Pentagon officials called for reinforcing security policies and practices to ensure accountability “down to the lowest levels of the department” in a review of a leak of classified information allegedly by a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman.
Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s former president, will represent Belarus at a Zimbabwe conference on the trade in African carbon credits, according to the organizers of the event.
General Motors Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. both posted strong sales gains in the second quarter, signs of consumer health in the auto market as semiconductor supply improves.
Washington gasoline prices have surpassed those of California to become the most expensive in the country as drivers there bear the brunt of the state’s effort to cut carbon emissions.
A bill in Massachusetts seeks to tax rich colleges that favor families of alumni and donors in admissions policies — namely Harvard University — and give the money to poorer community colleges.
If President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gets his way, Gabriel Galipolo will be the next head of Brazil’s central bank. For now, he will have to settle for having Galipolo as his most important delegate inside the monetary authority he has raged against since taking office in January.
Negotiations between the UK and European Union over access to its international science programs are continuing and not yet resolved, the UK said in response to a report that the two sides had struck a draft agreement.
China’s tech giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. aims to work with its home province, one of the nation’s wealthiest, to develop artificial intelligence and the digital economy.
More than 300,000 United Parcel Service Inc. workers are closer to striking after the company failed to reach an agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, threatening to plunge the US supply chain into disruption if a deal isn’t reached this month.
Adidas AG said Amanda Rajkumar will step down from the executive board after deciding not to extend her term, leaving the company facing a fresh diversity challenge.
