Secretary of State Mike Pompeo offered a telling explanation of why he fired Steve Linick last month as one of the inspectors general who are charged with keeping the federal government honest. “They work for the agency head — that’s me — and they are supposed to deliver and help make that organisation better,” Pompeo told reporters. “My mistake was ...

One of the talents of Tim Steiner, chief executive officer of Ocado Group Plc, is knowing how to negotiate from a position of strength. Over the past decade, the UK-based trailblazer for online grocery sales has been able to clinch contracts with British food retailers Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc and Marks & Spencer Group Plc, offering digital capabilities just when ...

If Russia needed to be reminded of the costs of ignoring climate change and the transition to cleaner energy, 2020 has delivered. A devastating Arctic fuel spill appears to have been caused by melting permafrost. A heatwave has rekindled Siberian wildfires, which last year burned through 16 million hectares and choked cities. Oil, meanwhile, is still convalescing after sinking to ...