren’t worried about their U.S. customers. WSJ’s Telis Demos explains why.
#wsj #thewallstreetjournal #banking #economy #economicnews
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- Living at the Gym: Inside Life Time's Luxury Apartments
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
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- Health and wellness company Life Time is moving beyond the gym with Life Time Living, a fast-growing luxury concept that integrates high-end apartments directly into its workout spaces.
#LifeTime #Gym #WSJ
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- Why Pope Leo Is Such a Challenging Opponent for President Trump
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- 7 days ago
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- Pope Leo XIV is facing the biggest test of his papacy in a fight with President Trump over the Iran war—and he isn’t folding.
#Trump #Pope #WSJ
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- Why Vance Walks a Political Tightrope in the Trump-Pope Feud
- Date posted
- 7 days ago
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- Vice President JD Vance is under strain from all sides. WSJ’s Damian Paletta explains how pressure from Donald Trump, the Iran talks, Pope Leo and the conservative right are shaping his role.
#Trump #JDVance #WSJ
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- Why High-Schoolers Are Under Intense Pressure to Make Summer Count
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- Overachieving teenagers have long pursued a smorgasbord of résumé-polishing summer activities to impress college admissions officers. But a range of summer pursuits is no longer enough, some college advisers say.
#College #Jobs #WSJ
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- How This Billionaire Acquired His $2.5M Watch Collection
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- What does billionaire Kenn Ricci do when he has a financial success? Buys himself a watch.
WSJ’s Gunjan Banerji sat down with the Flexjet chairman to discuss the secrets of his success and the mistakes he learned along the way.
#Business #Wealth #WSJ
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- What Higher Oil Prices Mean for Nissan, EVs and Auto Demand | WSJ
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- 9 days ago
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- Nissan is already feeling the Middle East conflict, with disrupted access slowing deliveries and higher oil prices pushing up costs–pressures that could shift demand toward hybrids and EVs.
WSJ Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker’s sat down for an exclusive interview with Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa to understand how the Japanese carmaker is cutting costs, leaning on key partnerships and expanding its line-up to stay competitive in a challenging world.
Chapters:
0:00 Iran War impact on Nissan
1:01 How Nissan handles uncertainty
1:51 EV adoption in the U.S.
2:25 Trump’s pressure to invest in the U.S.
2:53 Does Nissan need a partner?
4:08 How China’s EV success affects Nissan
5:28 Managing stress
#Nissan #EVs #WSJ
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- The U.S. Warships Poised to Enforce Trump’s Blockade
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- The U.S. has more than 15 warships in place to help enforce President Trump’s blockade of Iran. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday explains how those ships could play a role in stopping vessels that visit Iran’s ports.
#WSJ #Trump #Iran #Hormuz
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- What Hungary’s Orbán Landslide Defeat Means for MAGA and Ukraine War
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- President Donald Trump’s staunch ally, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, suffered a landslide defeat in Hungary’s election, ending his 16-year rule as Péter Magyar’s party won 53.6% of votes.
#wsj #hungary #europe #trump
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- How the U.S. Military Is Poised to Enforce Trump’s Blockade | WSJ
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- The U.S. has more than 15 warships in position to help enforce President Trump’s blockade of Iran, which started on April 13. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday explains how those ships could play a role in stopping vessels that visit Iran’s ports.
Chapters:
0:00 Trump’s blockade
0:22 The equipment
1:47 Which forces will play a role?
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#Trump #Iran #WSJ
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- I Made AI My Travel Agent. I Wound Up in a Quaint Seaside Town.
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- With an AI bot as her travel agent, WSJ travel columnist Dawn Gilbertson traveled to the little-known, but quaint English town of Saltburn-by-the-Sea.
#AI #Travel #WSJ
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- Colombia’s Cocaine Is Worth Billions. We Went Inside the War It's Fueling. | WSJ
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- CATATUMBO, COLOMBIA— Violent militias are at war over territory in this strip of land neighboring Venezuela, a key hub for coca-leaf cultivation and drug trafficking. State presence is scarce. Drone attacks and targeted killings are leaving civilians in the crossfire.
In February, a Wall Street Journal video crew went to the heart of the conflict fueled by the cocaine trade and became the first journalists to visit a town after a lockdown enforced by armed militants was lifted.
Chapters:
0:00 Colombia's deadly cocaine war
1:06 Clashes between offshoot groups of FARC
1:51 The cocaine boom
4:20 The supply chain
6:15 Victims of the war
8:03 Visiting a town trapped in a turf war
13:35 Government response
#Colombia #Drugs #WSJ
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- U.S.-Iran Peace Talks Turn Islamabad Into Ghost Town
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- Local authorities have forbidden most traffic from entering Islamabad as American and Iranian delegates conducted face-to-face peace talks. WSJ’s Benoit Faucon shows what it’s like on the ground in Pakistan’s capital city.
#WSJ #Peacetalks #Iran #War
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- Switching to a New AI Chatbot? You Don’t Have to Start All Over
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- Chatbots learn your quirks and preferences over time, so jumping to a new one can feel like starting from scratch. WSJ's Nicole Nguyen shows how to bring that knowledge with you and why it could be worth it.
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- Breaking Down Iran’s Shahed Drones, China’s Invasion Barge and More | WSJ Equipped
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- What weapons are shaping the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran? How has drone tech evolved to change the way wars are fought across the globe?
From Iran’s Shahed drones to China’s ships that could be used in a D-Day-style invasion of Taiwan, WSJ examines military innovations and tactics from around the world.
Chapters:
0:00 Lockheed’s F-35 drone tech
6:26 The U.S.’s BlueHalo LOCUST laws weapon system
12:33 China’s new invasion barge
19:56 Iran’s Shahed drones
27:12 Ukraine’s FP-5 missile
33:37 The 30K-lb bomb Trump used to strikes Iran’s nuclear sites
37:17 Russian glide bombs
44:16 The U.S.’s AC-130J Ghostwriter and MQ-9 Reaper drone
Equipped
Equipped examines military innovation and tactics emerging around the world, breaking down the tech behind the weaponry and its potential impact.
#Weapons #Military #WSJ
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- NASA’s Artemis II Mission: What Went Right (And Wrong) in Space | WSJ
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- Since launching last week, NASA’s Artemis II mission has taken its crew farther from Earth than anyone has previously traveled, circling around the moon’s far side. It is part of a series of missions that aims to return U.S. astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time in more than 50 years.
WSJ’s Micah Maidenberg breaks down the key Artemis II takeaways, lessons learned and what they mean for NASA’s moon landing schedule.
Chapters:
0:00 Artemis II lands
0:29 A “test mission”
0:58 The launch
1:34 Issues with the mission
2:40 Toilet problems and thermal control
3:43 The lunar flyby
4:33 What’s next?
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#NASA #Space #WSJ
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- Artemis II Crew Returns to Earth, Completes History-Making Moon Mission
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- NASA astronauts returned safely to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, after the Artemis II mission took the crew farther from Earth than anyone has previously traveled.
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- Inflation Soared to 3.3% in March, Putting the Fed in a Tight Spot
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
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- WSJ’s Konrad Putzier explains the factors that led inflation to surge in March and discusses the implications for the U.S. economy and the Fed.
#WSJ #Inflation #GasPrices
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- Why U.S. Natural Gas Prices Have Remained Stable
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
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- U.S. natural gas is a rare piece of the energy market that remains insulated from the Iran war. WSJ's Jinjoo Lee explains how.
#Iran #Oil #WSJ
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- Why These Louisianans Are Still Struggling to Rebuild After Hurricane Ida
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
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- Owners of middle-class retreats in a years-long battle with the co-op over power – or restitution. WSJ’s Joe Barrett spoke with locals about why they aren’t backing down.
#WSJ #Louisiana #Power #Hurricane
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- The New Group of Women Helping Reshape Republican Politics | WSJ
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- MAHA influencers like Jessica Reed Kraus helped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. land his role in the administration. WSJ visited Kraus’s mocktail night with her MAHA friends to talk about voting for Trump, policy and Kennedy’s tenure.
Chapters:
0:00 MAHA influencers access to Trump’s inner circle
1:02 Jessica Reed Kraus’s background
3:25 The MAHA moms’ group
4:24 Mocktails and MAHA
6:11 Supporting RFK Jr.
9:31 Trump, RFK Jr. and pesticides
13:23 Vaccines
16:52 New food pyramid
19:01 Trump’s Cabinet
#Trump #GOP #WSJ
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- How Elite U.S. Forces Are Trained to Survive Behind Enemy Lines
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- Air Force crews learn to eat bugs, treat their wounds and evade capture before ever flying a mission.
#Military #Training #WSJ
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- Youth Sports Has One Winner: Dick's Sporting Goods
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
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- Parents have never spent more time and money on youth sports—or at sports juggernaut Dick’s Sporting Goods.
#Business #Sports #WSJ
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- McDonald's CEO Shares His Advice for Eating on Camera
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
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- McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski, whose burger taste test went viral, explains how to eat on camera.
#McDonalds #Food #WSJ
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- The Tiny, Folding Helicopter Key to Rescuing the U.S. Aviator in Iran
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- WSJ's Shelby Holliday explains how the AH-6 “Little Bird” was used to extract an airman hiding in a mountain crevice after his fighter jet was shot down in Iran.
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- Asia Gets 80% of Its Oil from the Strait of Hormuz. What’s Next? | WSJ
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- Asia’s economies heavily depend on the Middle East for energy, with around 80% of the region’s oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz. The conflict is also exposing the limits of U.S. military reach, raising fresh doubts among Asian allies about long-term security guarantees.
WSJ explores the broader shift taking shape in the region: stronger defenses, greater self-reliance and a world that’s becoming more fragmented.
Chapters:
0:00 Economic impact of Iran War in Asia
1:24 Japan increasing defense spending
1:54 A potential Taiwan conflict
2:55 Trump’s relationship with Japan
4:51 U.S midterms
#Trump #Japan #WSJ
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- McDonald's CEO: My Kid Said, 'You've Gone Viral, and Not in a Good Way'
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- After going viral with his Big Arch bite, McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski sits down for an exclusive interview with WSJ to discuss menu strategy, affordability concerns, and what his company reveals about today’s cautious consumer.
#McDonalds #Food #WSJ
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- McDonald’s CEO Went Viral. Now He Has to Win Back Customers. | WSJ
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- After going viral with his Big Arch bite, McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski sits down for an exclusive interview with WSJ to discuss menu strategy, affordability concerns, and what his company reveals about today’s cautious consumer.
Chapters:
0:00 Inside McDonald’s test kitchen
0:46 Chris’s viral burger bite and reactions
4:08 McDonald’s perception as affordable
5:29 Competitors talking about McDonald’s
6:23 Rolling out new menu items
8:09 The goal of the Big Arch and focusing on value items
9:25 An economic barometer
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#McDonalds #Food #WSJ
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- How Much Money Do You Need to be Upper-Middle Class?
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- New research shows America’s upper-middle class is growing, while the country’s core middle class is shrinking. WSJ’s Rachel Louise Ensign explains the differences between the two groups.
#MiddleClass #Economics #WSJ
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- The Singer Who Hopes to Flip a South Texas District in the Midterms
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- Bobby Pulido, a Tejano music star running as a Democrat in a competitive U.S. House race in South Texas, turned his political opponent’s attack into a campaign strategy.
#WSJ #midterm #Texas #quinceañera
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- Tim Cook Reacts to Apple's First WSJ Mention in 1978
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- Apple turns 50 years old on Wednesday. To commemorate the milestone, CEO Tim Cook opened up the company’s archives to WSJ’s Ben Cohen and told the story of Apple through prototypes of its most successful products, including the iPod and iPhone.
Cook explains his philosophy of success and failure, reflects on a “man-on-the-moon” project from Steve Jobs, gives a piece of advice to the next CEO—and gets a surprise from the Wall Street Journal’s archives.
#Apple #TimCook #WSJ
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- Video: Gunshots Fired at U.S. Helicopters Flying Low in Iran
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
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- There were search-and-rescue efforts along the eastern border of Khuzestan province, near Choram, for an American crew member after Iran shot down an F-15E.
#WSJ #Iran
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- How to Find Out if Your Computer Is Part of a Botnet—and What to Do About It
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
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- WSJ’s Robert McMillan breaks down why residential proxy software are so bad, and how to check if the malware is installed on your home network.
#Tech #Software #WSJ
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- Vance or Rubio in 2028? Trump Can't Stop Asking
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
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- President Trump has praised Secretary of State Marco Rubio amid the administration’s focus on foreign policy, but many see Vice President JD Vance as a better heir to the MAGA empire.
#Trump #Rubio #WSJ
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- March Jobs Number Blows Past Forecasts–Here’s What Happened | WSJ
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
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- WSJ’s Ashby Jones breaks down the robust March jobs report and what it means for the U.S. economy.
#WSJ #Jobs #Economy
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- How Trump Rewrote the Rules of Global Trade in One Year
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- 20 days ago
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- President Trump proclaimed Liberation Day one year ago today—rewriting trade relations for virtually every U.S. trading partner.
In the year since, Trump has used tariffs to remake U.S. trade policy, moving from a model of cooperative trade agreements to one that relies on overt economic coercion on allies and adversaries alike.
Watch the video above to find out how the U.S. got to this point, whether Trump’s promises have come to fruition, and what’s next for global trade.
#wsj #trump #trade
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- 90K Jobs Lost, $264B in Revenue: Inside Trump’s Tariff Year | WSJ
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
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- President Trump proclaimed Liberation Day one year ago today—rewriting trade relations for virtually every U.S. trading partner. In the year since, Trump has used tariffs to remake U.S. trade policy, moving from a model of cooperative trade agreements to one that relies on overt economic coercion on allies and adversaries alike.
WSJ’s Gavin Bade breaks down how the U.S. got to this point, whether Trump’s promises have come to fruition, and what’s next for global trade.
Chapters:
0:00 Liberation Day, a year later
0:36 Trump’s trade deals over the year
3:33 Supreme Court ruling
4:16 Trump’s goals for tariff policies
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#Trump #Tariffs #WSJ
