Republicans are likely to move ahead and fill the current Supreme Court vacancy to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, even if doing so contradicts the rationalisations they offered in 2016 for squashing President Barack Obama’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland after Justice Antonin Scalia’s death. On this point, at least, President Donald Trump is honest: “Merrick Garland is ...

Ask enough gamers about their favourite console and this is what you’ll generally learn: Those who play Xbox tend to love it and stay loyal to that system, but PlayStation has the best games. Microsoft Corp, Xbox’s parent company, is betting $7.5 billion that it can change that perception. Microsoft agreed to acquire ZeniMax Media Inc, the owner of popular ...

More than 70% of Americans hold unfavourable views of China, a historical high, as many find fault in its handling of Covid-19. Yet that hasn’t stopped Americans from staking their retirements on the nation through their mutual funds. US residents have amassed roughly $700 billion worth of mainland stock over the years, mostly in the technology sector. Government data may ...