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Biden, Harris pledge a strong challenge to Trump and a path out of crisis

The first full day for the newly announced Democratic presidential ticket offered a glimpse of how two once-bitter rivals from opposite coasts and different generations will try to unite Americans

Amazon satellites add to astronomers' worries about the night sky

Much of the attention on these strings of satellites has been placed on the prolific launches of SpaceX and OneWeb, but the focus is now turning to Amazon

McDonald's sues to recover severance from fired CEO

The fast-food chain alleged that Steve Easterbrook had concealed evidence of relationships with three employees

Hiroshima: Fallout and cover up

Fallout is a book of serious intent

How did it happen? America's unique failure to control coronavirus

How prioritising individualism, govt missteps hindered Covid-19 control in US

How women, immigrants, nonwhites helped American economy boom after WW II

The hopeful truth is that when Americans band together to force open the gates of opportunity for women, for Black men, for the groups that have long been oppressed in our economy, everyone gets ahead

Doris Buffet, Warren Buffet's philanthropist sister, passes away at 92

Her death was confirmed by her grandson Alexander Buffett Rozek

Unconditional surrender, red scare: Why US dropped atomic bombs on Japan

With the Red Army suddenly deep into Manchuria, Japanese leaders were weighing evaporating options when the second bomb incinerated Nagasaki

Why Tiktok is worth buying regardless of its pitfalls, unresolved questions

TikTok could try to lower the risk for an acquirer by striking multiyear exclusive deals with its most popular American creators, the way that platforms like YouTube and Twitch have done

With 160 nominations, Netflix takes the lead in 72nd Emmy Award race

Netflix smashed the record for most nominations of any network, studio or streaming platform, breaking the record set last year by HBO.

Bringing Mars rocks to Earth: Our greatest interplanetary circus act

With fresh Mars rocks on Earth, more scientists will be able to examine them, employing a wide array of the most sophisticated equipment in laboratories around the world

'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' host Regis Philbin passes away at 88

His death was announced by his family in a statement. It did not say where he died or specify the cause

Enablers of authoritarianism

A recurring problem in this book is that most of the clercs refuse to talk to Ms Applebaum, leaving her dependent on the public record and the wisdom of mutual acquaintances

A Chinese tycoon denounced Xi Jinping and now he faces prosecution

The party accused Ren Zhiqiang, an influential property tycoon who criticized Xi Jinping, of being disloyal, took aim at his children and paved the way for criminal prosecution

Google getting serious about competing with Amazon in online shopping

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, the push to create an online shopping marketplace to compete with Amazon has taken on new urgency as consumers are avoiding stores

Inside the failure: 5 takeaways on Trump's effort to shift responsibility

President Trump and his top aides sharply shifted their pandemic strategy in mid-April after seizing on optimistic data suggesting the virus would disappear, a Times investigation found

Climate change & its discontents

Yes, climate change is real. Yes, we should do something about it

TikTok enlists army of lobbyists as suspicions over China ties grow

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has threatened to ban the app over surveillance concerns

US weighs sweeping travel ban on China's Communist Party members

The presidential proclamation, still in draft form, could also authorise the US govt to revoke the visas of party members and their families who are already in the country, leading to their expulsion

China rebounds from coronavirus crisis, economy grows 3.2% in Q2

However, Shanghai Composite slips 4.5% over policy tightening, foreign selling