Margaret Sutherlin

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has cut prices of his company’s electric cars at least a half-dozen times already this year, shaving almost a third of the cost off its top-selling model in the US. The strategy has no precedent — nor is there consensus as to whether it heralds more industry disruption or signals Musk’s desperation.

Who Owns the North Pole? A Race Is Underway to Decide

The World Health Organization declared an end to the Covid-19 global health emergency on Friday, and the US said it would stop counting cases. The decision to lower the alert level is a largely symbolic milestone. Most of the world has reopened and adjusted to live with the virus that killed more than 20 million people since it was discovered in Wuhan, China in 2019.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan was halfway through a well-choreographed TV interview on April 25 when the cameras unexpectedly cut away. Someone in the room could be heard exclaiming “Oh no!” as the broadcast abruptly ended. The Turkish president reappeared 20 minutes later looking pale and tired, said he had a stomach bug, and then disappeared from public view for two days. In the heat of the most pivotal election campaign in a generation, Turks got a rare glimpse of life without their powerful leader. S

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Three Years After ‘Black Summer,’ the Health Costs Are Becoming Clearer

Millions of people breathed in the smoke spewed out by Australia’s Black Summer wildfires — a toxic brew of poisonous gasses and airborne particles tiny enough to enter the bloodstream.

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‘Your Worst Nightmare’: Inside the Adidas-Yeezy Disaster

Adidas struck sneakerhead gold when it released its first collection with Kanye West — who now goes by Ye — back in 2015. Yeezy’s knit, sock-like sneakers became quite literally the hottest thing in fashion overnight.