Bill Atkinson, Who Made Computers Easier to Use, Is Dead at 74
A designer for Apple, he created software that made it possible to display shapes, images and text on the screen and present a simulated “desktop.”
NASA Website Will Not Provide Previous National Climate Reports
An agency spokeswoman had initially stated that NASA would retain earlier assessments online for continuity.
F.D.A. Posts Collection of Letters Outlining Concerns About New Drugs
The letters, many of which were already available online, detail why the regulators initially declined to approve some drugs. All eventually passed muster.
How ‘Superman’ Star David Corenswet Won the Role
The actor has a man-out-of-time quality that makes him surprisingly like his character. But he is hyperaware of the present expectations riding on his performance.
Wiaan Mulder scores 367, fifth-highest score in Test cricket history
South Africa’s stand-in Test captain Wiaan Mulder produced one of the greatest innings in the history of Test cricket on July 7, scoring an unbeaten 367 against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo before declaring his team’s innings with the record still within reach. Mulder, 27, led a depleted South African side in the second Test at Queens Sports … Read more
Moody’s questions missed tax target
Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Moody’s, a global credit rating agency, on Tuesday inquired about the implications of missing a key target of increasing the tax-to-GDP ratio to 10.6% in the last fiscal year, as Pakistan made an emphatic pitch for an upward revision in the current junk rating. The credit rating agency also asked about progress in … Read more
He Helped Big Companies Dodge Taxes. Now He’s Writing the Rules.
[Ken Kies, a longtime tax lobbyist who worked for some of the world’s largest businesses, is now running the Treasury Department’s office that will administer Trump’s tax law.
In Canada’s Northern Outposts, Rusting Relics Once Guarded Against Nuclear War
Strings of radars stretching across Canada were built to give early warnings of Soviet bombers coming over the Arctic. The region now faces a new era of militarization.
New Student Loan Limits Could Leave Some Short. Who Will Help?
[The federal cap on the amounts people can borrow means some of them will fall short. That’s especially true for students in professional schools.
IIOJK ‘strongman’ faces calls for resignation
Calls for accountability and resignation of Delhi-appointed lieutenant governor of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) grew on Tuesday after he admitted security failure in the April 22 Pahalgam attack that took India and Pakistan to a four-day military confrontation in May. The main opposition parties in the Indian parliament, as well as the … Read more
